“Atomic Bamboozle” Free Viewing of Documentary from Sierra Club

Please join the Sierra Club for a free viewing all month through September 30, 2024 of the documentary “Atomic Bamboozle: The False Promise of a Nuclear Renaissance”. We also invite all to join a free virtual screening followed by an expert panel discussion on Monday, September 30, 8pm ET.  The event is coordinated by the Sierra Club Nuclear Free Grassroots Network Team.

The event is free and open to all Sierra Club leaders, members and staff.

The 46-minute documentary, directed by Portland-based filmmaker Jan Haaken, warns that so-called small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs, are simply the same dangerous nuclear technology in a shiny new wrapping. As “New” nuclear is promoted by the industry as a climate solution, “Atomic Bamboozle” shows why it’s a false solution. (Watch trailer at: https://www.atomicbamboozle.com.)

The panel after the film includes:  Jan Haaken, PhD documentary filmmaker, psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Portland State University; M. V. Ramana, PhD, a physicist and Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security, University of British Columbia (who is featured in Atomic Bamboozle); Mark Z. Jacobson, PhD, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, David Schlissel, Director of Resource Planning Analysis, Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA); and Cathy Sampson-Kruse, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Wallulapum Band). The panel will be moderated by Mike Carberry, Sierra Club; Iowa Chapter ExCom, Council of Club Leaders Vice Chair, Nuclear Free Grassroots Network Team Co-Chair.

Guest Editorial from Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/fiction-nuclear-silver-bullet