THIRD THURSDAY NEWSLETTER FOR DECEMBER 2022

10 New Subscribers = $100 for Programs

As 2022 draws to a close, we’re working with a generous donor to fund programs and grow our email subscription list. 

Send us 10 new subscribers and our anonymous donor will contribute $100 to the Samuel Lawrence Foundation program of your choice.

Our Third Thursday newsletter and other electronic mailings keep readers informed on our advocacy to strengthen public policy on nuclear waste storage. We also shine spotlights on our initiatives and great collaborators in science, education and the arts. 

Once you have referred 10 or more new subscribers to our list, send an email to us with their email addresses. Please send all of the addresses in a single email. In the subject line, identify the SLF program you would like for us to fund. We will reply with our confirmation and formal thanks!

Thanks to your generosity, we accomplished so much in 2022. We wish you the very best in the year ahead. Thank you!



The Two Most Dangerous Places in the World

What do Ukraine and Southern California have in common?

Steve Chapple, a Samuel Lawrence Foundation senior fellow, connects the dots in an article this month beneath the headline, “The Two Most Dangerous Places in the World: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine and San Onofre, California?”

You’ll want to read every word of this very readable story, which bobs and weaves across the globe from one nuclear disaster site to another.

“As nuclear power raises its rather ugly head from a long and expensive slumber, the climate crisis, politicians and tax-payer money step in to breathe new life into the bumbling Old Geezer,” Chapple writes.

In addition to his work with us, Chapple is a visiting scholar at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and executive director of the San Diego Unified STEAM Leadership Series.

Coming soon, "Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island"

We can’t wait to screen an award-winning, new documentary that explores a culture of gender biases surrounding our nation’s worst nuclear disaster, the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979.

The film, “Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island,” is directed, written and produced by Dr. Heidi Hutner, professor of Literature, Sustainability, Women’s and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University, where her work explores the history of nuclear power.

Earlier this month, Dr. Hutner’s film won the Audience Award for Best Film at the Dances With Films Festival in Los Angeles. 

We are making arrangements to screen the film at a public event early in 2023. Stay tuned!

For now, check out the Radioactive trailer.



Online Forum on Nuclear Energy with Assembly Member Boerner Horvath

The Samuel Lawrence Foundation and Coalition for Nuclear Safety are hosting a Zoom meeting with Assembly Member Tasha Boerner Horvath 11:30 a.m. Jan. 6.

Boerner Horvath, will speak to nuclear issues, why she voted against extending operations at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant and how community members can bring their concerns to elected officials.