Kristin Shrader-Frechette studied physics at Xavier University and graduated (summa cum laude) in 1967.
[2] Shrader-Frechette has published more than 380 articles and 16 books/monographs, including Burying Uncertainty: Risk and the Case Against Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste (1993); Method in Ecology (1993); The Ethics of Scientific Research (1994), Technology and Human Values (1996), Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy (2002), Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health (2007), and What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power (2011).
[1] Shrader-Frechette's 2011 book What Will Work says that nuclear power is not an economic or practical technology: This book uses market data, scientific studies, and ethical analyses to show why we should pursue green energy and conservation, and not nuclear fission, to address global climate change.
[2] In 2007, Catholic Digest named her one of 12 "Heroes for the US and the World" because of her pro-bono environmental justice work with minority and poor communities.
[1] In 2023, she received the Cosmos International Prize in Osaka, Japan for research and pro bono work on methods of quantitative risk assessment and stopping environmental injustice.