Jim Green - Nuclear Monitor

Irresponsible tactics are being used to bury social and environmental problems associated with the Fukushima nuclear disaster as Olympics approach in Japan.

The 'advanced' nuclear power sector is dystopian because of its connections to fossil fuel mining and nuclear weapons proliferation.

Small modular reactors are being heavily promoted but the economics don't stack up.

A decline in the number of power reactors and escalating battles over reactor lifespan extensions and decommissioning approaches.

Nuclear accounts for a small fraction of energy in the IPCC's low-carbon scenarios. Renewables do the heavy lifting.

Australia's Aboriginal people have long been mistreated by governments and industry in the pursuit of nuclear projects. The attitudes of 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' or 'ecomodernists' towards Aboriginal people is as disrespectful as those of governments and industry, argues JIM GREEN.

Australian mining companies have a poor track record operating in Africa. Australian uranium company Paladin Energy has now put two of its mines into 'care-and-maintenance' and bankruptcy looms. But who cleans up the company's mess in Namibia and Malawi, asks JIM GREEN

It was 28 years ago today that Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine ruptured and ignited, sending a massive plume of radiation across Europe. Jim Green assesses the scientific evidence for how many people died as a result of the catastrophe.