Since January 2014, Tim Judson has served as the Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service; and, prior to that, as Associate Director beginning in September 2013. NIRS is a non-profit environmental organization established in 1978 to serve as a national information and networking hub for grassroots organizations and people concerned about nuclear energy and interested in transitioning to sustainable, renewable energy sources.
Prior to working for NIRS, he served as an analyst, pro se intervenor, and grassroots organizer, watchdogging nuclear power plants New York State since 1997. He has tracked the U.S. nuclear industry through four major developmental periods during that time. He also served as a union member, union organizer, campaigner, and policy analyst in the labor movement, which also informs his analysis of the economic impacts and development policies in communities near nuclear power plants and those experiencing deindustrialization.
Tim Judson has published several reports and briefing papers on the economics and climate justice impacts of nuclear energy, including a 2018 report published by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-New York City at the COP24 climate summit, entitled “Nuclear Power and Climate Action: An Assessment for the Future.” Since 2022, he has been a contributing author to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report.
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