1	Reprocessing	O
2	spent	O
3	fuel	O
4	gives	O
5	rise	O
6	to	O
7	plutonium	O
8	which	O
9	is	O
10	likely	O
11	to	O
12	be	O
13	used	O
14	in	O
15	bombs	WEAPONS
16	.	O

1	Italy	ENERGY POLICY
2	,	ENERGY POLICY
3	Belgium	ENERGY POLICY
4	,	ENERGY POLICY
5	Spain	ENERGY POLICY
6	and	ENERGY POLICY
7	Switzerland	ENERGY POLICY
8	have	ENERGY POLICY
9	also	ENERGY POLICY
10	principally	ENERGY POLICY
11	decided	ENERGY POLICY
12	to	ENERGY POLICY
13	become	ENERGY POLICY
14	nuclear	O
15	energy-free	O
16	.	O

1	Clearly	O
2	a	O
3	campaign	O
4	which	O
5	effectively	O
6	does	O
7	away	O
8	with	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	does	O
12	not	O
13	automatically	O
14	do	O
15	away	O
16	with	O
17	centralised	ENERGY POLICY
18	systems	ENERGY POLICY
19	of	O
20	political	ENERGY POLICY
21	and	ENERGY POLICY
22	economic	ENERGY POLICY
23	control	ENERGY POLICY
24	.	O

1	Lower	FOSSIL FUELS
2	gasoline	FOSSIL FUELS
3	prices	FOSSIL FUELS
4	over	O
5	the	O
6	past	O
7	year	O
8	are	O
9	likely	O
10	driving	O
11	greater	O
12	opposition	O
13	toward	O
14	the	O
15	use	O
16	of	O
17	nuclear	O
18	power	O
19	.	O

1	Terrorists	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	target	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	people	O
4	with	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	and	O
8	killl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	them	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	.	O

1	If	O
2	nuclear	WEAPONS
3	weapons	WEAPONS
4	were	O
5	to	O
6	have	O
7	a	O
8	future	O
9	,	O
10	perfecting	O
11	them	O
12	as	O
13	the	WEAPONS
14	ultimate	WEAPONS
15	weapon	WEAPONS
16	of	O
17	mass	O
18	destruction	O
19	needed	O
20	some	O
21	other	O
22	justification	O
23	than	O
24	the	O
25	annihilation	O
26	of	O
27	entire	O
28	cities	O
29	that	O
30	left	O
31	behind	O
32	a	O
33	multigenerational	O
34	legacy	O
35	of	O
36	radiation	O
37	poisoning	O
38	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	industry	O
4	disappears	O
5	here	O
6	,	O
7	it	O
8	will	O
9	be	O
10	very	O
11	difficult	O
12	to	O
13	rebuild	O
14	as	O
15	China	O
16	and	O
17	Russia	O
18	becomes	O
19	world	ENERGY POLICY
20	leaders	ENERGY POLICY
21	in	ENERGY POLICY
22	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
23	technology	ENERGY POLICY
24	.	O

1	While	O
2	not	O
3	completely	O
4	opposed	O
5	to	O
6	atomic	O
7	energy	O
8	,	O
9	they	O
10	point	O
11	out	O
12	that	O
13	it	O
14	has	O
15	its	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	own	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	perils	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	.	O

1	Not	O
2	only	O
3	has	O
4	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	never	O
7	attempted	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	blow	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	up	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	power	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	plant	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	,	O
16	there	O
17	is	O
18	,	O
19	a	O
20	)	O
21	no	O
22	evidence	O
23	that	O
24	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	group	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	is	O
28	plotting	O
29	to	O
30	blow	O
31	up	O
32	one	O
33	,	O
34	and	O
35	b	O
36	)	O
37	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
38	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
39	would	O
40	never	O
41	attempt	O
42	to	O
43	do	O
44	such	O
45	a	O
46	thing	O
47	.	O

1	Thus	O
2	some	O
3	scientists	O
4	can	O
5	work	O
6	on	O
7	weapons	WEAPONS
8	of	O
9	mass	O
10	destruction	O
11	because	O
12	the	ENERGY POLICY
13	political	ENERGY POLICY
14	decisions	ENERGY POLICY
15	regarding	O
16	these	WEAPONS
17	weapons	WEAPONS
18	are	O
19	made	O
20	at	O
21	a	O
22	distance	O
23	,	O
24	in	O
25	an	O
26	apparently	O
27	legitimate	O
28	forum	O
29	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	are	O
5	vulnerable	O
6	to	O
7	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	attacks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	.	O

1	Each	O
2	year	O
3	from	O
4	2004	O
5	to	O
6	2015	O
7	,	O
8	a	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	majority	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	Americans	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	said	O
13	they	O
14	favored	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	use	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	of	O
18	nuclear	O
19	energy	O
20	,	O
21	including	O
22	a	O
23	high	O
24	of	O
25	62	O
26	%	O
27	in	O
28	2010	O
29	.	O

1	In	O
2	1983	O
3	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	in	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	Bega	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	Valley	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	Shire	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	voted	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	declare	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	their	O
14	area	O
15	a	O
16	nuclear-free	O
17	zone	O
18	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	reactors	O
3	are	O
4	vulnerable	O
5	to	O
6	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	attacks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	like	O
9	that	O
10	on	O
11	the	O
12	World	O
13	Trade	O
14	Centre	O
15	in	O
16	2001	O
17	,	O
18	waste	O
19	and	O
20	spent	O
21	fuel	O
22	storage	O
23	is	O
24	even	O
25	more	O
26	so	O
27	.	O

1	The	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	anti-uranium	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	movement	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	has	O
5	used	O
6	a	O
7	wide	O
8	variety	O
9	of	O
10	methods	O
11	to	O
12	inform	O
13	and	O
14	involve	O
15	the	O
16	community	O
17	.	O

1	April	O
2	16th	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Nuclear	O
8	reactors	O
9	are	O
10	vulnerable	O
11	to	O
12	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	.	O

1	The	O
2	proliferation	O
3	of	O
4	nuclear	WEAPONS
5	weapons	WEAPONS
6	is	O
7	inextricably	O
8	linked	O
9	to	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	by	O
13	a	O
14	shared	O
15	need	O
16	for	O
17	enriched	O
18	uranium	O
19	,	O
20	and	O
21	through	O
22	the	O
23	generation	O
24	of	O
25	plutonium	O
26	as	O
27	a	O
28	by-product	O
29	of	O
30	spent	O
31	nuclear	O
32	fuel	O
33	.	O

1	Additionally	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	is	O
6	a	O
7	technology-intensive	O
8	industry	O
9	in	O
10	which	O
11	the	ENERGY POLICY
12	United	ENERGY POLICY
13	States	ENERGY POLICY
14	has	ENERGY POLICY
15	traditionally	ENERGY POLICY
16	led	ENERGY POLICY
17	the	ENERGY POLICY
18	world	ENERGY POLICY
19	.	O

1	In	O
2	challenging	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	as	O
6	an	ENERGY POLICY
7	inappropriate	ENERGY POLICY
8	direction	ENERGY POLICY
9	for	ENERGY POLICY
10	economic	ENERGY POLICY
11	investment	ENERGY POLICY
12	,	O
13	a	O
14	challenge	O
15	is	O
16	made	O
17	to	O
18	the	O
19	setting	O
20	of	O
21	economic	ENERGY POLICY
22	priorities	ENERGY POLICY
23	by	ENERGY POLICY
24	corporations	ENERGY POLICY
25	and	ENERGY POLICY
26	the	ENERGY POLICY
27	state	ENERGY POLICY
28	.	O

1	[	O
2	T	O
3	]	O
4	he	O
5	nuclear	O
6	industry	O
7	and	O
8	those	O
9	that	O
10	purport	O
11	to	O
12	regulate	O
13	it	O
14	have	O
15	down	O
16	played	O
17	the	O
18	potential	O
19	of	O
20	such	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	treaty	O
5	itself	O
6	is	O
7	fatally	O
8	flawed	O
9	because	O
10	it	O
11	contains	O
12	an	O
13	intractable	O
14	contradiction	O
15	:	O
16	in	O
17	exchange	O
18	for	O
19	offering	O
20	technology	O
21	and	O
22	nuclear	O
23	know-how	O
24	from	O
25	established	O
26	nuclear	O
27	powers	O
28	to	O
29	set	O
30	up	O
31	civil	O
32	nuclear	O
33	programs	O
34	,	O
35	countries	ENERGY POLICY
36	that	ENERGY POLICY
37	sign	ENERGY POLICY
38	on	ENERGY POLICY
39	to	ENERGY POLICY
40	the	ENERGY POLICY
41	treaty	ENERGY POLICY
42	agree	O
43	not	O
44	to	O
45	divert	O
46	material	O
47	into	O
48	a	WEAPONS
49	weapons	WEAPONS
50	program	WEAPONS
51	.	O

1	For	O
2	example	O
3	,	O
4	small	O
5	businesses	O
6	can	O
7	be	O
8	involved	O
9	in	O
10	efforts	O
11	towards	O
12	introducing	O
13	community-scale	RENEWABLES
14	renewable	RENEWABLES
15	energy	RENEWABLES
16	systems	RENEWABLES
17	and	O
18	feminists	O
19	can	O
20	be	O
21	involved	O
22	in	O
23	efforts	O
24	which	O
25	address	O
26	the	O
27	patriarchal	O
28	roots	O
29	of	O
30	nuclear	O
31	power	O
32	.	O

1	Hence	O
2	,	O
3	without	O
4	a	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	program	O
8	,	O
9	justified	O
10	as	O
11	the	O
12	peaceful	O
13	use	O
14	of	O
15	unlimited	O
16	,	O
17	cheap	O
18	,	O
19	and	O
20	safe	O
21	energy	O
22	,	O
23	it	O
24	is	O
25	not	O
26	possible	O
27	to	O
28	realistically	O
29	generate	O
30	the	O
31	required	O
32	amount	O
33	of	O
34	plutonium	O
35	for	O
36	nuclear	WEAPONS
37	weapons	WEAPONS
38	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	has	O
4	widespread	O
5	social	O
6	effects	O
7	,	O
8	but	O
9	promoters	O
10	of	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	claim	O
14	the	O
15	decisions	O
16	must	O
17	be	O
18	taken	O
19	by	O
20	political	ENERGY POLICY
21	and	ENERGY POLICY
22	scientific	ENERGY POLICY
23	elites	ENERGY POLICY
24	.	O

1	Today	O
2	,	O
3	the	WEAPONS
4	dangerous	WEAPONS
5	weapons	WEAPONS
6	programs	WEAPONS
7	in	O
8	both	O
9	Iran	O
10	and	O
11	North	O
12	Korea	O
13	are	O
14	linked	O
15	to	O
16	their	O
17	civilian	O
18	reactor	O
19	programs	O
20	.	O

1	A	OTHER
2	2009	OTHER
3	report	OTHER
4	by	O
5	Citibank	O
6	,	O
7	an	O
8	institution	O
9	that	O
10	has	O
11	rarely	O
12	met	O
13	a	O
14	risky	O
15	investment	O
16	it	O
17	could	O
18	say	O
19	no	O
20	to	O
21	,	O
22	highlighted	O
23	in	O
24	the	O
25	title	O
26	of	O
27	its	O
28	report	O
29	on	O
30	nuclear	O
31	power	O
32	what	O
33	its	O
34	analysis	O
35	showed	O
36	:	O
37	“	O
38	New	O
39	Nuclear	O
40	:	O
41	The	O
42	Economics	O
43	Say	O
44	No	O
45	.	O
46	”	O

1	The	O
2	reason	O
3	governments	ENERGY POLICY
4	,	O
5	in	O
6	general	O
7	,	O
8	favor	O
9	nuclear	O
10	energy	O
11	is	O
12	because	O
13	of	O
14	the	O
15	vast	O
16	amounts	O
17	of	O
18	money	O
19	pumped	O
20	into	O
21	the	ENERGY POLICY
22	lobbying	ENERGY POLICY
23	efforts	ENERGY POLICY
24	by	O
25	power	O
26	companies	O
27	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	simultaneously	O
4	provides	O
5	a	O
6	power	O
7	base	O
8	for	O
9	the	O
10	nuclear	O
11	elites	O
12	while	O
13	increasing	ENERGY POLICY
14	state	ENERGY POLICY
15	power	ENERGY POLICY
16	.	O

1	But	O
2	as	O
3	we	O
4	know	O
5	there	O
6	is	O
7	nothing	WEAPONS
8	"	WEAPONS
9	peaceful	WEAPONS
10	"	O
11	about	O
12	all	O
13	things	O
14	nuclear	O
15	.	O

1	They	O
2	really	O
3	are	O
4	very	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	,	O
7	but	O
8	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	opinion	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	in	O
12	countries	O
13	currently	O
14	not	O
15	using	O
16	nuclear	O
17	power	O
18	is	O
19	predominantly	O
20	against	O
21	nuclear	O
22	energy	O
23	.	O

1	The	O
2	intimate	O
3	connection	O
4	between	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	production	O
8	and	O
9	nuclear	WEAPONS
10	weapons	WEAPONS
11	is	O
12	inescapable	O
13	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	as	O
5	well	O
6	as	O
7	nuclear	O
8	waste	O
9	could	O
10	be	O
11	preferred	O
12	targets	O
13	for	O
14	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	attacks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	.	O

1	I	O
2	do	O
3	agree	O
4	that	O
5	if	O
6	more	O
7	members	O
8	of	O
9	the	O
10	public	O
11	were	O
12	aware	O
13	if	O
14	the	O
15	limitations	O
16	of	O
17	renewables	RENEWABLES
18	and	O
19	the	O
20	need	O
21	for	O
22	nuclear	O
23	power	O
24	it	O
25	is	O
26	more	O
27	likely	O
28	that	O
29	action	O
30	would	O
31	be	O
32	taken	O
33	.	O

