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False promises. Debunking Nuclear Industry Propaganda (Revised edit.) (2008)

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False
Promises
Debunking Nuclear Industry Propaganda
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 340 • Takoma Park, MD 20912 • 301-270-6477
www.nirs.org • nirsnet@nirs.org
False Promises



By the Staff of Nuclear Information and Resource Service

Michael Mariotte, Executive Director
Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director
Mary Olson, Southeast Regional Coordinator
Aja Binette, Nuclear Power Economics Campaigner
Donald Keesing, Administrative Coordinator

With contributions from Cindy Folkers, Paul Gunter and Kevin Kamps


Revised from False Promises by Jessie Carr and Dulce Fernandes

May 2008
Table of Contents




                1   FOREWORD
                    By Michael Mariotte

                3   FOREWORD TO FIRST EDITION
                    By Robert Alvarez	

                5   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	

                6   INTRODUCTION	

                9   BRIEF HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER’S
                    FALSE PROMISES	

               11   Chapter 1
                    Nuclear power is counterproductive for combating
                    climate change	

               14   Chapter 2
                    Nuclear power can be dangerously unreliable under
                    severe weather or destabilized climate conditions	

               16   Chapter 3
                    There are many proven, sustainable alternatives
                    to nuclear power and coal	

               21   Chapter 4
                    Nuclear power pollutes	
23   Chapter 5
     Reactors remain dangerous; catastrophic accidents
     can and likely will occur
     	
30   Chapter 6
     Nuclear power is expensive
     	
34   Chapter 7
     Radioactive waste remains a problem without a solution
       	
38   Chapter 8
     Nuclear weapons proliferation concerns are increasing worldwide
     	
41   Chapter 9
     Nuclear power does not lead to greater energy security
     or US energy independence
     	
42   Chapter