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False promises, Debunking nuclear industry propaganda
Author | GRACE |
6-01-2-16-53.pdf | |
Date | October 2006 |
Classification | 6.01.2.16/53 (NP & GREENHOUSE EFFECT - NUCLEAR POWER YES OR NO SOLUTION & SCENARIOS) |
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October 2006 False Promises: Debunking Nuclear Industry Propaganda Nuclear power is NOT the answer to climate change FALSE PROMISES: DEBUNKING NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PROPAGANDA NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE ANSWER TO CLIMATE CHANGE GRACE Energy Initiative October 2006 FORWARD by Robert Alvarez Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy (1993 to 1999), Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington D.C. Research Team: Scott Cullen, Director Dulce Fernandes, Research and Policy Coordinator Jessie Carr, Outreach Coordinator We wish to thank the following people for their valuable contributions to this report: Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies Peter Bradford, Nuclear Energy Advisor, GRACE Energy Initiative Ian Hopping, Intern, Trinity College Joe Mangano, Executive Director, Radiation and Public Health Project TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD by ROBERT ALVAREZ 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 INTRODUCTION 8 BRIEF HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER AND FALSE PROMISES 10 WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY CLAIMING AND WHY IS IT MISLEADING 12 INDUSTRY C LAIM # 1 - NUCLEAR POWER IS NECESSARY TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE 12 INDUSTRY C LAIM # 2 - UNLIKE SOME OTHER ENERGY SOURCES, NUCLEAR ENERGY IS A BASE LOAD PROVIDER AND IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO UNRELIABLE WEATHER OR CLIMATE CONDITIONS 17 INDUSTRY C LAIM # 3 – ONLY NUCLEAR POWER IS A PRACTICAL AND PROVEN ALTERNATIVE TO COAL 20 INDUSTRY C LAIM # 4 - NUCLEAR POWER IS CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN 27 INDUSTRY C LAIM # 5- REACTORS ARE SAFE AND AN AMERICA