1	Most	O
2	of	O
3	those	ENERGY POLICY
4	countries	ENERGY POLICY
5	with	ENERGY POLICY
6	the	ENERGY POLICY
7	greatest	ENERGY POLICY
8	stake	ENERGY POLICY
9	in	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	-	O
13	United	O
14	States	O
15	,	O
16	Japan	O
17	,	O
18	Soviet	O
19	Union	O
20	,	O
21	France	O
22	,	O
23	West	O
24	Germany	O
25	,	O
26	Britain	O
27	-	O
28	are	O
29	the	O
30	most	O
31	powerful	O
32	economically	O
33	.	O

1	In	O
2	this	O
3	case	O
4	the	ENERGY POLICY
5	nuclear-free	ENERGY POLICY
6	zone	ENERGY POLICY
7	campaign	ENERGY POLICY
8	provided	O
9	a	O
10	channel	O
11	for	O
12	exposing	O
13	and	O
14	challenging	O
15	the	O
16	role	O
17	of	O
18	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
19	expertise	ENERGY POLICY
20	and	ENERGY POLICY
21	elites	ENERGY POLICY
22	in	O
23	promoting	O
24	nuclear	O
25	power	O
26	.	O

1	Today	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	is	O
6	used	O
7	to	WEAPONS
8	make	WEAPONS
9	weapons	WEAPONS
10	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	,	O
4	by	O
5	virtue	O
6	of	O
7	its	O
8	large	O
9	size	O
10	,	O
11	centralised	ENERGY POLICY
12	production	ENERGY POLICY
13	of	O
14	electricity	O
15	and	O
16	dependence	O
17	on	O
18	experts	O
19	,	O
20	was	O
21	suitable	O
22	for	O
23	control	ENERGY POLICY
24	by	ENERGY POLICY
25	state	ENERGY POLICY
26	bureaucracies	ENERGY POLICY
27	.	O

1	A	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	typical	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	grassroots	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	activity	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	has	O
6	been	O
7	the	O
8	creation	O
9	of	O
10	nuclear-free	O
11	zones	O
12	,	O
13	which	O
14	is	O
15	mainly	O
16	a	O
17	symbolic	O
18	action	O
19	which	O
20	helps	O
21	raise	O
22	awareness	O
23	and	O
24	encourage	O
25	local	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	groups	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	openly	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	oppose	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	nuclear	O
31	power	O
32	.	O

1	Already	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	development	O
5	has	O
6	been	O
7	used	O
8	repeatedly	O
9	as	O
10	a	O
11	cover	O
12	for	O
13	developing	O
14	nuclear	WEAPONS
15	weapons	WEAPONS
16	.	O

1	Of	O
2	course	O
3	it	O
4	is	O
5	important	O
6	to	O
7	discuss	O
8	the	O
9	technical	O
10	aspects	O
11	of	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	,	O
15	but	O
16	it	O
17	is	O
18	at	O
19	least	O
20	as	O
21	important	O
22	to	O
23	explore	O
24	ways	O
25	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	reduce	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	influence	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	those	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	who	PUBLIC DEBATE
32	unalterably	PUBLIC DEBATE
33	oppose	PUBLIC DEBATE
34	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
35	power	PUBLIC DEBATE
36	.	O

1	It	O
2	has	O
3	exploded	O
4	in	O
5	Japan	O
6	and	O
7	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	still	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	say	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	they	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	want	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	power	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	but	O
16	they	O
17	should	O
18	n't	O
19	have	O
20	nuclear	O
21	power	O
22	because	O
23	it	O
24	has	O
25	already	O
26	killed	O
27	millions	O
28	of	O
29	Japanese	O
30	people	O
31	.	O

1	Probably	O
2	those	O
3	who	O
4	receive	O
5	considerable	O
6	income	O
7	from	O
8	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
9	also	O
10	oppose	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	;	O
14	I	O
15	shall	O
16	refrain	O
17	from	O
18	mentioning	O
19	names	O
20	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	world	O
4	adopts	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	as	O
8	a	O
9	primary	O
10	source	O
11	of	O
12	energy	O
13	,	O
14	it	O
15	will	O
16	cause	O
17	uranium	O
18	wars	O
19	in	O
20	the	O
21	same	O
22	way	O
23	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
24	cause	O
25	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
26	wars	FOSSIL FUELS
27	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	futile	O
4	to	O
5	expect	O
6	the	ENERGY POLICY
7	government	ENERGY POLICY
8	on	O
9	its	O
10	own	O
11	-	O
12	whatever	O
13	its	O
14	platform	O
15	may	O
16	be	O
17	-	O
18	to	O
19	readily	O
20	oppose	O
21	aspects	O
22	of	O
23	the	O
24	nuclear	O
25	fuel	O
26	cycle	O
27	.	O

1	We	O
2	can	O
3	not	O
4	be	O
5	sure	O
6	that	O
7	our	O
8	uranium	O
9	does	O
10	not	O
11	end	O
12	up	O
13	in	O
14	weapons	WEAPONS
15	,	O
16	eg	O
17	in	O
18	France	O
19	or	O
20	China	O
21	.	O

1	Barrie	O
2	Machin	O
3	,	O
4	as	O
5	coordinator	O
6	,	O
7	first	O
8	drew	O
9	attention	O
10	to	O
11	the	O
12	dangers	O
13	of	O
14	Nuclear	O
15	Power	O
16	stations	O
17	as	O
18	target	O
19	for	O
20	terrorists	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	,	O
22	and	O
23	the	O
24	dangers	O
25	of	O
26	a	O
27	link	O
28	with	O
29	the	O
30	foreign	O
31	policies	O
32	of	O
33	the	O
34	US	O
35	in	O
36	a	O
37	pamphlet	O
38	titled	O
39	:	O
40	Accomplices	O
41	to	O
42	Armageddon	O
43	.	O

1	In	O
2	promoting	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	,	O
6	and	O
7	thereby	O
8	entrenching	O
9	centralised	ENERGY POLICY
10	political	ENERGY POLICY
11	and	ENERGY POLICY
12	economic	ENERGY POLICY
13	power	ENERGY POLICY
14	,	O
15	other	O
16	consequences	O
17	result	O
18	which	O
19	mobilise	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	in	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	opposition	PUBLIC DEBATE
23	:	O
24	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	effects	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	(	O
27	especially	O
28	radioactive	WASTE
29	waste	WASTE
30	)	O
31	,	O
32	the	O
33	connection	O
34	with	O
35	nuclear	WEAPONS
36	weapons	WEAPONS
37	,	O
38	threats	O
39	to	O
40	Aboriginal	ENERGY POLICY
41	land	ENERGY POLICY
42	rights	ENERGY POLICY
43	,	O
44	threats	O
45	to	O
46	civil	ENERGY POLICY
47	liberties	ENERGY POLICY
48	,	O
49	and	O
50	many	O
51	others	O
52	.	O

1	The	O
2	support	O
3	of	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	by	O
7	government	ENERGY POLICY
8	results	ENERGY POLICY
9	from	O
10	special	ENERGY POLICY
11	pleading	ENERGY POLICY
12	lobbying	ENERGY POLICY
13	by	O
14	the	O
15	industry	O
16	.	O

1	Widespread	O
2	commercial	O
3	take	O
4	up	O
5	is	O
6	severely	O
7	limited	O
8	due	O
9	to	O
10	popular	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	misconceptions	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	about	O
13	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	dangers	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	power	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	.	O

1	New	O
2	nuclear	O
3	reprocessing	O
4	systems	O
5	reduce	O
6	risks	WEAPONS
7	of	WEAPONS
8	weapons-use	WEAPONS
9	Reprocessing	WEAPONS
10	systems	WEAPONS
11	can	O
12	be	O
13	designed	O
14	to	O
15	make	O
16	it	O
17	more	O
18	difficult	O
19	to	O
20	re-direct	O
21	nuclear	O
22	fuel	O
23	into	O
24	weapons-grade	WEAPONS
25	nuclear	WEAPONS
26	materials	WEAPONS
27	.	O

1	We	OTHER
2	are	O
3	alarmed	O
4	by	O
5	people	O
6	who	O
7	want	O
8	to	O
9	close	O
10	the	O
11	door	O
12	on	O
13	nuclear	O
14	,	O
15	and	O
16	so	O
17	that	O
18	is	O
19	why	O
20	we	O
21	are	O
22	more	O
23	outspoken	O
24	than	O
25	we	O
26	might	O
27	have	O
28	been	O
29	a	O
30	few	O
31	years	O
32	ago	O
33	,	O
34	he	O
35	said	O
36	in	O
37	a	O
38	phone	O
39	interview	O
40	.	O

1	Major	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	anti-uranium	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	rallies	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	and	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	marches	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	were	O
7	held	O
8	each	O
9	year	O
10	in	O
11	most	O
12	large	O
13	cities	O
14	,	O
15	especially	O
16	in	O
17	the	O
18	peak	O
19	years	O
20	of	O
21	the	O
22	uranium	O
23	debate	O
24	,	O
25	1976-1979	O
26	and	O
27	again	O
28	since	O
29	1983	O
30	.	O

1	Both	O
2	sides	O
3	of	O
4	federal	ENERGY POLICY
5	politics	ENERGY POLICY
6	have	O
7	said	O
8	they	O
9	'	O
10	re	O
11	against	O
12	it	O
13	and	O
14	have	O
15	been	O
16	for	O
17	ages	O
18	.	O

1	Therefore	O
2	the	O
3	world	O
4	can	O
5	not	O
6	free	O
7	itself	O
8	from	O
9	nuclear	WEAPONS
10	weapons	WEAPONS
11	while	O
12	reactors	O
13	and	O
14	nuclear	O
15	fuel	O
16	chain	O
17	facilities	O
18	such	O
19	as	O
20	uranium	O
21	enrichment	O
22	and	O
23	reprocessing	O
24	factories	O
25	exist	O
26	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	supported	OTHER
3	attempts	O
4	to	O
5	establish	O
6	regional	O
7	nuclear	O
8	free	O
9	zones	O
10	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	goes	O
4	against	O
5	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	will	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	:	O
11	Ever	O
12	since	O
13	the	O
14	Fukushima	O
15	disaster	O
16	in	O
17	2011	O
18	,	O
19	the	O
20	bulk	O
21	of	O
22	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
23	Japanese	PUBLIC DEBATE
24	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
25	has	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	been	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	against	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	nuclear	O
29	energy	O
30	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	ongoing	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	deepening	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	calamity	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	in	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	Japan	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	’s	ENERGY POLICY
12	abiding	ENERGY POLICY
13	commitment	ENERGY POLICY
14	to	ENERGY POLICY
15	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
16	power	ENERGY POLICY
17	,	O
18	including	O
19	the	O
20	ability	O
21	to	O
22	reprocess	O
23	spent	O
24	nuclear	O
25	fuel	O
26	and	O
27	generate	O
28	plutonium	O
29	,	O
30	is	O
31	therefore	O
32	an	O
33	outgrowth	O
34	of	O
35	imperial	ENERGY POLICY
36	power	ENERGY POLICY
37	plays	ENERGY POLICY
38	at	O
39	the	O
40	end	O
41	of	O
42	the	O
43	Second	O
44	World	O
45	War	O
46	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	many	O
4	types	O
5	of	O
6	facilities	O
7	that	O
8	are	O
9	far	O
10	more	O
11	vulnerable	O
12	,	O
13	including	O
14	liquid	FOSSIL FUELS
15	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
16	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
17	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
18	,	O
19	chemical	FOSSIL FUELS
20	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
21	and	O
22	numerous	O
23	political	O
24	targets	O
25	.	O
26	"	O

1	Reactors	O
2	,	O
3	with	O
4	the	O
5	piles	O
6	of	O
7	nuclear	O
8	materials	O
9	,	O
10	are	O
11	prime	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	terrorists	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	targets	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	power	OTHER
3	is	O
4	not	O
5	an	O
6	automatic	O
7	or	O
8	inevitable	O
9	development	O
10	.	O

1	In	O
2	2001	O
3	the	O
4	Economist	O
5	,	O
6	a	O
7	publication	O
8	with	O
9	its	O
10	heart	O
11	firmly	O
12	in	O
13	the	O
14	camp	O
15	of	O
16	“	O
17	free-market	O
18	”	O
19	capitalism	O
20	wrote	O
21	:	O
22	“	O
23	Nuclear	O
24	Power	O
25	,	O
26	once	O
27	claimed	O
28	to	O
29	be	O
30	too	O
31	cheap	O
32	to	O
33	meter	O
34	,	O
35	is	O
36	now	O
37	too	COSTS
38	costly	COSTS
39	to	O
40	matter	O
41	.	O
42	”	O

1	More	O
2	fundamentally	O
3	,	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	represents	O
7	a	O
8	potential	O
9	new	O
10	stage	O
11	in	O
12	the	O
13	entrenchment	O
14	of	O
15	centralised	ENERGY POLICY
16	political	ENERGY POLICY
17	and	ENERGY POLICY
18	economic	ENERGY POLICY
19	control	ENERGY POLICY
20	and	O
21	of	O
22	specialist	O
23	knowledge	O
24	in	O
25	the	O
26	service	O
27	of	O
28	elites	O
29	.	O

1	True	O
2	liberals	O
3	who	O
4	value	O
5	their	O
6	neighbors	O
7	and	O
8	wish	O
9	them	O
10	to	O
11	have	O
12	ever	O
13	increasing	O
14	opportunities	O
15	to	O
16	pursue	O
17	life	O
18	,	O
19	freedom	O
20	,	O
21	and	O
22	individual	O
23	decision-making	O
24	have	PUBLIC DEBATE
25	never	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	been	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	opposed	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	energy	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	if	PUBLIC DEBATE
32	they	PUBLIC DEBATE
33	knew	PUBLIC DEBATE
34	anything	PUBLIC DEBATE
35	about	PUBLIC DEBATE
36	it	PUBLIC DEBATE
37	.	O

