A Succinct Statement of FUDS: Reject Nuclear Power

Reject Nuclear Power

by Jim McCluskey

"The main objections to nuclear power are outlined below under the following headings:

• Nuclear power stations are prohibitively dangerous
• Nuclear power stations are prohibitively expensive
• Nuclear power stations use the same technology as that required to manufacture nuclear weapons
• The resulting nuclear waste will be dangerous for thousands of years
• Plant and waste deposit storage are vulnerable to terrorist attack
• Nuclear power stations epitomise the centralisation of power
• Poor countries are made dependent on rich ones
• These plants draw funds away from the development of sustainable energy
• The uranium fuel will become increasingly scarce
• The support of nuclear power by government results from special pleading lobbying by the industry

These aspects are briefly expanded upon below."http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/01/reject-nuclear-power/
Bibliography in article:

1. “Nuclear power ‘gets little public support worldwide.’”
2. Charles Perrow, Normal Accidents, Basic Books, 1984.
3. Article ‘Nuclear power and nuclear weapons are two sides of the same coin’ — article republished from Chain Reaction #115, August 2012 by Jim Green — the national nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth, Australia.
4. ‘Nuclear Power — Costly and Dangerous’ By Peter A. Bradford, an adjunct professor at the Vermont Law School and former commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.