Kay Drey

Kay Drey serves on the board of directors of Beyond Nuclear at NPRI. She has worked for 30 years as an advocate for the protection of the general public, workers and the environment from the hazards of nuclear power and radioactive waste. In 1996 she chaired a statewide campaign in Missouri, her home state, that prevented electric utilities from charging ratepayers for construction costs of power plants prior to their completion and that led to the cancellation of a nuclear reactor then under construction. She also led the successful campaign against the construction of a permanent disposal bunker at the St. Louis Airport for uranium and thorium wastes generated during the production of atomic weapons in the 1940s and ‘50s. Through litigation, she helped achieve stricter monitoring controls over releases of radioactive waste into the Missouri River from the Callaway nuclear plant as part of its routine operation. Mrs. Drey conducts research and has collected materials on a broad range of environmental issues, maintaining a library that is used by the media, government officials and members of the public. Tel: 314.725.7676.

Beyond Nuclear aims to educate and activate the public about the connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons and the need to abandon both to safeguard our future. Beyond Nuclear advocates for an energy future that is sustainable, benign and democratic. The Beyond Nuclear team works with diverse partners and allies to provide the public, government officials, and the media with the critical information necessary to move humanity toward a world beyond nuclear. www.beyondnuclear.org.