1	Former	O
2	US	O
3	Vice-President	O
4	Al	O
5	Gore	O
6	said	O
7	(	O
8	18	O
9	/	O
10	9	O
11	/	O
12	06	O
13	)	O
14	:	O
15	"	O
16	During	O
17	my	O
18	eight	O
19	years	O
20	in	O
21	the	O
22	White	O
23	House	O
24	,	O
25	every	WEAPONS
26	nuclear	WEAPONS
27	weapons	WEAPONS
28	proliferation	WEAPONS
29	issue	WEAPONS
30	we	O
31	dealt	O
32	with	O
33	was	O
34	connected	O
35	to	O
36	a	O
37	nuclear	O
38	reactor	O
39	program	O
40	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	reactors	O
3	are	O
4	major	O
5	targets	O
6	for	O
7	terrorists	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	:	O
9	Because	O
10	of	O
11	the	O
12	potential	O
13	threat	O
14	of	O
15	mass	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	destruction	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	,	O
18	nuclear	O
19	power	O
20	plants	O
21	are	O
22	major	O
23	targets	O
24	for	O
25	terrorists	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	.	O

1	Today	O
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	nuclear	O
5	stockpile	O
6	of	O
7	the	O
8	United	O
9	States	O
10	,	O
11	which	O
12	stands	O
13	at	O
14	over	WEAPONS
15	7,000	WEAPONS
16	warheads	WEAPONS
17	—	O
18	some	O
19	of	O
20	which	O
21	are	O
22	still	O
23	kept	O
24	in	O
25	permanent	O
26	readiness	O
27	—	O
28	could	O
29	alone	O
30	destroy	O
31	planetary	O
32	life	O
33	several	O
34	times	O
35	over	O
36	.	O

1	Direct	O
2	pressure	O
3	to	O
4	stop	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	helps	O
8	restrain	O
9	the	O
10	expansion	O
11	of	O
12	the	ENERGY POLICY
13	power	ENERGY POLICY
14	of	ENERGY POLICY
15	the	ENERGY POLICY
16	state	ENERGY POLICY
17	,	O
18	technocracy	O
19	and	O
20	other	O
21	institutions	O
22	behind	O
23	nuclear	O
24	power	O
25	.	O

1	Use	O
2	of	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	by	O
6	the	O
7	U.S.	O
8	will	O
9	encourage	O
10	nuclear	O
11	proliferation	O
12	by	O
13	third-world	O
14	countries	O
15	and	O
16	often	O
17	leads	O
18	to	O
19	nuclear	WEAPONS
20	weapon	WEAPONS
21	development	WEAPONS
22	and	O
23	the	O
24	risk	O
25	of	O
26	nuclear	O
27	war	O
28	.	O

1	*	O
2	Was	O
3	it	O
4	because	O
5	many	O
6	of	O
7	them	O
8	were	ENERGY POLICY
9	funded	ENERGY POLICY
10	by	ENERGY POLICY
11	foreign	ENERGY POLICY
12	countries	ENERGY POLICY
13	(	O
14	the	O
15	USSR	O
16	,	O
17	or	O
18	Arab	O
19	countries	O
20	in	O
21	the	O
22	case	O
23	of	O
24	the	O
25	anti-Zionist	O
26	left	O
27	)	O
28	that	O
29	had	O
30	a	O
31	vested	O
32	interest	O
33	in	O
34	selling	O
35	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
36	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
37	?	O

1	Of	O
2	the	O
3	10	O
4	nations	O
5	which	O
6	have	O
7	developed	O
8	nuclear	WEAPONS
9	weapons	WEAPONS
10	‘	O
11	six	O
12	did	O
13	so	O
14	with	O
15	political	O
16	cover	O
17	and	O
18	/	O
19	or	O
20	technical	O
21	support	O
22	from	O
23	their	O
24	supposedly	O
25	peaceful	O
26	nuclear	O
27	program	O
28	–	O
29	India	O
30	,	O
31	Pakistan	O
32	,	O
33	Israel	O
34	,	O
35	South	O
36	Africa	O
37	,	O
38	North	O
39	Korea	O
40	and	O
41	France	O
42	’	O
43	3	O
44	.	O

1	Hot	O
2	Target	O
3	for	O
4	Militants	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	:	O
6	Nuclear	O
7	energy	O
8	has	O
9	immense	O
10	power	O
11	.	O

1	Reverting	O
2	back	O
3	to	O
4	nuclear	O
5	energy	O
6	is	O
7	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	grave	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	move	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	on	O
13	Japan	O
14	’s	O
15	part	O
16	,	O
17	a	O
18	move	O
19	that	O
20	could	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	potentially	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	threaten	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	entire	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	globe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	.	O

1	Opposing	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	can	O
5	be	O
6	done	O
7	at	O
8	different	O
9	levels	O
10	:	O
11	education	O
12	,	O
13	community	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	activities	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	,	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	rallies	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	and	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	civil	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	disobedience	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	to	O
21	apply	O
22	pressure	O
23	within	O
24	existing	O
25	institutions	O
26	,	O
27	and	O
28	at	O
29	the	O
30	same	O
31	time	O
32	efforts	O
33	for	O
34	long-term	O
35	institutional	O
36	change	O
37	towards	O
38	equality	O
39	,	O
40	participation	O
41	and	O
42	democracy	O
43	.	O

1	When	O
2	we	O
3	think	O
4	about	O
5	this	O
6	resource	O
7	,	O
8	many	O
9	of	O
10	us	O
11	think	O
12	about	O
13	nuclear	WEAPONS
14	bombs	WEAPONS
15	or	O
16	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	meltdowns	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	that	O
19	have	O
20	happened	O
21	at	O
22	a	O
23	number	O
24	of	O
25	nuclear	O
26	plants	O
27	around	O
28	the	O
29	world	O
30	.	O

1	This	O
2	appears	O
3	to	O
4	have	O
5	resulted	O
6	in	O
7	more	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	Americans	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	prioritizing	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	protection	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	and	O
13	fewer	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	backing	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	power	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	as	O
18	an	O
19	alternative	O
20	energy	O
21	source	O
22	.	O

1	And	O
2	there	O
3	is	O
4	always	O
5	the	O
6	risk	O
7	of	O
8	nuclear	O
9	proliferation	O
10	,	O
11	where	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	plants	O
15	are	O
16	diverted	O
17	to	O
18	help	O
19	make	O
20	weapons	WEAPONS
21	for	O
22	countries	O
23	or	O
24	terrorist	O
25	groups	O
26	.	O

1	Citizens	O
2	do	O
3	not	O
4	want	O
5	nuclear	WEAPONS
6	weapons	WEAPONS
7	because	O
8	they	O
9	know	O
10	they	O
11	are	O
12	insanely	O
13	dangerous	O
14	and	O
15	what	O
16	they	O
17	want	O
18	is	O
19	to	O
20	live	O
21	without	O
22	the	O
23	threat	O
24	of	O
25	sudden	O
26	and	O
27	complete	O
28	annihilation	O
29	hanging	O
30	over	O
31	them	O
32	and	O
33	their	O
34	children	O
35	at	O
36	all	O
37	times	O
38	.	O

1	The	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	54	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	%	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	opposing	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	it	O
6	is	O
7	up	O
8	significantly	O
9	from	O
10	43	O
11	%	O
12	a	O
13	year	O
14	ago	O
15	,	O
16	while	O
17	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	44	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	%	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	who	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	favor	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	using	PUBLIC DEBATE
23	nuclear	O
24	energy	O
25	is	O
26	down	O
27	from	O
28	51	O
29	%	O
30	.	O

1	Target	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	for	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	terrorism	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	(	O
5	as	O
6	are	O
7	all	O
8	centralized	O
9	power	O
10	generation	O
11	sources	O
12	)	O
13	.	O

1	But	O
2	just	O
3	because	O
4	nuclear	O
5	technology	O
6	can	O
7	be	O
8	put	O
9	to	O
10	evil	WEAPONS
11	purposes	WEAPONS
12	is	O
13	not	O
14	an	O
15	argument	O
16	to	O
17	ban	O
18	its	O
19	use	O
20	.	O

1	An	OTHER
2	emphasis	OTHER
3	on	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	must	O
7	not	O
8	obscure	O
9	the	O
10	fact	O
11	that	O
12	other	O
13	energy	O
14	technologies	O
15	can	O
16	also	O
17	fulfil	O
18	the	OTHER
19	same	OTHER
20	socially	OTHER
21	destructive	OTHER
22	role	OTHER
23	that	O
24	nuclear	O
25	power	O
26	plays	O
27	.	O

1	This	O
2	puts	ENERGY POLICY
3	them	ENERGY POLICY
4	at	ENERGY POLICY
5	the	ENERGY POLICY
6	mercy	ENERGY POLICY
7	of	ENERGY POLICY
8	the	ENERGY POLICY
9	rich	ENERGY POLICY
10	and	ENERGY POLICY
11	more	ENERGY POLICY
12	technically	ENERGY POLICY
13	advanced	ENERGY POLICY
14	states	ENERGY POLICY
15	if	O
16	they	O
17	go	O
18	down	O
19	the	O
20	nuclear	O
21	power	O
22	route	O
23	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	carries	O
4	with	O
5	it	O
6	the	O
7	risk	O
8	of	O
9	nuclear	WEAPONS
10	terrorism	WEAPONS
11	.	O

1	No	O
2	atomic	O
3	energy	O
4	plant	O
5	in	O
6	the	O
7	world	O
8	could	O
9	withstand	O
10	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	similar	O
13	to	O
14	9	O
15	/	O
16	11	O
17	in	O
18	New	O
19	York	O
20	.	O

1	Every	O
2	dollar	O
3	spent	O
4	on	O
5	nuclear	O
6	is	O
7	one	O
8	less	O
9	dollar	O
10	spent	O
11	on	O
12	clean	RENEWABLES
13	renewable	RENEWABLES
14	energy	RENEWABLES
15	and	O
16	one	O
17	more	O
18	dollar	O
19	spent	O
20	on	O
21	making	O
22	the	O
23	world	O
24	a	O
25	comparatively	O
26	dirtier	O
27	and	O
28	a	O
29	more	O
30	dangerous	O
31	place	O
32	,	O
33	because	O
34	nuclear	O
35	power	O
36	and	O
37	nuclear	WEAPONS
38	weapons	WEAPONS
39	go	O
40	hand	O
41	in	O
42	hand	O
43	.	O

1	A	OTHER
2	comprehensive	OTHER
3	2003	OTHER
4	MIT	OTHER
5	report	OTHER
6	,	O
7	The	O
8	Future	O
9	of	O
10	Nuclear	O
11	Power	O
12	,	O
13	made	O
14	it	O
15	clear	O
16	what	O
17	the	O
18	difficulties	O
19	of	O
20	expanding	O
21	nuclear	O
22	power	O
23	were	O
24	.	O

1	If	O
2	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	came	O
4	they	O
5	could	O
6	target	O
7	a	O
8	nuclear	O
9	plant	O
10	then	O
11	hundreds	O
12	of	O
13	people	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	will	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	die	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	.	O

1	Moreover	O
2	,	O
3	power	O
4	reactors	O
5	themselves	O
6	produce	O
7	plutonium	O
8	,	O
9	which	O
10	may	O
11	be	O
12	used	O
13	in	O
14	bombs	WEAPONS
15	.	O

1	Both	O
2	were	O
3	members	O
4	of	O
5	David	O
6	Rockefeller	O
7	’s	O
8	Trilateral	O
9	Commission	O
10	and	O
11	both	O
12	favored	O
13	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
14	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
15	interests	FOSSIL FUELS
16	over	O
17	increased	O
18	use	O
19	of	O
20	nuclear	O
21	energy	O
22	.	O

1	Inside	O
2	critics	O
3	have	O
4	played	O
5	a	O
6	crucial	O
7	role	O
8	in	O
9	campaigns	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	against	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	power	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	by	O
14	providing	O
15	information	O
16	about	O
17	political	O
18	developments	O
19	and	O
20	occasionally	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	speaking	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	out	PUBLIC DEBATE
23	in	PUBLIC DEBATE
24	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
25	against	O
26	them	O
27	.	O

1	In	OTHER
2	previous	O
3	years	O
4	,	O
5	as	O
6	many	O
7	as	O
8	three	O
9	in	O
10	four	O
11	Republicans	O
12	were	O
13	in	O
14	favor	O
15	of	O
16	nuclear	O
17	energy	O
18	,	O
19	peaking	O
20	at	O
21	76	O
22	%	O
23	in	O
24	2009	O
25	.	O

1	Opponents	O
2	also	O
3	question	O
4	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	negative	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	effects	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	nuclear	O
9	energy	O
10	can	O
11	expose	O
12	to	O
13	the	O
14	public	O
15	,	O
16	in	O
17	addition	O
18	to	O
19	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	workers	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	who	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	interact	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	with	O
24	the	O
25	matter	O
26	on	O
27	a	O
28	daily	O
29	basis	O
30	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	power	OTHER
3	is	O
4	a	O
5	large-scale	O
6	vulnerable	O
7	point	O
8	in	O
9	the	O
10	structures	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	state	O
14	,	O
15	capitalism	O
16	and	O
17	so	O
18	forth	O
19	.	O

1	What	OTHER
2	needs	OTHER
3	to	OTHER
4	be	OTHER
5	done	OTHER
6	is	O
7	to	O
8	focus	O
9	on	O
10	vulnerable	O
11	points	O
12	within	O
13	the	O
14	structures	O
15	promoting	O
16	nuclear	O
17	power	O
18	,	O
19	and	O
20	to	O
21	devote	O
22	efforts	O
23	in	O
24	these	O
25	areas	O
26	.	O

1	While	O
2	this	O
3	approach	O
4	does	O
5	have	O
6	some	O
7	merit	O
8	for	O
9	example	O
10	in	O
11	saving	O
12	an	O
13	area	O
14	from	O
15	irreversible	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	destruction	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	,	O
19	it	O
20	is	O
21	inadequate	O
22	as	O
23	an	O
24	approach	O
25	to	O
26	stopping	O
27	mining	O
28	or	O
29	transforming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	structures	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	underlying	O
33	nuclear	O
34	power	O
35	.	O

1	Go	O
2	look	O
3	up	O
4	some	O
5	of	O
6	Will	O
7	Saletan	O
8	’s	O
9	fantastic	O
10	work	O
11	on	O
12	this	O
13	topic	O
14	on	O
15	SLATE	O
16	and	O
17	I	O
18	think	O
19	you	O
20	’ll	O
21	very	O
22	quickly	O
23	recognize	O
24	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
25	same	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	anti-science	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	,	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	caution-in-spite-of-evidence	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	to-the-point-of-hysteria	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	patterns	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	that	O
32	underpin	O
33	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
34	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
35	power	PUBLIC DEBATE
36	debate	PUBLIC DEBATE
37	.	O

