Safety and Security

Doel Nuclear power plant at the river Scheldt in Antwerp, Belgium.

Doel Steam Generator at the river Scheldt in Antwerp, Belgium.

From the dawn of the nuclear age, it has been recognized that nuclear power and nuclear weapons are inextricably linked. The spread of nuclear technology and ultimately nuclear weapons undermines our national security and the security of the planet.

Add to that the very real risks of nuclear meltdown. If a meltdown were to occur the accident could kill and injure tens of thousands of people, leaving large regions uninhabitable.

After the events of September 11th, the risk of a nuclear reactor meltdown must encompass not only the potential for an accident but also the very real possibility of sabotage.

And if all that weren't enough, more than 50 years after splitting the first atom, science has yet to devise a method for adequately handling long lived radioactive wastes.

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Greenpeace Comments on New Reactors without Containment Domes

Three years ago, nineteen suicidal terrorists hijacked four airliners and flew three of them into the twin towers at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the wake of these horrific attacks, the propagandists in the nuclear industry and this agency repeatedly claimed that nuclear plants were not at risk due to the containment domes that surrounded their nuclear reactors. Over the last three years both the NRC and the nuclear industry have had to temper their praise for these containments.

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NRC Commissioner Briefed on Bin Laden in 2000

Greenpeace questioned whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner's briefing on Bin Laden included the terrorists' intent to stike at U.S. nuclear reactor, a fact the FBI was aware of since the mid 1990's.

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A Wagon Train of "Dirty Bombs" That Will Last for Thirty Years

The Bush Administration has determined that it is good science and sound public policy to ship thousands of tons of deadly radioactive waste through virtually every major city in the U.S. to Yucca Mountain in Nevada for burial. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham claims that burying radioactive wastes that will remain hazardous for over 240,000 years is a good idea because it is better to have one radioactive waste dump rather than 131 sites scattered around the country. Unfortunately, this argument rings as hollow as Yucca Mountain.

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Nuclear Power's Extreme Makeover

Our nuclear expert debunks the myth that nuclear power has a role in the solution to the global warming crisis.
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He also brought the message that nuclear is not the answer to an online discussion at NewTalk.org on the topic: "Is nuclear power essential to addressing climate change and energy independence?"
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Greenpeace's Comments on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed rule on nukes & airplanes

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Amory Lovins: Expanding Nuclear Power Makes Climate Change Worse

Amory Lovins, co-founder, chairman, and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Boulder, Colorado, recently appeared on Democracy Now! to debunk the myth that nuclear energy can help solve global warming.

Watch the video on DemocracyNow.org