T he nuclear power industry is trying to gain access to yet another subsidy and the U.S. is posed to support them in upcoming international negotiations. By falsely claiming that nuclear power is needed to address global climate change, the industry hopes to construct and operate new reactors all over the world. The industry wants to use a pollution trading credit scheme in the current Kyoto climate change agreement to offset nuclear energy's oppressive construction costs. This policy would give nuclear energy status equal to sustainable energy under the energy credit plan in the Kyoto agreement. Any further subsidy to the nuclear industry will thwart sustainable technologies and ultimately hurt our efforts to address global climate change.
All nations deserve better.
The U.S. should learn from our own horrible mistakes with nuclear energy and not allow the nuclear industry to abuse other nations with their failed technology-no nuclear power reactor order has been placed in the U.S. since 1973. We have yet to find a way to safely store the first cupful of radioactive waste produced in the U.S. on April 24, 1942. A boost to the nuclear industry could also mean more nuclear reactors will be built in the US, after many years of stagnation and rate-payer robbery. Contact the following U.S. officials before and during climate change meeting in Lyon which commences on September 4. Further alerts and updates will be coming.