1	I	O
2	am	O
3	convinced	O
4	that	O
5	many	O
6	of	O
7	our	ENERGY POLICY
8	politicians	ENERGY POLICY
9	are	O
10	well	O
11	aware	O
12	that	O
13	developing	O
14	a	O
15	superior	O
16	nuclear	O
17	technology	O
18	is	O
19	imperative	O
20	,	O
21	but	O
22	they	O
23	see	O
24	it	O
25	as	O
26	political	ENERGY POLICY
27	suicide	ENERGY POLICY
28	even	O
29	to	O
30	mention	O
31	nuclear	O
32	power	O
33	.	O

1	I	O
2	’d	O
3	rather	O
4	urge	O
5	people	O
6	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	challenge	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	some	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	their	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	basic	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	assumptions	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	(	O
14	specifically	O
15	,	O
16	that	O
17	‘	O
18	green	O
19	energy	O
20	’	O
21	companies	O
22	are	O
23	benevolent	O
24	)	O
25	;	O
26	so	O
27	a	O
28	key	O
29	pillar	O
30	of	O
31	any	O
32	pro-nuke	O
33	argument	O
34	has	O
35	to	O
36	be	O
37	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
38	remind	PUBLIC DEBATE
39	lefties	PUBLIC DEBATE
40	that	PUBLIC DEBATE
41	green	PUBLIC DEBATE
42	business	PUBLIC DEBATE
43	is	PUBLIC DEBATE
44	still	PUBLIC DEBATE
45	business	PUBLIC DEBATE
46	.	O

1	Nowhere	O
2	in	O
3	the	O
4	world	O
5	is	O
6	nuclear	O
7	power	O
8	subsidised	ENERGY POLICY
9	–	O
10	on	O
11	the	O
12	contrary	O
13	in	O
14	Sweden	O
15	and	O
16	Germany	O
17	it	O
18	has	O
19	a	ENERGY POLICY
20	special	ENERGY POLICY
21	tax	ENERGY POLICY
22	.	O

1	So	O
2	yes	O
3	there	O
4	are	O
5	cons	O
6	but	O
7	when	O
8	I	O
9	consider	O
10	the	O
11	density	O
12	of	O
13	energy	O
14	produced	O
15	I	O
16	to	O
17	become	O
18	a	O
19	big	O
20	supporter	O
21	of	O
22	TMSR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
23	.	O

1	A	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	strike	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	on	O
5	a	O
6	nuclear	O
7	facility	O
8	could	O
9	be	O
10	devastating	O
11	"	O
12	Nuclear	O
13	’s	O
14	Fatal	O
15	Flaws	O
16	:	O
17	Security	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	"	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	.	O

1	After	O
2	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	at	O
5	the	O
6	U.S.	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plant	O
10	Three	O
11	Mile	O
12	Island	O
13	in	O
14	1979	O
15	,	O
16	around	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	200,000	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	took	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	streets	PUBLIC DEBATE
23	in	O
24	Hannover	O
25	and	O
26	Bonn	O
27	,	O
28	demonstrating	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	against	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	the	O
31	use	O
32	of	O
33	nuclear	O
34	power	O
35	.	O

1	In	O
2	addition	O
3	,	O
4	the	O
5	same	O
6	know-how	O
7	used	O
8	to	O
9	design	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	plants	O
13	can	O
14	to	O
15	a	O
16	certain	O
17	extent	O
18	be	O
19	used	O
20	to	O
21	build	O
22	nuclear	WEAPONS
23	weapons	WEAPONS
24	(	O
25	nuclear	O
26	proliferation	O
27	)	O
28	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	was	O
4	attractive	O
5	to	O
6	governments	ENERGY POLICY
7	and	ENERGY POLICY
8	state	ENERGY POLICY
9	bureaucracies	ENERGY POLICY
10	for	O
11	several	O
12	reasons	O
13	.	O

1	Terrorism	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	:	O
3	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	opportunity	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	for	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	theft	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	by	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	terrorists	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	of	O
10	nuclear	O
11	materials	O
12	usable	O
13	in	O
14	even	WEAPONS
15	a	WEAPONS
16	"	WEAPONS
17	dirty	WEAPONS
18	bomb	WEAPONS
19	"	O
20	would	O
21	susbtantially	O
22	increase	O
23	if	O
24	nuclear	O
25	power	O
26	is	O
27	expanded	O
28	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	has	ENERGY POLICY
4	already	ENERGY POLICY
5	been	ENERGY POLICY
6	subsidized	ENERGY POLICY
7	to	O
8	the	O
9	tune	O
10	of	O
11	hundreds	O
12	of	O
13	billions	O
14	of	O
15	dollars	O
16	over	O
17	the	O
18	past	O
19	50	O
20	years	O
21	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	it	O
4	came	O
5	up	O
6	against	O
7	a	O
8	world	O
9	of	O
10	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	growing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	movement	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	and	O
15	the	O
16	1970	O
17	'	O
18	s	O
19	and	O
20	1980	O
21	'	O
22	s	O
23	saw	O
24	a	O
25	slowdown	O
26	in	O
27	building	O
28	of	O
29	reactors	O
30	and	O
31	a	O
32	general	O
33	negative	O
34	perception	O
35	of	O
36	their	O
37	use	O
38	(	O
39	3	O
40	,	O
41	p3-5	O
42	)	O
43	.	O

1	1	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	million	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	Europeans	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	against	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	power	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	:	O
8	"	O
9	Although	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	is	O
13	a	O
14	hazardous	O
15	business	O
16	,	O
17	the	O
18	nuclear	O
19	industry	O
20	hardly	O
21	has	O
22	any	O
23	financial	O
24	liability	O
25	.	O

1	Reactors	O
2	are	O
3	themselves	O
4	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	targets	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	and	O
7	current	O
8	ones	O
9	are	O
10	not	O
11	even	O
12	defended	O
13	to	O
14	the	O
15	level	O
16	of	O
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	9	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	/	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	11	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	assault	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	–	O
23	19	O
24	men	O
25	in	O
26	four	O
27	teams	O
28	,	O
29	including	O
30	air	O
31	attack	O
32	scenarios	O
33	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	a	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	a	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	whole	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	distraction	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	,	O
8	and	O
9	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	should	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	know	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	better	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	than	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	propose	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	energy	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	,	O
19	because	O
20	people	O
21	who	O
22	are	O
23	working	O
24	in	O
25	this	O
26	field	O
27	know	O
28	it	O
29	is	O
30	not	O
31	going	O
32	to	O
33	go	O
34	anywhere	O
35	,	O
36	he	O
37	said	O
38	.	O

1	The	O
2	rise	O
3	of	O
4	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	consciousness	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	and	O
7	the	O
8	fears	O
9	of	O
10	nuclear	O
11	fallout	O
12	have	O
13	done	O
14	much	O
15	to	O
16	militate	O
17	against	O
18	widespread	O
19	enthusiasm	O
20	for	O
21	nuclear	O
22	energy	O
23	.	O

1	In	O
2	practice	O
3	,	O
4	there	O
5	is	O
6	no	O
7	way	O
8	to	O
9	segregate	O
10	nuclear	O
11	technologies	O
12	employed	O
13	for	O
14	“	O
15	peaceful	O
16	”	O
17	purposes	O
18	from	O
19	technologies	O
20	that	O
21	may	O
22	be	O
23	employed	O
24	in	O
25	weapons	WEAPONS
26	—	O
27	the	O
28	former	O
29	may	O
30	be	O
31	,	O
32	and	O
33	have	O
34	been	O
35	,	O
36	transformed	O
37	into	O
38	the	O
39	latter	O
40	.	O
41	"	O

1	Hence	O
2	,	O
3	an	O
4	important	O
5	argument	O
6	underpinning	O
7	the	O
8	anti	O
9	–	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	movement	O
13	has	O
14	always	O
15	been	O
16	its	O
17	insistence	O
18	that	O
19	an	O
20	umbilical	O
21	cord	O
22	links	O
23	military	O
24	and	O
25	civilian	O
26	nuclear	O
27	programs	O
28	,	O
29	which	O
30	,	O
31	as	O
32	a	O
33	consequence	O
34	,	O
35	drives	O
36	a	WEAPONS
37	new	WEAPONS
38	and	WEAPONS
39	even	WEAPONS
40	more	WEAPONS
41	terrifying	WEAPONS
42	arms	WEAPONS
43	race	WEAPONS
44	.	O

1	As	O
2	the	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	issue	O
6	has	O
7	been	O
8	widely	O
9	debated	O
10	,	O
11	it	O
12	has	O
13	become	O
14	obvious	O
15	to	O
16	many	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	that	O
19	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	expertise	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	pro-nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
23	scientists	PUBLIC DEBATE
24	and	PUBLIC DEBATE
25	engineers	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	is	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	tied	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	vested	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	interests	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	four	O
4	states	O
5	with	O
6	undeclared	O
7	stockpiles	O
8	of	O
9	nuclear	WEAPONS
10	weapons	WEAPONS
11	developed	O
12	from	O
13	civil	O
14	programs	O
15	,	O
16	and	O
17	it	O
18	is	O
19	no	O
20	coincidence	O
21	that	O
22	they	O
23	are	O
24	in	O
25	some	O
26	of	O
27	the	O
28	most	O
29	volatile	O
30	,	O
31	militarized	O
32	—	O
33	and	O
34	hence	O
35	dangerous	O
36	—	O
37	areas	O
38	of	O
39	the	O
40	world	O
41	:	O
42	Israel	O
43	,	O
44	Pakistan	O
45	,	O
46	India	O
47	,	O
48	and	O
49	North	O
50	Korea	O
51	.	O

1	A	O
2	major	O
3	reason	O
4	that	O
5	government	ENERGY POLICY
6	favours	ENERGY POLICY
7	this	O
8	form	O
9	seems	O
10	to	O
11	be	O
12	due	O
13	to	O
14	vast	O
15	amounts	O
16	of	O
17	money	O
18	and	O
19	effort	O
20	being	O
21	put	O
22	into	O
23	lobbying	ENERGY POLICY
24	by	O
25	the	O
26	power	O
27	companies	O
28	.	O

1	The	O
2	social	O
3	structures	O
4	which	O
5	favour	O
6	and	O
7	in	O
8	turn	O
9	are	O
10	favoured	O
11	by	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	include	O
15	capitalism	O
16	,	O
17	patriarchy	O
18	,	O
19	the	O
20	intellectual	O
21	division	O
22	of	O
23	labour	O
24	and	O
25	the	ENERGY POLICY
26	state	ENERGY POLICY
27	.	O

1	The	ENERGY POLICY
2	Indian	ENERGY POLICY
3	government	ENERGY POLICY
4	used	O
5	products	O
6	from	O
7	its	WEAPONS
8	'	WEAPONS
9	civilian	WEAPONS
10	'	O
11	nuclear	O
12	research	O
13	programme	O
14	to	WEAPONS
15	produce	WEAPONS
16	a	WEAPONS
17	nuclear	WEAPONS
18	explosion	WEAPONS
19	in	WEAPONS
20	1974	WEAPONS
21	.	O

1	As	O
2	we	O
3	will	O
4	see	O
5	there	O
6	is	O
7	a	O
8	close	O
9	relationship	O
10	between	O
11	the	WEAPONS
12	weapons	WEAPONS
13	and	O
14	the	O
15	power	O
16	in	O
17	every	O
18	sense	O
19	of	O
20	the	O
21	word	O
22	.	O

1	nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	has	O
4	to	O
5	be	O
6	kept	O
7	in	O
8	a	O
9	very	O
10	special	O
11	place	O
12	because	O
13	if	O
14	it	O
15	is	O
16	not	O
17	in	O
18	the	O
19	place	O
20	it	O
21	could	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	explode	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	and	O
24	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	alot	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	people	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	and	O
29	destroy	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	our	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	world	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	world	O
4	adopts	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	as	O
8	a	O
9	major	O
10	source	O
11	of	O
12	energy	O
13	there	O
14	will	O
15	be	O
16	uranium	ENERGY POLICY
17	wars	ENERGY POLICY
18	just	O
19	as	O
20	there	O
21	are	O
22	now	O
23	oil	ENERGY POLICY
24	wars	ENERGY POLICY
25	.	O

1	April	O
2	16th	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Nuclear	O
8	fuel	O
9	can	O
10	be	O
11	diverted	O
12	to	O
13	make	O
14	nuclear	WEAPONS
15	weapons	WEAPONS
16	.	O

1	In	O
2	a	O
3	way	O
4	,	O
5	large	O
6	scale	O
7	'	O
8	development	O
9	'	O
10	projects	O
11	,	O
12	such	O
13	as	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	,	O
17	can	O
18	be	O
19	seen	O
20	as	O
21	a	O
22	test	O
23	of	O
24	the	ENERGY POLICY
25	state	ENERGY POLICY
26	'	ENERGY POLICY
27	s	ENERGY POLICY
28	commitment	ENERGY POLICY
29	to	O
30	key	O
31	corporations	O
32	and	O
33	to	O
34	securing	O
35	the	O
36	conditions	O
37	necessary	O
38	for	O
39	capitalist	O
40	profitability	O
41	.	O

1	Moreover	O
2	,	O
3	plutonium	O
4	,	O
5	a	O
6	necessary	O
7	component	O
8	of	O
9	nuclear	WEAPONS
10	weapons	WEAPONS
11	and	O
12	the	O
13	most	O
14	life-destroying	O
15	element	O
16	known	O
17	to	O
18	humanity	O
19	,	O
20	is	O
21	not	O
22	an	O
23	element	O
24	that	O
25	occurs	O
26	naturally	O
27	on	O
28	earth	O
29	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	many	O
4	other	O
5	reasons	O
6	to	O
7	be	O
8	against	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	:	O
12	the	COSTS
13	cost	COSTS
14	overruns	COSTS
15	,	O
16	the	O
17	fact	O
18	that	O
19	no	O
20	country	O
21	has	O
22	a	O
23	fully	O
24	developed	O
25	or	O
26	workable	O
27	plan	O
28	—	O
29	or	O
30	in	O
31	most	O
32	cases	O
33	any	O
34	plan	O
35	—	O
36	for	O
37	what	O
38	to	O
39	do	O
40	with	O
41	the	WASTE
42	nuclear	WASTE
43	waste	WASTE
44	that	O
45	is	O
46	piling	O
47	up	O
48	alongside	O
49	the	O
50	nuclear	O
51	reactors	O
52	.	O

