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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

           The simple fact is that nuclear power is terribly dangerous.  From a health and safety standpoint, it is utterly irrational for us to continue to generate electricity by splitting the atom.  Nuclear power is unreasonably expensive.  When all of its costs are considered, it becomes clear that nuclear power is unaffordable.  Importantly, a reliance upon nuclear power impedes our efforts to develop and implement the production of electricity by safe, affordable, sustainable means, such as solar, wind, and geothermal.

            Here are twenty key facts about nuclear power.

            Also, I have included, below, links to some of the websites that provide extensive information about nuclear power.

            I hope you will check out the powerful video that is embedded, below.  It does an excellent job of summarizing the most serious problems with nuclear power, through excerpts of testimony by some of the nation’s most respected anti-nuclear experts, including Helen Caldicott, Michael Mariotte, and Harvey Wasserman.

            Also, you might want to check out the second video, with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Graham Nash, and Ben Harper.  They do a very nice job, singing and speaking about several aspects of the nuclear power issue.

1)         Nuclear power plants release radiation into the atmosphere and into our waters.  If radiation could be seen or smelled, we would be more aware of this poisonous pollution, and we would be far more likely to ban nuclear power.

2)         Nuclear power is so dangerous, and is such a risky investment, that private investors will not provide the backing for it.  The only nukes that are currently being built, anywhere, are those Continue reading →