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46. No, they didn't win a 1985 Nobel Prize for their work.

The organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War won the award. What is IPPNW's position on nuclear power? They don't have one:

IPPNW affiliates are national medical organizations with a common commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons and the prevention of war. Affiliates range in size from a handful of dedicated physicians and medical students to tens of thousands of activists and their supporters. As independent organizations within a global federation, IPPNW affiliates engage in a wide variety of activities related to war, health, social justice, and the environment.

In much the same way Steven Starr "borrows" the credibility of a physician by touting his membership in Physicians for Social Responsibility, that group "borrows" the prestigious Nobel seal for their website - awarded to a different group for reasons that had nothing to do with nuclear power. This is a common tactic of antinuclear activists: without legitimate credentials and research of their own, they glom onto the legit credentials of other groups. In the process, they confuse well-meaning individuals like yourself not only about their work, but about real prospects for nuclear energy to fight global warming.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 1985

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1985 to the organisation International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

It is the committee's opinion that this organisation has performed a considerable service to mankind by spreading authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic warfare. The committee believes that this in turn contributes to an increase in the pressure of public opposition to the proliferation of atomic weapons and to a redefining of priorities, with greater attention being paid to health and other humanitarian issues. Such an awakening of public opinion, as is now apparent both in the East and in the West, in the North and in the South, can give the present arms limitation negotiations new perspectives and a new seriousness.

In this connection the committee attaches particular importance to the fact that the organisation was formed as a result of a joint initiative by Soviet and American physicians and that it now draws support from physicians in over forty countries all over the world.

It is the committee's intention to invite the organisation's two founders, who now share the title of president – Professor Bernard Lown from the USA and Professor Yevgeny Chazov from the Soviet Union – to receive the Peace Prize on behalf of their organisation.

Oslo, October 5, 1985

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1985/press.html

Every reputable scientist, every real expert - people with advanced degrees in climatology like James Hansen - has said that nuclear power has to be a significant part of the solution to climate change. This conflating of nuclear war with nuclear energy is disingenuous, and without a credible alternative to nuclear energy PSR largely discounts their claim to be fighting global warming.