1	The	O
2	majority	O
3	of	O
4	the	O
5	public	O
6	consider	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plants	O
10	to	O
11	be	O
12	unsafe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	.	O

1	A	OTHER
2	suitable	OTHER
3	combination	OTHER
4	of	O
5	interventions	O
6	then	O
7	forms	O
8	the	O
9	basis	O
10	for	O
11	a	O
12	strategy	O
13	against	O
14	uranium	O
15	mining	O
16	.	O

1	January	O
2	24	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Sensitive	O
8	nuclear	O
9	technology	O
10	such	O
11	as	O
12	uranium	O
13	enrichment	O
14	and	O
15	spent	O
16	nuclear	O
17	fuel	O
18	reprocessing	O
19	are	O
20	ostensibly	O
21	employed	O
22	to	O
23	create	O
24	fuel	O
25	in	O
26	power	O
27	reactors	O
28	,	O
29	they	O
30	may	O
31	be	O
32	easily	O
33	adjusted	O
34	or	O
35	redirected	O
36	to	O
37	produce	O
38	weapons-grade	WEAPONS
39	fissile	WEAPONS
40	material	WEAPONS
41	.	O

1	Others	OTHER
2	such	O
3	as	O
4	Denmark	O
5	,	O
6	Ireland	O
7	,	O
8	Portugal	O
9	and	O
10	Austria	O
11	will	O
12	remain	O
13	nuclear	O
14	free	O
15	.	O

1	Reactors	WEAPONS
2	and	WEAPONS
3	Bombs	WEAPONS
4	:	O
5	Reactors	O
6	and	O
7	the	O
8	nuclear	O
9	fuel	O
10	chain	O
11	facilities	O
12	they	O
13	are	O
14	connected	O
15	to	O
16	set	O
17	the	O
18	stage	O
19	for	O
20	atomic	WEAPONS
21	weapons	WEAPONS
22	production	WEAPONS
23	.	O

1	In	O
2	effect	O
3	,	O
4	an	ENERGY POLICY
5	anti-nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
6	strategy	ENERGY POLICY
7	must	O
8	involve	O
9	both	O
10	actions	O
11	aimed	O
12	at	O
13	stopping	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	and	O
17	activities	O
18	which	O
19	challenge	O
20	existing	ENERGY POLICY
21	structures	ENERGY POLICY
22	and	O
23	help	O
24	construct	O
25	viable	O
26	alternatives	O
27	.	O

1	We	O
2	point	O
3	out	O
4	that	O
5	the	O
6	false	O
7	conflation	O
8	of	O
9	nuclear	O
10	energy	O
11	for	O
12	the	O
13	generation	O
14	of	O
15	electricity	O
16	with	O
17	nuclear	WEAPONS
18	weapons	WEAPONS
19	has	O
20	no	O
21	more	O
22	validity	O
23	than	O
24	the	O
25	conflation	O
26	of	O
27	fire	O
28	for	O
29	home	O
30	heating	O
31	and	O
32	cooking	O
33	with	O
34	incendiary	O
35	bombs	O
36	that	O
37	destroy	O
38	entire	O
39	cities	O
40	.	O

1	The	O
2	plutonium	O
3	obtained	O
4	from	O
5	reprocessing	O
6	is	O
7	not	O
8	suitable	O
9	for	O
10	bombs	WEAPONS
11	but	O
12	is	O
13	a	O
14	valuable	O
15	fuel	O
16	which	O
17	can	O
18	be	O
19	used	O
20	with	O
21	depleted	O
22	uranium	O
23	as	O
24	mixed	O
25	oxide	O
26	fuel	O
27	(	O
28	MOX	O
29	)	O
30	.	O

1	And	O
2	how	O
3	can	O
4	the	O
5	world	O
6	monitor	O
7	the	O
8	enrichment	O
9	of	O
10	uranium	O
11	to	O
12	the	O
13	level	O
14	needed	O
15	for	O
16	power	O
17	plants	O
18	,	O
19	but	O
20	insufficient	O
21	for	O
22	nuclear	WEAPONS
23	weapons	WEAPONS
24	?	O

1	Not	O
2	surprisingly	O
3	,	O
4	this	O
5	is	O
6	the	O
7	same	O
8	balance	O
9	which	O
10	the	O
11	existence	O
12	of	O
13	nuclear	WEAPONS
14	weapons	WEAPONS
15	undermines	O
16	.	O

1	The	O
2	two	O
3	industries	O
4	have	O
5	been	O
6	linked	O
7	since	O
8	the	O
9	very	O
10	beginning	O
11	and	O
12	a	WEAPONS
13	nuclear	WEAPONS
14	weapons	WEAPONS
15	free	WEAPONS
16	world	WEAPONS
17	requires	O
18	a	O
19	non-nuclear	O
20	energy	O
21	policy	O
22	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	may	OTHER
3	be	OTHER
4	that	O
5	they	O
6	fear	O
7	that	O
8	adequately	O
9	covering	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	would	O
13	irritate	O
14	their	O
15	donors	O
16	.	O

1	In	O
2	sum	O
3	,	O
4	there	O
5	is	O
6	a	O
7	case	O
8	for	O
9	government	ENERGY POLICY
10	intervention	ENERGY POLICY
11	to	O
12	improve	O
13	the	O
14	economic	O
15	competitiveness	O
16	of	O
17	nuclear	O
18	plants	O
19	and	O
20	avoid	O
21	early	O
22	closures	O
23	.	O

1	Moreover	O
2	,	O
3	with	O
4	the	O
5	clear	O
6	connection	O
7	to	O
8	nuclear	WEAPONS
9	weapons	WEAPONS
10	production	WEAPONS
11	,	O
12	alongside	O
13	many	O
14	unresolved	O
15	questions	O
16	surrounding	O
17	long-term	WASTE
18	waste	WASTE
19	management	WASTE
20	and	O
21	the	O
22	decommissioning	O
23	of	O
24	old	O
25	plants	O
26	,	O
27	there	O
28	are	O
29	more	O
30	than	O
31	enough	O
32	compelling	O
33	arguments	O
34	against	O
35	nuclear	O
36	power	O
37	—	O
38	in	O
39	addition	O
40	to	O
41	the	O
42	potential	O
43	for	O
44	terrifying	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
45	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
46	—	O
47	to	O
48	justify	O
49	shutting	O
50	them	O
51	down	O
52	now	O
53	.	O

1	We	O
2	should	O
3	take	O
4	a	O
5	page	O
6	from	O
7	the	O
8	playbook	O
9	of	O
10	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	German	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	antinuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	movement	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	.	O

1	Simply	OTHER
2	because	O
3	fire	O
4	had	O
5	greater	O
6	potential	O
7	for	O
8	good	O
9	than	O
10	harm	O
11	does	O
12	not	O
13	mean	O
14	that	O
15	the	O
16	same	O
17	is	O
18	true	O
19	for	O
20	nuclear	O
21	power	O
22	.	O
23	"	O

1	They	O
2	have	O
3	to	O
4	varying	O
5	degrees	O
6	either	O
7	changed	O
8	their	O
9	public	O
10	stance	O
11	,	O
12	or	O
13	conceded	O
14	that	O
15	since	O
16	nuclear	O
17	power	O
18	is	O
19	virtually	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	emission-free	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	regarding	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	,	O
24	it	O
25	merits	O
26	at	O
27	least	O
28	grudging	O
29	support	O
30	as	O
31	part	O
32	of	O
33	the	O
34	response	O
35	to	O
36	increasing	O
37	atmospheric	O
38	CO2	O
39	levels	O
40	and	O
41	depletion	O
42	of	O
43	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
44	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
45	.	O

1	Keep	OTHER
2	in	O
3	mind	O
4	:	O
5	the	O
6	U-233	O
7	is	O
8	about	O
9	as	O
10	nasty	O
11	stuff	O
12	as	O
13	plutonium	O
14	is	O
15	.	O

1	I	O
2	understand	O
3	that	O
4	this	O
5	would	O
6	make	O
7	it	O
8	possible	O
9	to	O
10	have	O
11	a	O
12	pure	O
13	quantity	O
14	of	O
15	Uranium	O
16	233	O
17	which	O
18	is	O
19	fissile	O
20	and	O
21	could	O
22	be	O
23	formed	O
24	into	O
25	an	WEAPONS
26	atomic	WEAPONS
27	bomb	WEAPONS
28	.	O

1	More	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	protests	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	followed	O
4	wherever	O
5	locations	O
6	for	O
7	radioactive	WASTE
8	waste	WASTE
9	processing	WASTE
10	and	WASTE
11	storage	WASTE
12	were	O
13	considered	O
14	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	is	O
4	the	O
5	ultimate	O
6	way	O
7	of	O
8	centralising	ENERGY POLICY
9	power	ENERGY POLICY
10	,	O
11	putting	O
12	it	O
13	in	O
14	the	O
15	hands	O
16	of	O
17	experts	O
18	,	O
19	multi-national	O
20	corporations	O
21	and	O
22	Big	ENERGY POLICY
23	Government	ENERGY POLICY
24	.	O

1	By	O
2	adopting	O
3	benign	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	forms	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	power	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	supply	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	the	O
9	UK	O
10	could	O
11	help	O
12	to	O
13	promote	O
14	the	O
15	people-friendly	O
16	way	O
17	forward	O
18	.	O

1	Mass	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	protests	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	in	O
4	Germany	O
5	against	O
6	nuclear	O
7	power	O
8	have	O
9	already	O
10	forced	O
11	Prime	O
12	Minister	O
13	Angela	O
14	Merkel	O
15	’s	O
16	center-right	O
17	government	O
18	to	O
19	announce	O
20	a	O
21	three-month	O
22	moratorium	O
23	on	O
24	plans	O
25	to	O
26	extend	O
27	the	O
28	life	O
29	of	O
30	Germany	O
31	’s	O
32	seventeen	O
33	nuclear	O
34	power	O
35	plants	O
36	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	are	O
5	prime	O
6	target	O
7	for	O
8	terrorism	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	activities	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	.	O

1	There	OTHER
2	are	O
3	a	O
4	long	O
5	list	O
6	of	O
7	secondary	O
8	sources	O
9	we	O
10	can	O
11	use	O
12	such	O
13	as	O
14	nuclear	O
15	stockpiles	O
16	and	O
17	dismantled	O
18	war	O
19	heads	O
20	.	O

1	We	OTHER
2	rejected	O
3	nuclear	O
4	for	O
5	several	O
6	reasons	O
7	.	O

1	April	O
2	18th	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	-	O
6	"	O
7	Moore	O
8	turns	O
9	to	O
10	the	O
11	question	O
12	of	O
13	whether	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	can	O
17	be	O
18	diverted	O
19	to	O
20	make	O
21	nuclear	WEAPONS
22	weapons	WEAPONS
23	,	O
24	and	O
25	to	O
26	his	O
27	credit	O
28	calls	O
29	it	O
30	'	O
31	the	O
32	most	O
33	serious	O
34	issue	O
35	associated	O
36	with	O
37	nuclear	O
38	energy	O
39	.	O
40	'	O

1	Prospects	O
2	for	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	as	O
6	an	O
7	option	O
8	are	O
9	limited	O
10	,	O
11	the	O
12	report	O
13	found	O
14	,	O
15	by	O
16	four	O
17	unresolved	O
18	problems	O
19	:	O
20	high	COSTS
21	relative	COSTS
22	costs	COSTS
23	;	O
24	perceived	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	adverse	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	environmental	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	health	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	effects	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	;	O
34	potential	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	security	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	risks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	stemming	O
38	from	O
39	proliferation	O
40	;	O
41	and	O
42	unresolved	O
43	challenges	O
44	in	O
45	long-term	O
46	management	O
47	of	O
48	nuclear	WASTE
49	wastes	WASTE
50	.	O
51	”	O

1	Vast	RELIABILITY
2	amounts	RELIABILITY
3	of	RELIABILITY
4	fossil	RELIABILITY
5	fuels	RELIABILITY
6	must	O
7	be	O
8	burned	O
9	to	O
10	mine	O
11	,	O
12	transport	O
13	and	O
14	enrich	O
15	uranium	RELIABILITY
16	and	O
17	to	O
18	build	O
19	the	O
20	nuclear	O
21	plant	O
22	.	O

1	The	O
2	production	O
3	of	O
4	1,000	O
5	tons	O
6	of	O
7	uranium	O
8	fuel	O
9	generates	O
10	approximately	O
11	100,000	O
12	tons	O
13	of	O
14	radioactive	WASTE
15	tailings	WASTE
16	and	O
17	nearly	O
18	one	O
19	million	O
20	gallons	O
21	of	O
22	liquid	WASTE
23	waste	WASTE
24	containing	O
25	heavy	O
26	metals	O
27	and	O
28	arsenic	O
29	in	O
30	addition	O
31	to	O
32	radioactivity	WASTE
33	.	O

1	In	O
2	this	O
3	age	O
4	of	O
5	uncertainty	O
6	,	O
7	dirty	WEAPONS
8	bombs	WEAPONS
9	and	O
10	attacks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	on	O
12	power	O
13	stations	O
14	are	O
15	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	terrifying	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	threat	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	.	O

1	They	O
2	cost	O
3	less	O
4	and	O
5	do	O
6	n’t	O
7	generate	O
8	waste	WASTE
9	that	O
10	remains	O
11	dangerously	WASTE
12	radioactive	WASTE
13	for	O
14	thousands	O
15	of	O
16	years	O
17	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	it	O
5	produces	O
6	both	WASTE
7	low	WASTE
8	and	WASTE
9	high-level	WASTE
10	radioactive	WASTE
11	waste	WASTE
12	that	O
13	remains	O
14	dangerous	O
15	for	O
16	several	O
17	hundred	O
18	thousand	O
19	years	O
20	.	O

