M.V. Ramana

2 months ago | frontline.thehindu.com | M.V. Ramana |Soni Mishra |Vaishna Roy |Urvashi Sarkar

Thirteen years after his path-breaking book The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India comes Professor M.V. Ramana’s most recent offering, candidly titled Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change. While the earlier book explored the ambitious claims of India’s energy programme, the current book is centred on the larger question of the climate change crisis and why atomic power is not the answer.

Dec 3, 2024 | counterpunch.org | M.V. Ramana

“The relationship between nuclear weapons and human security is similar to that of the relationship between economic inequalities and social justice: if you have the first, the second is very difficult to obtain.”Jacqueline Cabasso and Ray AchesonFor the vast majority of the world’s people, the most important impact of the possession of nuclear arsenals by some of the most powerful countries has been the danger of instant and painful death.

Nov 1, 2024 | bangladeshpost.net | M.V. Ramana

In the last couple of months, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, in that order, made announcements about using nuclear power for their energy needs. Describing nuclear energy using questionable adjectives like “reliable,” “safe,” “clean,” and “affordable,” all of which are belied by the technology’s seventy-year history, these tech behemoths were clearly interested in hyping up their environmental credentials and nuclear power, which is being kept alive mostly using public subsidies.

Nov 1, 2024 | counterpunch.org | M.V. Ramana

In the last couple of months, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, in that order, made announcements about using nuclear power for their energy needs. Describing nuclear energy using questionable adjectives like “reliable,” “safe,” “clean,” and “affordable,” all of which are belied by the technology’s seventy-year history, these tech behemoths were clearly interested in hyping up their environmental credentials and nuclear power, which is being kept alive mostly using public subsidies.

Jul 30, 2024 | versobooks.com | M.V. Ramana

NUCLEAR POWER WILL SLOW OUR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASE THE RISK OF WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND CATASTROPHETHE CLIMATE CRISIS has propelled nuclear energy back into fashion. Its proponents argue we already have the technology of the future and that it only needs perfection and deployment. Nuclear Is Not the Solution demonstrates why this sort of thinking is not only naïve but dangerous.