Arnie Gundersen

Arnie Gundersen is the Chief Engineer, board member, and resident “science guy” here at the Fairewinds Energy Education NGO. Since the catastrophe at Fukushima, Arnie focuses his energy worldwide on the migration of radioactive microparticles. During his multiple trips to Japan, Arnie has met and trained community-volunteer citizen-scientists to study the migration of radioactive microparticles from Fukushima in two co-authored peer-reviewed scientific articles.

A guest on CNN, ARD, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC, and Reuters to discuss the Fukushima catastrophe in Japan, he has presented worldwide to universities, governments, and media outlets. Arnie and his wife Maggie, the Founder of both Fairewinds firms, also co-authored the Japanese best-selling book, Fukushima Daiichi: The Truth And The Way Forward, published in Japan in 2012.

With more than 50-years of nuclear power engineering experience, Arnie has a nuclear safety patent and was a licensed reactor operator. As a former corporate officer in the U.S. atomic industry, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70 US nuclear power plants. The Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Associates, he testifies on behalf of states, municipalities, NGOs, and environmental organizations regarding the hazards and violations at nuclear reactors and atomic waste sites.



For research purposes, you may access Arnie’s ORCID profile below: