2024 Board of Directors Resolution Confirming Sierra Club’s Policy on Nuclear Energy (Fission) (pdf)

Guidance on Implementing Sierra Club Policy on the Management of High-Level Nuclear Waste
Sierra Club opposes the continued reliance on nuclear power because its entire life cycle, including the production of high-level radioactive waste, poses grave threats to public health and the environment. Additionally, reliance on nuclear power impedes the transition to safe, clean, renewable energy sources. 

2023 Iowa Chapter Council of Club Leaders Adopted Resolution to “Ramp up Club Opposition to Nuclear Power (Fission) (pdf)
The Council of Club Leaders requests the Board of Directors to direct staff and volunteers to integrate existing Sierra Club policy opposing nuclear power into the Club's efforts to address the climate emergency, to develop our energy transition vision without new nuclear reactors including small modular reactors while urgently replacing existing reactors with renewables and energy efficiency.