Commercial reprocessing produces plutonium that can be used to make nuclear weapons.
Nuclear power makes proliferation more likely and verification more difficult.
There are far more satisfactory ways from the point of view of economy and health to meet the world s energy needs than nuclear energy. Unless the industrialized countries of the West make a firm commitment to phase out nuclear energy other countries are unlikely to give it up. No new nuclear power plants should be built or commissioned in any country and existing nuclear power plants should be phased out at most by the end of their current license periods. The financial, scientific and technological resources of society should be used to meet energy needs in far more efficient and less dangerous ways than nuclear power. At this crucial juncture, creating a project to work in coalition with other groups to stop all military and commercial reprocessing.