Mycle Schneider

What I admire about Mycle Schneider is the quiet discipline of his work. He isn't a headline-chasing celebrity but an independent voice in one of the most contested fields imaginable, nuclear energy, and he answers it with data rather than slogans. As lead author of the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Reports, he has spent decades giving lawmakers numbers they can't easily spin, and his 1997 Right Livelihood Award reads to me as recognition of patient, unglamorous integrity. A German based in Paris, working across borders on a global question, he embodies the kind of expert I trust most: thorough, independent, and unafraid to be inconvenient.

Mycle Schneider (pronounced Michael, /ˈmaɪkəl/) (born 1959 in Cologne) is a German nuclear energy consultant and anti-nuclear activist based in Paris. He is the lead author of The World Nuclear Industry Status Reports. He has advised members of the European Parliament on energy issues for more than twenty years. In 1997 he received the Right Livelihood Award.

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Name (English)

Mycle Schneider

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・シュナイダー

Reading

まいける・しゅないだー

Born

January 1, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

Origin

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

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Occupation

ecologist / activist / environmentalist / university teacher / consultant

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

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Awards & achievements

• 1997 Right Livelihood Award

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

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Motto

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• ecologist
• activist
• environmentalist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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