Italian university students Edoardo Ventafridda and Aurora Pinto manage Giovani Blu, a group of social media pages that educate the public about nuclear energy. The pair also organize grassroots pro-nuclear demonstrations and advocate for nuclear across the world.
Read MoreOsama Baig, a science communicator and nuclear engineer, educates the public on nuclear energy through his YouTube channel started during Covid. Baig tries to remove the negative stigma around nuclear by clarifying misconceptions and misunderstandings in his videos.
Read MoreAs the former president of the Fusion Party, Andrea Leong aimed to reverse Australia’s ban on nuclear. The biologist and nuclear activist works with WePlanet Australia to promote nuclear energy and sustainable food systems.
Read MoreGabriel Ivory, a Texas A&M nuclear engineering student, thrust himself and nuclear energy into the national spotlight by holding up an “I Love Nuclear” sign at a College Gameday, on August 31. Ivory co-founded Nuclear Advocacy Resource Organization (NARO) with Veronica Annala, with the goal of making Texas A&M the most pro-nuclear campus in the world.
Read MoreMichael McLean, who works at a tech start-up doing data and analytic work, is a key affordable housing and bicycle advocate in Chicago. He sees nuclear as a way to provide cities with clean electricity and transportation.
Read MoreIa Aanstoot, a participant in the Swedish “School Strikes for Climate” is a strong nuclear energy advocate at just 19. Aanstoot is involved with international nuclear advocacy and launched WePlanet’s “Dear Greenpeace” Campaign, an effort to protect nuclear energy in the European Union, which is facing legal attacks from Greenpeace.
Read MoreDinara Ermakova, a nuclear engineer specializing in waste management and public policy, advocates for nuclear energy with the Anthropocene Institute, and as their Outreach Consultant has attended the last three COPs. As a science communicator, Ermakova advocates for nuclear development in developing countries like her native Kazakhstan, especially countries with poor wind and solar resources.
Read MoreRodrigo Casimiro and André Feliciano launched Nuclear Vision Portugal to inform people about nuclear energy and motivate the public to participate in energy policy. Nuclear Vision hosted a Stand Up event to spark the conversation on nuclear in Portugal on September 14, 2024.
Read MoreWestinghouse risk analysis engineer and nuclear advocate Jenifer Avellaneda began her advocacy on X/Twitter as she tried to stop the spread of misinformation about nuclear and the Russian-Ukraine war. Avellaneda aims to be a role model for young women getting into engineering and nuclear space and stresses the safety of nuclear energy.
Read MoreAt just 26 years old, Johan Sollid is spearheading a pro-nuclear movement in Denmark. He founded the organization Foreningen Atomkraft Ja Tak (nuclear, yes please), to dismantle misunderstandings about energy and has traveled internationally to advocate for nuclear.
Read MoreThe co-founders of Econucleares, Guillem Sanchiz Ramirez and Marc Altés Soler, both nuclear engineers from Barcelona, have sparked a pro-nuclear movement within Spain. Their organization Econucleares hosted a Stand Up for Nuclear rally in March in Barcelona to save Spain’s 7 reactors from premature closure. The group has amassed a following on social media, becoming one of the largest Spanish language nuclear accounts.
Read MoreHeather Hoff, the co-founder of Mothers for Nuclear, helped save Diablo Canyon, where she works at as a nuclear operator, from premature closure. Her organization aims to fill a gap in nuclear communications, specifically listening to and working from the concerns of mothers.
Read MoreCharlyne Smith, the first black woman to graduate from the University of Florida with a PhD in nuclear engineering, is on a mission to bring nuclear energy to the Caribbean. Smith, an analyst for the nuclear think tank Breakthrough Institute, recently hosted a nuclear engineering boot camp in Jamaica.
Read MoreA biologist and lifelong environmentalist, Tea Tormanen played a crucial role in shifting nuclear policy within the Green Party of Finland, the only Green party to support nuclear energy in the world. She advocates for nuclear energy across the globe, from an ecomodernist perspective, with RePlanet, an organization that aims to “liberate nature” and “elevate humanity.”
Read MoreSince forming advocacy group Africa4Nuclear in 2021, Princy Mthombeni has become a premier advocate for nuclear energy on behalf of Africa. A skilled online communicator, Mthombeni utilizes Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube to explore nuclear energy issues from an African perspective (she is from South Africa, the only country in Africa with commercial nuclear energy).
Read MoreAs a board member with FOTA4Climate, Adam Blazowski has helped increase public support for nuclear energy in Poland, which has the dirtiest electricity grid in Europe. Blazowski considers himself an eco-humanist, wanting both nature and humanity to thrive, and advocates nuclear energy as a way to achieve that vision.
Read MoreAs Director of Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, Madi Hilly fights to preserve existing nuclear plants and to develop new nuclear technology. A seasoned nuclear advocate, Hilly helped to save Byron Nuclear Plant in Illinois from premature closure and has worked across the world in defense of nuclear.
Read MoreAn energy investor since 2004, Isuru Seneviratne began investing in nuclear energy after research led him to believe it is the “most sustainable, reliable source of energy to unlock human prosperity.” Seneviratne heads Radiant Value Management which pursues energy resources and technology, and he co-founded Nuclear NY, which acted as the leading activist voice against the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant and fights for nuclear across the state of New York.
Read MoreAngelica Oung, a successful wind reporter in Taiwan, wants to become the most trusted reporter on nuclear energy. As a nuclear advocate, Oung writes a substack (in English and Chinese) and travels to international conferences to support nuclear energy in Taiwan and beyond.
Read MoreAfter turning away from a career in solar, Ryan Pickering grew to embrace nuclear energy. In California, Pickering has become a nuclear advocate and has created a pro-nuclear club on Berkeley’s campus Nuclear is Clean Energy (NiCE).
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