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False promises, Debunking nuclear industry propaganda
| Auteur | GRACE |
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6-01-2-16-53.pdf |
| Datum | oktober 2006 |
| Classificatie | 6.01.2.16/53 (KE & BROEIKAS - WEL/NIET OPLOSSING + SCENARIO'S) |
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Uit de publicatie:
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