False Promises: Debunking Nuclear Industry Propaganda

[NeoGreen]

http://www.nirs.org/
www.nirs.org/falsepromises.pdf

False Promises

The urgent need to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to avoid severe climate consequences has provided the nuclear industry with an ostensible opportunity to stage a comeback. Through an aggressive public relations campaign, the nuclear industry is attempting to portray nuclear power as safe, clean and necessary. It is none of these.

Regardless of the millions of dollars spent to win the hearts and minds of the American public, false promises cannot undo long-standing realities. Nuclear power is an expensive, high risk technology that poses unprecedented dangers and long-term environmental degradation.

Nuclear power remains a bad option and one that would divert precious resources from readily available technologies to reduce greenhouse gases that are both cheaper and can be deployed faster.

False Promises is an updated report that debunks the misleading claims being made about nuclear power and shows why it is not part of the solution to our energy or climate crises.

For instance:
• Nuclear power is not a useful solution to climate change
• Nuclear power is vulnerable to severe climate conditions, which prevent reliable operation
• Nuclear power is not the alternative to coal
• Nuclear power is not clean
• Nuclear power is not safe
• Nuclear facilities pose serious terrorism risks
• Nuclear power is expensive
• Nuclear waste remains an unsolved problem
• Nuclear power fosters weapons proliferation
• Nuclear power is not the solution to energy independence
• Nuclear power has negative health effects
• Nuclear power is not supported by the public at large