Nuclear

Sierra Club members who would like to become active in identifying and working on Nuclear Issues in New York State should contact Chapter Chair Kate Bartholomew. 

Resources

• Join us on Jan 15, 2026: Forums for a Nuclear-Free New York: Learn more and register here
• Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter's Statement in Response to Governor Hochul's Plan to Build New Nuclear in Central New York (June 23, 2025)
• Our friends at AGREE have compiled many resources on Nuclear issues.
• Alternative Energy: Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy
• Nuclear Power
  • Know Your Nuclear Neighbors (Updated 5/2018)
  • Nuclear Power's Toxic Assets: A Wall Street View
  • Nuclear Power: Still Not Viable without Subsides (2011)
  • No Such Thing As a Safe Dose of Radiation
  • Know Your Risks, Know Your Rights. A Brochure for Nuclear Industry Workers
• Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter's Comments on the NYS Draft Blueprint for Consideration of Advanced Nuclear Technologies (Submitted on November 8, 2024)
• NIRS Letters to Federal Senate and House on Nuclear Waste Issues
• Unanticipated Radioactive Repercussions
• Fukushima - 7 Years Later
• Fact Sheet Sierra Nuclear Squandering Money and Resources
• Fact Sheet: How Nuclear Power Worsens Climate Change
• RAP Sheet on Four Upstate New York Nuclear Reactors
• Investing in Nuclear-Free Funds
• Nuclear Power and Climate Fact Sheet
• Sierra Club Support for UN Treaty on Nuclear Weapons
• Nuclear Power's Environmental Impact