Gender and Radiation Archives · NIRS

June 8, 2017

Radiation and gender: One basis for new nuclear weapons treaty

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March 29, 2017

Civil Society Engagement in Disarmament Processes: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Ban, 2016.
The chapter titled, Human consequences of radiation: A gender factor in atomic harm, beginning on page 26, was written by Mary Olson.
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March 23, 2016

Gender and Radiation talk by Mary Olson, Japan Speaking Tour 2016

Hiroshima / Fukushima: Gender Matters in the Atomic Age

Notes on: Hiroshima/Fukushima: Gender Matters in the Atomic Age

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May 15, 2015

United Nations Gender and Nuclear Weapons: Gender Matters in the Atomic Age. NIRS's Mary Olson presents on the disproportionate effects of nuclear weapons on women and children

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April 29, 2015

Dr. Ian Fairlie (U.K.) presents to U.S. EPA officials on April 27, 2015 the causes and effects of increased childhood leukemia within 5 kilometers (3 miles) of European nuclear reactors.

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December 8, 2014

NIRS’s Mary Olson speaks on the impact of radiation on girls and women at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons.

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March 13, 2013

NIRS's Mary Olson on DailyKos: One Rad Fits All--Not Anymore, Never Did. Radiation's little-known but much greater impact on women and girls.

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November 8, 2012

Radiation and the Risk of Chronic Lymphocytic and Other Leukemias among Chornobyl Cleanup Workers.

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April 24, 2012

Women and Children Require More Protection from Ionizing Radiation Than Men

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October 30, 2011

NIRS briefing paper: Atomic Radiation is More Harmful to Women.

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May 08, 2023
On April 15, 2023 utilities in Germany shut down the country’s three last remaining nuclear power plants. These closures mark the successful planned phase-out of German nuclear energy from the nation’s grid. What does this mean for Germany? What lessons should the U.S. take away from the German energy transition? Germany’s Energiewende (“energy transition”) is an overarching…

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December 13, 2022
NIRS Statement on 12/13/22 DOE Nuclear Fusion Announcement Today, the US Department of Energy announced what scientists consider a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. In the DOE’s press release, they celebrate “a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean…

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June 10, 2022
News from Beyond Nuclear, For Immediate Release Contacts: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, kevin@beyondnuclear.org, (240) 462-3216;Michael Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes and Don’t Waste Michigan, mkeeganj@comcast.net, (734) 770-1441;Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, dianed@nirs.org, (301) 270-6477 ext. 3,;Terry Lodge, environmental coalition legal counsel, tjlodge50@yahoo.com, (419) 205-7084Iris Potter, Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, b.irispotter@gmail.com,…

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March 30, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, March 30, 2022 GROUPS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN URANIUM Activists gathered near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to demand President Biden and Congress Ban Imports of Russian Uranium into the United States U.S. CORPORATIONS BUYING RUSSIAN URANIUM ARE FUNDING PUTIN’S WAR ON UKRAINE Washington D.C. – Activists affiliated…

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March 29, 2022
NIRS has joined our counterparts in Ukraine, calling for sanctions on Russia’s nuclear industry, including a ban on imports of uranium from Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear conglomerate. Doing so should not depend on there being no impact on the U.S. economy–we should have the courage of our convictions, and bringing an end to the wanton…

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March 29, 2022
It is increasingly urgent to do all we can to end Russia’s war on Ukraine and achieve a peaceful withdrawal of Russian forces from the country. Untold thousands of civilians have now been killed. Over one-fourth of Ukraine’s population–more than 10 million people–have been displaced from their homes and cities, many of which have been…

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