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Nuclear Power - problems and alternatives (1998)

Auteur	Greenpeace
Datum	april 1998
Classificatie	6.01.0.00/175 (ALGEMEEN)
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1. Executive Summary

The purpose of this paper is to provide background information to complement the 
Non-Governmental Organisations' presentation on nuclear power presented to the 
second session of the Preparatory Commission for the 2000 NPT Review Conference. 
The paper focuses on the economic, health and environmental problems posed by 
nuclear power and the alternative means available for meeting growing energy 
needs in an environmentally sustainable manner. (1)

The nuclear industry is in a period of stagnation world-wide and, in actual decline 
in many countries with long-established nuclear power programmes, following its 
failure to establish itself as a clean, cheap, safe or reliable energy source. It now 
seems likely that unless there are dramatic changes to world fuel markets and the 
direction of energy supply industries, there will be no further significant orders for 
nuclear power and the total number of reactors in operation will continue to decline. 
There are five main factors behind this poor outlook for nuclear power: the high 
cost of nuclear power relative to fossil fuel fired alternatives; the difficulty of 
accommodating nuclear technology in competitive electricity supply systems; the 
lack of resources to develop new technology; a failure to adequately address safety 
and environmental issues, including nuclear waste management; and the opposition 
to the technology felt by a significant proportion of the population in many countries.

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