Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023

Posted: 31st July 2023

Christopher Nolan’s film, Oppenheimer, is breaking box office records while Oliver Stone’s Nuclear Now is bombing. Meanwhile, the state of Connecticut is poised to classify new nuclear as “renewable” and pour money into nuclear expansion. Stanley Heller urges the governor to veto the bill.

A Tale of Two Directors

Christopher Nolan, the director of Oppenheimer, is enjoying the best of times, with his film grossing $81 million in North America its first weekend. Oliver Stone’s (pictured) flawed documentary is dying quietly in a corner, as it should. But both films present the anti-nuclear movement with excellent educational opportunities, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. READ MORE

Ned must nix nuclear

Stanley Heller says Connecticut governor, Ned Lamont (pictured), should give the thumbs down to a bill that would promote new nuclear power in the state including small modular reactors and even fusion. Worse, it would classify nuclear power as “renewable”, allowing new nuclear owners to sell renewable energy credits. The lessons from Ukraine alone should warn us off further use of dangerous nuclear power. READ MORE

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