Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvWQkP0DyG4

The recent virtual town hall hosted by the Transatlantic Nuclear Free Alliance (TANFA)—ATOMIC TIES: Exploring the Link Between Nuclear Weapons & Nuclear Power—was a tremendous success.

Recorded on July 16, 2026, this discussion explores how governments, corporations, financial institutions, and military programs reinforce one another, and what citizens can do to challenge the expansion of the nuclear industry to advance a safer, renewable future.

Hosts
Mary Beth Brandon — Ecological Options Network
Richard Outram – Welsh Anti-Nuclear Alliance

Featured speakers:

• Dr. Philip Johnstone – University of Sussex
• Alfred Meyer – Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Susi Snyder – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
• Dr. Gordon Edwards – Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (CCNR)

Topics include:

• The connections between civilian nuclear power and nuclear weapons programs
• Military-industrial interests driving the “nuclear renaissance”
• The financial institutions investing in the nuclear weapons industry
• Small modular reactors (SMRs), military applications, and emerging technologies
• Nuclear waste, plutonium, and proliferation risks
• Strategies for divestment, public engagement, and grassroots action

• The Focus: Examining how civilian nuclear infrastructure sustains the global weapons complex, featuring leading experts explaining why nuclear weapons must have commercial nuclear power to survive. Watch the Atomic Ties Recording
• Mark Your Calendars: Look out for the next TANFA event on Thursday, November 19, focusing on the poisonous reality of reprocessing nuclear waste that nuclear industry proponents fail to admit.