There is a consistent pattern and history of lax NRC enforcement and oversight ranging from fire prevention to worker fatigue. The agency is focused on increasing the industry s profitability, not protecting humans and the environment. None of these changes will lead to increased public health and safety. In fact, the NRC has been battling with the EPA for years over radiation standards. NRC s proposed standards are consistently less protective than the EPA s.
Nuclear power is unreliable.
Complex and oftenmis-managed nuclear power plants are subject to frequent fires, leaks and other accidents. For example, the Nuclear Energy Institute s website boasts that Increased Nuclear Output Would Satisfy California's Residential Demand. Nuclear power is uneconomic. Nuclear power would not exist in this country today if it weren t for enormous subsidies paid for by ratepayers and taxpayers. Originally touted as being too cheap to meter , nuclear power plants are still too expensive for America.