1	The	O
2	risk	O
3	of	O
4	terrible	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	like	O
8	Chernobyl	O
9	,	O
10	Three	O
11	Mile	O
12	Island	O
13	and	O
14	Windscale	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	(	O
16	Sellafield	O
17	)	O
18	will	O
19	plague	O
20	a	O
21	new	O
22	generation	O
23	of	O
24	power	O
25	stations	O
26	as	O
27	it	O
28	did	O
29	the	O
30	first	O
31	.	O

1	All	O
2	reactors	O
3	release	O
4	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	soil	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	.	O

1	thirdly	O
2	where	O
3	would	O
4	we	O
5	put	O
6	all	WASTE
7	the	WASTE
8	waste	WASTE
9	from	O
10	the	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	create	O
5	a	O
6	lot	O
7	of	O
8	low-level	WASTE
9	radioactive	WASTE
10	waste	WASTE
11	as	O
12	transmitted	O
13	parts	O
14	and	O
15	supplies	O
16	.	O

1	Therefore	O
2	,	O
3	expensive	O
4	solutions	O
5	are	O
6	needed	O
7	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	protect	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	mother	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	earth	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	from	O
12	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	devastating	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	effects	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	of	O
16	nuclear	O
17	energy	O
18	.	O

1	[	O
2	Response	O
3	:]	O
4	Within	O
5	40	O
6	years	O
7	,	O
8	used	WASTE
9	fuel	WASTE
10	has	O
11	less	O
12	than	O
13	one-thousandth	O
14	of	O
15	the	WASTE
16	radioactivity	WASTE
17	it	O
18	had	O
19	when	O
20	it	O
21	was	O
22	removed	O
23	from	O
24	the	O
25	reactor	O
26	.	O

1	Whenever	O
2	nuclear	WASTE
3	waste	WASTE
4	is	O
5	buried	O
6	,	O
7	risks	O
8	are	O
9	created	O
10	for	O
11	future	O
12	generations	O
13	,	O
14	as	O
15	there	O
16	is	O
17	no	O
18	100	O
19	%	O
20	reliable	O
21	way	O
22	to	O
23	store	O
24	radioactive	O
25	materials	O
26	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	its	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	social	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	impact	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	is	O
9	huge	O
10	.	O

1	Second	O
2	,	O
3	spent	WASTE
4	Uranium	WASTE
5	has	O
6	to	O
7	be	O
8	disposed	O
9	of	O
10	and	O
11	dealt	O
12	with	O
13	at	O
14	one	O
15	point	O
16	even	O
17	if	O
18	it	O
19	is	O
20	reprocessed	O
21	and	O
22	the	WASTE
23	radioactivity	WASTE
24	of	O
25	it	O
26	remains	O
27	.	O

1	Nuclear	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	radioactivity	WASTE
4	dissipates	O
5	over	O
6	time	O
7	.	O

1	This	O
2	includes	O
3	20-30	O
4	tons	O
5	of	O
6	high-level	WASTE
7	radioactive	WASTE
8	waste	WASTE
9	from	O
10	each	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	current	O
14	103	O
15	nuclear	O
16	reactors	O
17	in	O
18	the	O
19	U.S.	O
20	each	O
21	year	O
22	.	O

1	This	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	is	O
4	actually	O
5	a	O
6	cocktail	O
7	of	O
8	chemicals	O
9	such	O
10	as	O
11	Cesium-137	O
12	,	O
13	Iodine-129	O
14	,	O
15	Strontium-90	O
16	,	O
17	and	O
18	Plutonium-239	O
19	,	O
20	each	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	radioactive	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	cancer-causing	HEALTH EFFECTS
24	.	O

1	On	O
2	top	O
3	of	O
4	that	O
5	,	O
6	the	O
7	power	O
8	released	O
9	from	O
10	splitting	O
11	atoms	O
12	can	O
13	also	O
14	be	O
15	used	O
16	to	O
17	make	O
18	nuclear	WEAPONS
19	bombs	WEAPONS
20	,	O
21	and	O
22	nuclear	O
23	power	O
24	produces	O
25	radioactive	WASTE
26	waste	WASTE
27	which	O
28	needs	O
29	to	O
30	be	O
31	stored	O
32	somewhere	O
33	,	O
34	not	O
35	that	O
36	many	O
37	people	O
38	want	O
39	it	O
40	stored	O
41	near	O
42	them	O
43	.	O

1	Although	O
2	the	WASTE
3	spent	WASTE
4	fuel	WASTE
5	is	O
6	highly	O
7	radioactive	O
8	at	O
9	the	O
10	moment	O
11	it	O
12	is	O
13	brought	O
14	out	O
15	of	O
16	the	O
17	reactor	O
18	,	O
19	this	O
20	same	O
21	characteristic	O
22	means	O
23	that	O
24	it	O
25	rapidly	O
26	loses	O
27	radioactivity	O
28	.	O

1	Additionally	O
2	,	O
3	a	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	plant	O
7	can	O
8	not	O
9	operate	O
10	without	O
11	routinely	O
12	releasing	O
13	radioactivity	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	through	O
20	the	O
21	normal	O
22	operation	O
23	of	O
24	nuclear	O
25	reactors	O
26	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	no	O
4	safe	O
5	level	O
6	of	O
7	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	exposure	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	.	O

1	Its	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	harmful	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	effects	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	on	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	humans	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	ecology	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	can	O
9	still	O
10	be	O
11	seen	O
12	today	O
13	.	O

1	The	O
2	legacy	O
3	of	O
4	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	and	O
7	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	costs	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	for	O
10	miners	O
11	and	O
12	mines	O
13	has	O
14	been	O
15	catastrophic	O
16	.	O

1	Burying	O
2	nuclear	WASTE
3	waste	WASTE
4	is	O
5	an	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	environmental	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	risk	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	"	O
11	The	O
12	Case	O
13	Against	O
14	Nuclear	O
15	Power	O
16	"	O
17	.	O

1	High	COSTS
2	Cost	COSTS
3	:	O
4	At	O
5	present	O
6	,	O
7	the	O
8	nuclear	O
9	business	O
10	let	O
11	waste	WASTE
12	cool	O
13	for	O
14	a	O
15	considerable	O
16	length	O
17	of	O
18	time	O
19	before	O
20	blending	O
21	it	O
22	with	O
23	glass	O
24	and	O
25	putting	O
26	away	O
27	it	O
28	in	O
29	enormous	O
30	cooled	O
31	,	O
32	solid	O
33	structures	O
34	.	O

1	“	O
2	Low-level	WASTE
3	”	WASTE
4	radioactive	WASTE
5	waste	WASTE
6	,	O
7	a	O
8	misnomer	O
9	,	O
10	is	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	dumped	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	landfills	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	or	O
15	incinerated	O
16	,	O
17	contaminating	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	our	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	.	O

1	Over	O
2	time	O
3	,	O
4	used	WASTE
5	nuclear	WASTE
6	fuel	WASTE
7	decays	O
8	to	O
9	safe	WASTE
10	radioactive	WASTE
11	levels	WASTE
12	,	O
13	however	O
14	this	O
15	takes	O
16	a	O
17	countless	O
18	number	O
19	of	O
20	years	O
21	.	O

1	Increasing	O
2	the	O
3	amount	O
4	of	O
5	waste	WASTE
6	shipped	O
7	,	O
8	particularly	O
9	in	O
10	less	O
11	secure	O
12	countries	O
13	,	O
14	is	O
15	seen	O
16	as	O
17	a	O
18	significant	O
19	increase	O
20	in	O
21	risk	O
22	to	O
23	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	terrorism	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	.	O

1	Radioactive	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	clouds	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	deposited	O
4	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	thousands	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	kilometers	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	away	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	.	O

1	What	O
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	worse	O
5	,	O
6	the	O
7	nuclear	O
8	industry	O
9	wants	O
10	to	O
11	reprocess	O
12	waste	WASTE
13	to	O
14	obtain	O
15	more	O
16	energy	O
17	from	O
18	increasingly	O
19	scarce	O
20	uranium	O
21	.	O

1	But	O
2	while	O
3	geothermal	RENEWABLES
4	,	RENEWABLES
5	solar	RENEWABLES
6	and	RENEWABLES
7	wind	RENEWABLES
8	are	O
9	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	,	O
11	nuclear	O
12	is	O
13	not	O
14	.	O

1	The	O
2	potential	O
3	for	O
4	such	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	devastation	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	lies	O
7	in	O
8	the	O
9	radioactive	O
10	fuel	O
11	that	O
12	fires	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	the	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	plant	O
17	.	O

1	The	O
2	result	O
3	is	O
4	not	O
5	just	O
6	energy	O
7	,	O
8	but	O
9	also	O
10	radiation	O
11	that	O
12	is	O
13	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	major	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	concern	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	of	O
18	all	O
19	present	O
20	nuclear	O
21	energy	O
22	processes	O
23	.	O

1	Routine	O
2	Radioactive	O
3	Releases	O
4	:	O
5	All	O
6	reactors	O
7	release	O
8	radiation	O
9	into	O
10	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	soil	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	and	O
17	can	O
18	not	O
19	be	O
20	described	O
21	as	O
22	“	O
23	emissions-free	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	.	O
25	”	O

1	We	O
2	are	O
3	deeply	O
4	disturbed	O
5	that	O
6	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	lives	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	in	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	Japan	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	are	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	being	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	endangered	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	by	O
16	nuclear	O
17	radiation	O
18	in	O
19	the	O
20	air	O
21	,	O
22	in	O
23	the	O
24	water	O
25	and	O
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	food	O
29	as	O
30	a	O
31	result	O
32	of	O
33	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	breakdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	at	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
38	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
39	plant	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
40	.	O

1	Nuclear	WASTE
2	wastes	WASTE
3	(	O
4	as	O
5	,	O
6	or	O
7	in	O
8	,	O
9	spent	O
10	fuel	O
11	)	O
12	are	O
13	an	O
14	unresolved	O
15	problem	O
16	.	O

1	Nuclear	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	poses	O
4	a	O
5	danger	O
6	to	O
7	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	for	O
10	hundreds	O
11	of	O
12	thousands	O
13	of	O
14	years	O
15	:	O
16	The	O
17	rippling	O
18	effect	O
19	nuclear	O
20	energy	O
21	will	O
22	have	O
23	on	O
24	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	will	O
27	extend	O
28	to	O
29	future	O
30	generations	O
31	.	O

1	Even	WASTE
2	low-level	WASTE
3	radioactive	WASTE
4	waste	WASTE
5	requires	O
6	centuries	O
7	to	O
8	reach	O
9	acceptable	O
10	levels	O
11	.	O

1	More	O
2	than	O
3	half	O
4	a	O
5	century	O
6	after	O
7	Eisenhower	O
8	'	O
9	s	O
10	speech	O
11	the	O
12	planet	O
13	is	O
14	left	O
15	with	O
16	the	O
17	legacy	O
18	of	O
19	nuclear	WASTE
20	waste	WASTE
21	.	O

1	On	O
2	average	O
3	,	O
4	a	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	plant	O
8	annually	O
9	generates	O
10	20	O
11	metric	O
12	tons	O
13	of	O
14	used	O
15	nuclear	O
16	fuel	O
17	,	O
18	classified	O
19	as	O
20	high-level	WASTE
21	radioactive	WASTE
22	waste	WASTE
23	.	O

1	John	O
2	Large	O
3	,	O
4	an	O
5	international	O
6	expert	O
7	on	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	,	O
11	has	O
12	said	O
13	that	O
14	if	O
15	a	O
16	plane	O
17	was	O
18	flown	O
19	into	O
20	the	O
21	nuclear	O
22	waste	O
23	storage	O
24	tanks	O
25	at	O
26	Sellafield	O
27	the	O
28	whole	O
29	of	O
30	the	O
31	English	O
32	Midlands	O
33	could	O
34	be	O
35	catastrophically	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	contaminated	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	increase	O
5	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	risk	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	:	O
10	Every	O
11	nuclear	O
12	reactor	O
13	churns	O
14	massive	O
15	amounts	O
16	of	O
17	radioactive	WASTE
18	waste	WASTE
19	.	O

1	Even	WASTE
2	low	WASTE
3	level	WASTE
4	radioactive	WASTE
5	waste	WASTE
6	takes	O
7	hundreds	O
8	of	O
9	years	O
10	to	O
11	achieve	O
12	adequate	O
13	levels	O
14	of	O
15	safety	O
16	.	O

1	This	O
2	,	O
3	plus	O
4	the	O
5	constant	O
6	danger	O
7	that	O
8	radioactive	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	material	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	could	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	leak	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	soil	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	or	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	supplies	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	means	O
19	for	O
20	some	O
21	,	O
22	the	O
23	perceived	O
24	benefits	O
25	are	O
26	vastly	O
27	outweighed	O
28	by	O
29	the	O
30	risks	O
31	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	government	O
4	opened	O
5	the	O
6	long-term	O
7	nuclear	O
8	repository	O
9	that	O
10	was	O
11	supposed	O
12	to	O
13	be	O
14	beneath	O
15	Yucca	O
16	Mountain	O
17	in	O
18	Nevada	O
19	today	O
20	,	O
21	it	O
22	would	O
23	be	O
24	immediately	O
25	filled	O
26	with	O
27	already	WASTE
28	existing	WASTE
29	nuclear	WASTE
30	waste	WASTE
31	.	O

1	The	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	can	O
5	be	O
6	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	unsafe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	.	O

1	It	O
2	produces	O
3	enormous	O
4	amounts	O
5	of	O
6	carcinogenic	WASTE
7	toxic	WASTE
8	radioactive	WASTE
9	waste	WASTE
10	,	O
11	some	O
12	of	O
13	which	O
14	is	O
15	dangerous	O
16	for	O
17	thousands	O
18	of	O
19	years	O
20	.	O

