The nuclear industry has always been globalised. It relies on uranium mining on indigenous land in Australia, Africa, Canada and Central Asia, enrichment plants in the US, reprocessing facilities in France and the UK, and power utilites all around the world. The need for global transportation of nuclear waste and nuclear fuel carries an appalling risk in the event of an accident.

The movement to shut down the nuclear industry has reached a peak around the world, with the industry now at a standstill in many important centres. In the US, Germany, the UK, France, Russia and Japan, construction of new nuclear reactors has been virtually at a halt for many years, and it is becoming very difficult for the industry to sustain itself. Westinghouse, Siemens, Mistubishi, Toshiba and Hitachi - mainstays in the construction of nuclear technology - are all turning to dwindling export opportunities in Asia to stay afloat. Doors are slamming there as well, through a combination of exorbitant costs and effective citizen movements.

This collection of essays and articles provide a snapshot of some of the struggles being played out against this least sustainable of all industries.

• Atomic India
  A detailed report on the No-Nukes Asia Forum 1999, the Indian nuclear industry and the Jaduguda Uranium Mine in Bihar. Produced in March 2000
• Around the World
  NUCLEAR POWER in 2001: the show's slowed, but not over
• In the Nuclear Greenhouse - nukes and climate change
  In a last ditch effort for credibility, the nuclear industry is trying to save us from global warming.
• The Indigenous Environmental Network's 10th Annual Conference
  Robin Chapple reports on his visit to New Mexico to meet Native American people with first-hand experience of the nuclear industry.
• Taiwan cancels fourth reactor
  Ministry of Economics press release on the reasoning behind this crucial victory for the antinuclear movement.
• International Action Links
  Thousands of groups around the world are working on the issue in their own backyards