DOCTORS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
Fight climate change. Eliminate air pollution. Cure the planet
Doctors for Nuclear Energy is a volunteer organization with no connections to industry. We believe that the evidence points to Nuclear Energy as the most effective tool to transition off fossil fuels and eliminate air pollution.
WHY NUCLEAR?
Every year 7 million people die prematurely from air pollution. Particulate matter from coal fired power plants contribute to millions of cases of pneumonia, asthma, heart disease, stroke and premature birth.
Climate change poses enormous challenges to health. Forest fires, droughts, food shortages and the spread of tropical diseases threaten the peace and stability or our societies
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It is a little known fact that Nuclear Energy has already successfully replaced the burning of fossil fuels in France, Sweden and Ontario and decarbonized their electricity.
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ACTIVITIES
We advocate for nuclear energy as the evidence based tool we need right now to clean up our air and reduce the impacts of climate change.
PRIORITY NUMBER 1: PHASE OUT COAL!
We all breath the same air. Coal is the dirtiest of the fossil fuels and is poisoning us and our environment.
CLIMATE SUCCESS STORIES
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Learn how some countries have already decarbonized their electricity
WHY RENEWABLES CAN'T FIX THE CLIMATE
Resource intensive and intermittent collectors like panels and turbines that need fossil fueled back up power are not the solution
WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS
The evidence is clear Nuclear and/or Hydro are the only two energy sources that have successfully decarbonized electricity on a state level. We believe that we must be guided by evidence not fanciful hope that weather dependent renewables with theoretical storage systems can deliver the rapid change we need. Indeed Germany and California demonstrate that despite 100's of billions of dollars invested in renewables there have been only trivial reductions in emissions and a failure to replace coal and gas. Given that most hydro sites have already been developed and changing climate may make their output unpredictable, Nuclear remains an essential backbone of decarbonization.
Watch this custom-made timelapse video above showing the electricitymap for the period of October 2016 to September 2017. In high speed it reveals interesting details on European climate performance:
France, Norway and Sweden have constantly low emissions per kWh over the whole year
Norway is constantly green since its citizens consume practically only hydropower.
France and Sweden remain green all year round too. What do they have in common? They both decided some decades ago after the oil crisis in the 1970’s and also for environmental reasons not to burn fossil fuels for electricity generation, but rather use nuclear power.
For other countries, their carbon intensity fluctuates depending mostly on weather. When the sun goes down or the wind doesn't blow the grid runs on lignite, coal or natural gas.
GREEN COUNTRIES: LOW CARBON THROUGH NUCLEAR AND/OR HYDRO
Click on a country to see its electricity mix
CONTACT DOCTORS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
MEET THE PEOPLE
CHRIS KEEFER MD CCFP CEUS-IP
Founder and Director
Chris Keefer is a Canadian emergency physician and father. Initially anti-nuclear his passion for social and environmental justice has lead him to seek out the best evidence based solutions to our climate emergency.
MEMBERS
Dr. Anton van der Merwe MBBCh, PhD
Professor of Molecular Immunology
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
University of Oxford
Dr. Richard Steeves Professor emeritus of Radiation Oncology Wisconsin School of Medicine
Dr. Romeo Bruni MD CCFPÂ Emergency Physician
MEMBERS
DR. PHILLIP R CARLSON
DR. MARTIN GOODMAN