1	Safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	studies	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	of	O
4	Sellafield	O
5	carried	O
6	out	O
7	for	O
8	local	O
9	authorities	O
10	tell	O
11	us	O
12	that	O
13	a	O
14	direct	O
15	hit	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	by	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	passenger	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	jet	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	on	O
21	the	O
22	Sellafield	O
23	nuclear	O
24	reprocessing	O
25	plant	O
26	would	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	contaminate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	Britain	O
29	with	O
30	two	O
31	and	O
32	a	O
33	half	O
34	times	O
35	more	O
36	radioactivity	O
37	than	O
38	the	O
39	amount	O
40	that	O
41	escaped	O
42	during	O
43	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
44	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
45	disaster5	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
46	.	O

1	Actually	O
2	transporting	O
3	nuclear	O
4	fuel	O
5	to	O
6	and	O
7	from	O
8	plants	O
9	represents	O
10	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	hazard	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	.	O

1	Another	O
2	effect	O
3	of	O
4	renewed	O
5	operation	O
6	is	O
7	a	O
8	risk	O
9	of	O
10	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	.	O

1	In	O
2	reality	O
3	,	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	is	O
7	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	inherently	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	activity	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	.	O

1	What	O
2	can	O
3	a	O
4	terrorist	O
5	do	O
6	with	O
7	nuclear	WASTE
8	waste	WASTE
9	that	O
10	can	O
11	not	O
12	be	O
13	used	O
14	in	O
15	nuclear	WEAPONS
16	weapons	WEAPONS
17	?	O

1	Serious	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	radioactive	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	spread	O
5	over	O
6	150,000	O
7	square	O
8	kilometers	O
9	in	O
10	Byelorussia	O
11	,	O
12	Ukraine	O
13	and	O
14	Russia	O
15	.	O

1	While	O
2	measures	O
3	are	O
4	taken	O
5	to	O
6	ensure	O
7	that	O
8	no	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	is	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	being	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	pumped	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	into	O
14	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	,	O
17	other	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	heavy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	metals	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	pollutants	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	can	O
23	make	O
24	their	O
25	way	O
26	out	O
27	of	O
28	the	O
29	chamber	O
30	.	O

1	One	O
2	problem	O
3	with	O
4	nuclear	O
5	reactors	O
6	is	O
7	what	O
8	to	O
9	do	O
10	with	O
11	the	WASTE
12	high	WASTE
13	level	WASTE
14	waste	WASTE
15	they	O
16	produce	O
17	.	O

1	Generated	O
2	throughout	O
3	all	O
4	parts	O
5	of	O
6	the	O
7	fuel	O
8	cycle	O
9	,	O
10	this	WASTE
11	waste	WASTE
12	poses	O
13	a	O
14	serious	O
15	danger	O
16	to	O
17	human	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	.	O

1	Now	O
2	that	O
3	the	O
4	United	O
5	States	O
6	has	O
7	removed	O
8	the	O
9	ban	O
10	on	O
11	recycling	O
12	used	WASTE
13	fuel	WASTE
14	,	O
15	it	O
16	will	O
17	be	O
18	possible	O
19	to	O
20	use	O
21	that	O
22	energy	O
23	and	O
24	to	O
25	greatly	O
26	reduce	O
27	the	WASTE
28	amount	WASTE
29	of	WASTE
30	waste	WASTE
31	that	O
32	needs	O
33	treatment	O
34	and	O
35	disposal	O
36	.	O

1	Well	O
2	some	O
3	people	O
4	think	O
5	it	O
6	'	O
7	s	O
8	too	O
9	dangerous	O
10	,	O
11	because	O
12	the	O
13	process	O
14	also	O
15	releases	O
16	lots	O
17	of	O
18	radiation	O
19	-	O
20	a	O
21	type	O
22	of	O
23	energy	O
24	that	O
25	can	HEALTH EFFECTS
26	hurt	HEALTH EFFECTS
27	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
28	if	O
29	they	O
30	'	O
31	re	O
32	exposed	O
33	to	O
34	it	O
35	.	O

1	Burying	O
2	nuclear	WASTE
3	waste	WASTE
4	creates	O
5	risks	O
6	for	O
7	future	O
8	generations	O
9	.	O

1	They	O
2	can	O
3	potentially	O
4	have	O
5	catastrophic	O
6	radiological	O
7	releases	O
8	in	O
9	case	O
10	of	O
11	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	serious	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	or	O
15	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	from	O
19	the	O
20	piles	O
21	of	O
22	radioactive	WASTE
23	waste	WASTE
24	stored	O
25	at	O
26	each	O
27	site	O
28	.	O

1	International	O
2	experts	O
3	agree	O
4	that	O
5	there	O
6	will	O
7	continue	O
8	to	O
9	be	O
10	disastrous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	failures	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	at	O
13	nuclear	O
14	power	O
15	stations	O
16	and	O
17	that	O
18	this	O
19	can	O
20	not	O
21	be	O
22	avoided2	O
23	.	O

1	Of	O
2	course	O
3	that	O
4	is	O
5	a	O
6	high	O
7	risk	O
8	,	O
9	but	O
10	if	O
11	you	O
12	put	O
13	that	O
14	in	O
15	relation	O
16	to	O
17	the	O
18	energy	O
19	produced	O
20	you	O
21	find	O
22	all	O
23	of	O
24	a	O
25	sudden	O
26	,	O
27	that	O
28	nuclear	O
29	is	O
30	by	O
31	far	O
32	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	safest	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	cleanest	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	of	O
37	all	O
38	known	O
39	energy	O
40	forms	O
41	,	O
42	that	O
43	solar	RENEWABLES
44	and	RENEWABLES
45	wind	RENEWABLES
46	have	O
47	10	O
48	or	O
49	100	O
50	times	O
51	higher	O
52	risks	O
53	of	O
54	killing	O
55	someone	O
56	and	O
57	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
58	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
59	.	O

1	Numerous	O
2	unresolved	O
3	problems	O
4	remain	O
5	with	O
6	the	O
7	geologic	O
8	and	O
9	hydrologic	O
10	suitability	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	proposed	O
14	site	O
15	,	O
16	and	O
17	serious	O
18	questions	O
19	have	O
20	been	O
21	raised	O
22	about	O
23	its	O
24	ability	O
25	to	O
26	contain	O
27	highly	WASTE
28	radioactive	WASTE
29	waste	WASTE
30	for	O
31	the	O
32	time	O
33	required	O
34	.	O
35	"	O

1	The	OTHER
2	risks	OTHER
3	from	O
4	nuclear	O
5	energy	O
6	are	O
7	real	O
8	,	O
9	inherent	O
10	and	O
11	long-lasting	O
12	.	O

1	Existing	WASTE
2	and	WASTE
3	future	WASTE
4	nuclear	WASTE
5	waste	WASTE
6	can	O
7	be	O
8	reduced	O
9	through	O
10	waste	WASTE
11	recycling	WASTE
12	and	WASTE
13	reprocessing	WASTE
14	,	O
15	similar	O
16	to	O
17	Japan	O
18	and	O
19	the	O
20	EU	O
21	(	O
22	at	O
23	added	O
24	cost	O
25	)	O
26	.	O

1	We	OTHER
2	could	O
3	store	O
4	radiation	O
5	in	O
6	the	O
7	desert	O
8	and	O
9	sell	O
10	nuclear	O
11	energy	O
12	for	O
13	money	O
14	or	O
15	other	O
16	types	O
17	of	O
18	goods	O
19	.	O

1	Yucca	O
2	Mountain	O
3	is	O
4	in	O
5	danger	O
6	of	O
7	contaminating	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	ground	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	to	O
11	a	O
12	large	O
13	water	O
14	basin	O
15	,	O
16	affecting	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	millions	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	.	O

1	Even	O
2	transporting	O
3	nuclear	O
4	fuel	O
5	to	O
6	and	O
7	from	O
8	plants	O
9	poses	O
10	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	risk	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	.	O

1	The	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	from	O
4	nuclear	O
5	energy	O
6	is	O
7	extremely	O
8	dangerous	O
9	and	O
10	it	O
11	has	O
12	to	O
13	be	O
14	carefully	O
15	looked	O
16	after	O
17	for	O
18	several	O
19	thousand	O
20	years	O
21	(	O
22	10	O
23	'	O
24	000	O
25	years	O
26	according	O
27	to	O
28	United	O
29	States	O
30	Environmental	O
31	Protection	O
32	Agency	O
33	standards	O
34	)	O
35	.	O

1	If	O
2	you	O
3	'	O
4	re	O
5	proposing	O
6	a	O
7	new	O
8	generation	O
9	of	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	plants	O
13	,	O
14	you	O
15	'	O
16	ll	O
17	need	O
18	somewhere	O
19	to	O
20	put	O
21	the	WASTE
22	waste	WASTE
23	.	O

1	Transporting	O
2	nuclear	WASTE
3	waste	WASTE
4	is	O
5	a	O
6	public	O
7	safety	O
8	concern	O
9	-	O
10	Since	O
11	the	O
12	storage	O
13	of	O
14	nuclear	WASTE
15	waste	WASTE
16	often	O
17	takes	O
18	place	O
19	in	O
20	designated	O
21	areas	O
22	within	O
23	a	O
24	large	O
25	territory	O
26	,	O
27	it	O
28	becomes	O
29	necessary	O
30	to	O
31	transport	O
32	nuclear	WASTE
33	waste	WASTE
34	long	O
35	distances	O
36	to	O
37	these	O
38	locations	O
39	.	O

1	Over	O
2	time	O
3	,	O
4	spent	WASTE
5	nuclear	WASTE
6	fuel	WASTE
7	decays	O
8	to	O
9	safe	WASTE
10	radioactive	WASTE
11	levels	WASTE
12	,	O
13	but	O
14	this	O
15	process	O
16	takes	O
17	tens	O
18	of	O
19	thousands	O
20	of	O
21	years	O
22	.	O

1	A	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	successful	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	would	O
5	release	O
6	'	O
7	large	O
8	quantities	O
9	of	O
10	radioactive	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	materials	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	.	O
16	'	O

1	Children	O
2	are	O
3	especially	O
4	vulnerable	O
5	and	O
6	can	O
7	not	O
8	be	O
9	shielded	O
10	from	O
11	cancer-causing	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	in	O
14	the	O
15	environment	O
16	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	threatens	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	and	O
7	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	’s	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	.	O

1	Radioactive	WASTE
2	Waste	WASTE
3	:	O
4	The	O
5	entire	O
6	nuclear	O
7	fuel	O
8	chain	O
9	,	O
10	from	O
11	mining	O
12	to	O
13	milling	O
14	,	O
15	processing	O
16	,	O
17	enrichment	O
18	,	O
19	fuel	O
20	fabrication	O
21	,	O
22	and	O
23	fuel	O
24	irradiation	O
25	in	O
26	reactors	O
27	,	O
28	generates	O
29	radioactive	WASTE
30	waste	WASTE
31	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	risks	OTHER
3	attached	O
4	to	O
5	nuclear	O
6	energy	O
7	far	O
8	outweigh	O
9	the	O
10	benefits	O
11	.	O

1	Technologies	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	for	O
3	breaking-down	WASTE
4	radioactive	WASTE
5	waste	WASTE
6	are	O
7	being	O
8	developed	O
9	.	O

1	Admittedly	OTHER
2	,	O
3	there	O
4	'	O
5	s	O
6	a	O
7	fright	O
8	factor	O
9	with	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	.	O

1	It	O
2	produces	O
3	considerable	O
4	amount	O
5	of	O
6	waste	WASTE
7	during	O
8	all	O
9	these	O
10	activities	O
11	and	O
12	can	O
13	result	O
14	in	O
15	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	and	O
18	serous	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	effects	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	,	O
22	if	O
23	not	O
24	handled	O
25	properly	O
26	.	O

1	Uranium	WASTE
2	tailings	WASTE
3	retain	O
4	almost	WASTE
5	all	WASTE
6	their	WASTE
7	radioactivity	WASTE
8	,	O
9	which	O
10	continues	O
11	for	O
12	hundreds	O
13	of	O
14	thousands	O
15	of	O
16	years	O
17	.	O

1	U.S.	O
2	nuclear	O
3	experts	O
4	question	O
5	whether	O
6	filling	O
7	the	O
8	reactors	O
9	with	O
10	hundreds	O
11	of	O
12	tons	O
13	of	O
14	water	O
15	is	O
16	n’t	O
17	also	O
18	raising	O
19	the	O
20	possibility	O
21	of	O
22	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	rupture	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	in	O
25	the	O
26	containment	O
27	vessel	O
28	,	O
29	which	O
30	would	O
31	trigger	O
32	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	massive	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	further	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	release	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	radioactivity	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
38	.	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY

1	While	O
2	nuclear	O
3	still	O
4	plays	O
5	a	O
6	major	O
7	role	O
8	in	O
9	the	O
10	EU	O
11	,	O
12	aging	O
13	facilities	O
14	present	O
15	financial	COSTS
16	and	COSTS
17	security	COSTS
18	risks	COSTS
19	.	O

1	Each	O
2	link	O
3	in	O
4	the	O
5	nuclear	O
6	fuel	O
7	chain	O
8	releases	O
9	radiation	O
10	,	O
11	starting	O
12	with	O
13	drilling	O
14	for	O
15	uranium	O
16	;	O
17	it	O
18	then	O
19	continues	O
20	for	O
21	generations	O
22	because	O
23	nuclear	WASTE
24	waste	WASTE
25	includes	O
26	plutonium	O
27	that	O
28	will	O
29	remain	O
30	toxic	O
31	for	O
32	thousands	O
33	of	O
34	years	O
35	.	O

1	Radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	levels	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	in	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	surrounding	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	have	O
8	soared	O
9	as	O
10	high	O
11	as	O
12	7.5	O
13	million	O
14	times	O
15	the	O
16	legal	O
17	limit	O
18	while	O
19	elevated	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	levels	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	are	O
23	now	O
24	being	O
25	detected	O
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	United	O
29	States	O
30	.	O

1	Their	O
2	fuel	O
3	becomes	O
4	very	O
5	radiation	O
6	hard	O
7	(	O
8	strong	O
9	Gamma	O
10	emitter	O
11	)	O
12	such	O
13	that	O
14	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	major	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	or	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	spill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	would	O
20	be	O
21	extremely	O
22	hazardous	O
23	to	O
24	clean	O
25	.	O

1	Yes	O
2	I	O
3	know	O
4	that	O
5	it	O
6	would	O
7	take	O
8	millions	O
9	of	O
10	years	O
11	for	O
12	the	WASTE
13	radioactive	WASTE
14	waste	WASTE
15	to	O
16	stop	O
17	being	O
18	radioactive	WASTE
19	but	O
20	it	O
21	could	O
22	be	O
23	stored	O
24	in	O
25	a	O
26	safe	O
27	place	O
28	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	reactors	O
3	produce	O
4	large	O
5	amounts	O
6	of	O
7	long-lasting	WASTE
8	,	WASTE
9	deadly	WASTE
10	radioactive	WASTE
11	waste	WASTE
12	.	O

1	*	O
2	Shipping	WASTE
3	nuclear	WASTE
4	waste	WASTE
5	internationally	O
6	poses	O
7	an	O
8	increased	O
9	potential	O
10	threat	O
11	to	O
12	interception	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	terrorism	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	(	O
16	though	O
17	this	O
18	has	O
19	not	O
20	happened	O
21	yet	O
22	with	O
23	any	O
24	of	O
25	the	WASTE
26	waste	WASTE
27	shipped	O
28	by	O
29	other	O
30	countries	O
31	)	O
32	.	O

1	As	O
2	if	O
3	this	O
4	were	O
5	n't	O
6	bad	O
7	enough	O
8	,	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	plants	O
12	produce	O
13	a	O
14	great	O
15	deal	O
16	of	O
17	low-level	WASTE
18	radioactive	WASTE
19	waste	WASTE
20	in	O
21	the	O
22	form	O
23	of	O
24	radiated	O
25	parts	O
26	and	O
27	equipment	O
28	.	O

1	These	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	meltdowns	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	are	O
4	still	O
5	pouring	O
6	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	across	O
9	the	O
10	Japanese	O
11	landscape	O
12	.	O

1	Look	O
2	at	O
3	the	O
4	cons	O
5	associated	O
6	with	O
7	conventional	O
8	nuclear	O
9	reactors	O
10	…	O
11	high	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	operating	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	pressure	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	temperature	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	,	O
17	massive	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	size	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	containment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	structures	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	,	O
23	waste	WASTE
24	by	O
25	products	O
26	,	O
27	potential	O
28	for	O
29	catastrophic	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	systems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	failure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	,	O
33	ad	O
34	nauseam	O
35	and	O
36	they	O
37	built	O
38	them	O
39	anyway	O
40	!	O

1	Because	O
2	they	O
3	know	O
4	that	O
5	if	O
6	you	O
7	recycle	O
8	fuel	O
9	rods	O
10	,	O
11	you	O
12	dont	O
13	have	O
14	a	WASTE
15	waste	WASTE
16	problem	WASTE
17	and	O
18	they	O
19	lose	O
20	an	O
21	argument	O
22	against	O
23	nuclear	O
24	.	O

1	One	O
2	of	O
3	the	O
4	greatest	O
5	fears	O
6	of	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	is	O
10	that	O
11	the	WASTE
12	radioactive	WASTE
13	waste	WASTE
14	that	O
15	results	O
16	can	O
17	remain	O
18	hazardous	O
19	for	O
20	hundreds	O
21	of	O
22	thousands	O
23	of	O
24	years	O
25	.	O

1	And	O
2	many	O
3	environmentalists	O
4	continue	O
5	to	O
6	give	O
7	nukes	O
8	the	O
9	stink-eye	O
10	becauseâ	O
11	€	O
12	”	O
13	as	O
14	the	O
15	Lantern	O
16	noted	O
17	in	O
18	an	O
19	earlier	O
20	columnâ	O
21	€	O
22	”	O
23	after	O
24	50	O
25	years	O
26	we	O
27	still	O
28	do	O
29	n't	O
30	have	O
31	a	O
32	long-term	O
33	plan	O
34	for	O
35	storing	O
36	high-level	WASTE
37	commercial	WASTE
38	nuclear	WASTE
39	waste	WASTE
40	.	O

1	This	O
2	presents	O
3	risks	O
4	to	O
5	the	O
6	populations	O
7	that	O
8	exist	O
9	on	O
10	the	O
11	route	O
12	to	O
13	these	WASTE
14	waste	WASTE
15	areas	WASTE
16	.	O

1	The	O
2	studies	O
3	also	O
4	inform	O
5	us	O
6	that	O
7	up	O
8	to	O
9	2,646	O
10	lb	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	highly	O
14	radioactive	O
15	and	O
16	long-lasting	O
17	isotope	O
18	caesium-137	O
19	would	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	be	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	released	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	atmosphere	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	,	O
26	contaminating	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	Britain	O
28	,	O
29	Ireland	O
30	,	O
31	continental	O
32	Europe	O
33	and	O
34	beyond	O
35	,	O
36	making	O
37	swathes	O
38	of	O
39	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	country	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	uninhabitable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	and	O
43	causing	O
44	more	HEALTH EFFECTS
45	than	HEALTH EFFECTS
46	two	HEALTH EFFECTS
47	million	HEALTH EFFECTS
48	cancers	HEALTH EFFECTS
49	.	O

1	Transport	O
2	of	O
3	uranium	O
4	and	O
5	other	O
6	radioactive	O
7	material	O
8	is	O
9	hazardous	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	.	O

1	The	O
2	nuclear	O
3	industry	O
4	is	O
5	responsible	O
6	for	O
7	horrific	WASTE
8	wastes	WASTE
9	which	O
10	will	O
11	endure	O
12	as	O
13	a	O
14	nightmare	O
15	for	O
16	our	O
17	grandchildren	O
18	.	O

1	More	O
2	than	O
3	58,000	O
4	metric	O
5	tons	O
6	of	O
7	highly	WASTE
8	radioactive	WASTE
9	spent	WASTE
10	fuel	WASTE
11	already	O
12	has	O
13	accumulated	O
14	at	O
15	reactor	O
16	sites	O
17	around	O
18	the	O
19	U.S.	O
20	for	O
21	which	O
22	there	O
23	currently	O
24	is	O
25	no	O
26	permanent	O
27	repository	O
28	.	O

1	One	O
2	design	O
3	,	O
4	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	Generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	IV	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	Integral	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	Fast	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	Reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	,	O
11	goes	O
12	even	O
13	further	O
14	in	O
15	providing	O
16	an	O
17	answer	O
18	to	O
19	the	WASTE
20	waste	WASTE
21	problem	WASTE
22	through	O
23	recycling	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
24	and	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
25	use	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
26	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
27	all	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
28	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
29	energy	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
30	available	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
31	in	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
32	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
33	fuel	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
34	.	O

1	During	O
2	the	O
3	operation	O
4	of	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	plants	O
8	,	O
9	radioactive	WASTE
10	waste	WASTE
11	is	O
12	produced	O
13	,	O
14	which	O
15	in	O
16	turn	O
17	can	O
18	be	O
19	used	O
20	for	O
21	the	O
22	production	O
23	of	O
24	nuclear	WEAPONS
25	weapons	WEAPONS
26	.	O

1	Radiation	O
2	is	O
3	n’t	O
4	easily	O
5	dealt	O
6	with	O
7	,	O
8	especially	O
9	in	O
10	nuclear	WASTE
11	waste	WASTE
12	and	O
13	maintenance	O
14	materials	O
15	,	O
16	and	O
17	expensive	O
18	solutions	O
19	are	O
20	needed	O
21	to	O
22	contain	O
23	,	O
24	control	O
25	,	O
26	and	O
27	shield	HEALTH EFFECTS
28	both	HEALTH EFFECTS
29	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
30	and	O
31	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	from	O
34	its	O
35	harm	O
36	.	O

1	April	O
2	16th	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	[	O
8	Claim	WASTE
9	:]	WASTE
10	Nuclear	WASTE
11	waste	WASTE
12	will	O
13	be	O
14	dangerous	O
15	for	O
16	thousands	O
17	of	O
18	years	O
19	.	O

1	People	O
2	need	O
3	to	O
4	know	O
5	that	O
6	the	O
7	mercury	O
8	in	O
9	energy	O
10	saving	O
11	light	O
12	bulbs	O
13	harms	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	more	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	than	O
17	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	in	O
20	Fukushima	O
21	.	O

1	Currently	O
2	,	O
3	over	O
4	2,000	O
5	metric	O
6	tons	O
7	of	O
8	high-level	WASTE
9	radioactive	WASTE
10	waste	WASTE
11	and	O
12	12	O
13	million	O
14	cubic	O
15	feet	O
16	of	O
17	low	WASTE
18	level	WASTE
19	radioactive	WASTE
20	waste	WASTE
21	are	O
22	produced	O
23	annually	O
24	by	O
25	the	O
26	103	O
27	operating	O
28	reactors	O
29	in	O
30	the	O
31	United	O
32	States	O
33	.	O
34	4	O
35	No	O
36	country	O
37	in	O
38	the	O
39	world	O
40	has	O
41	found	O
42	a	O
43	solution	O
44	for	O
45	this	WASTE
46	waste	WASTE
47	.	O

1	They	O
2	pose	O
3	security	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	environmental	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	health	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	risks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	at	O
10	every	O
11	step	O
12	in	O
13	their	O
14	operation	O
15	.	O

1	nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	has	O
4	so	O
5	many	O
6	more	O
7	cons	O
8	than	O
9	pros	O
10	because	O
11	n	O
12	reality	O
13	unless	O
14	you	O
15	have	O
16	a	O
17	good	O
18	enove	O
19	cooling	O
20	system	O
21	the	O
22	fision	O
23	process	O
24	is	O
25	very	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	unstable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	and	O
28	just	O
29	measing	O
30	with	O
31	uranium-235	O
32	can	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	you	O
35	and	O
36	if	O
37	that	O
38	dose	O
39	not	O
40	explain	O
41	it	O
42	imagine	O
43	puting	O
44	a	O
45	block	O
46	of	O
47	c4	O
48	in	O
49	your	O
50	mouth	O
51	and	O
52	ou	O
53	body	O
54	is	O
55	a	O
56	city	O
57	then	O
58	it	O
59	explodes	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
60	.	O

1	Radioactive	WASTE
2	Waste	WASTE
3	Disposal	WASTE
4	:	O
5	As	O
6	a	O
7	rule	O
8	,	O
9	a	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	plant	O
13	creates	O
14	20	O
15	metric	O
16	tons	O
17	of	O
18	nuclear	O
19	fuel	O
20	per	O
21	year	O
22	,	O
23	and	O
24	with	O
25	that	O
26	comes	O
27	a	O
28	lot	O
29	of	O
30	nuclear	WASTE
31	waste	WASTE
32	.	O

1	It	O
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	still	O
5	radioactive	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	potentially	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	deadly	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	.	O

1	The	O
2	benefits	O
3	of	O
4	nuclear	O
5	energy	O
6	are	O
7	outweighed	O
8	by	O
9	weapons-use	WEAPONS
10	risks	WEAPONS
11	Michael	O
12	Levi	O
13	,	O
14	Council	O
15	on	O
16	Foreign	O
17	Relations	O
18	Fellow	O
19	for	O
20	Science	O
21	and	O
22	Technology	O
23	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	Accidents	O
3	:	O
4	The	WASTE
5	radioactive	WASTE
6	waste	WASTE
7	produced	O
8	can	O
9	pose	O
10	serious	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	effects	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	on	O
14	the	O
15	lives	O
16	of	O
17	people	O
18	as	O
19	well	O
20	as	O
21	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	.	O

1	Climate	OTHER
2	change	OTHER
3	ca	O
4	n't	O
5	afford	O
6	to	O
7	wait	O
8	for	O
9	these	O
10	last-century	O
11	energy	O
12	dinosaurs	O
13	.	O

1	As	O
2	a	O
3	result	O
4	,	O
5	U.S.	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	from	O
10	electricity	O
11	generation	O
12	have	O
13	actually	O
14	decreased	O
15	over	O
16	the	O
17	last	O
18	decade	O
19	,	O
20	even	O
21	as	O
22	electricity	O
23	consumption	O
24	has	O
25	increased	O
26	.	O

1	Let	O
2	’s	O
3	not	O
4	exclude	O
5	clean	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	energy	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	.	O

1	This	O
2	results	O
3	in	O
4	fewer	RELIABILITY
5	brownouts	RELIABILITY
6	or	O
7	other	RELIABILITY
8	power	RELIABILITY
9	interruptions	RELIABILITY
10	.	O

1	For	O
2	every	O
3	22	O
4	tonnes	O
5	of	O
6	uranium	O
7	used	O
8	,	O
9	one	O
10	million	O
11	tonnes	O
12	of	O
13	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	is	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	averted	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	.	O

1	The	O
2	technologies	O
3	for	O
4	this	O
5	transformation	O
6	--	O
7	wind	RENEWABLES
8	,	RENEWABLES
9	water	RENEWABLES
10	and	RENEWABLES
11	solar	RENEWABLES
12	energy	RENEWABLES
13	--	O
14	already	O
15	exist	O
16	,	O
17	he	O
18	said	O
19	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	a	O
5	properly	O
6	functioning	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plant	O
10	actually	O
11	releases	O
12	less	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	radioactivity	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	atmosphere	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	than	O
18	a	FOSSIL FUELS
19	coal-fired	FOSSIL FUELS
20	power	FOSSIL FUELS
21	plant	FOSSIL FUELS
22	[	O
23	source	O
24	:	O
25	Hvistendahl	O
26	]	O
27	.	O

1	I	O
2	have	O
3	written	O
4	to	O
5	several	O
6	senators	O
7	and	O
8	representatives	O
9	pointing	O
10	out	O
11	the	O
12	need	O
13	to	O
14	use	O
15	nuclear	O
16	power	O
17	as	O
18	the	O
19	principal	O
20	sources	O
21	of	O
22	power	O
23	to	O
24	replace	O
25	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
26	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
27	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	energy	OTHER
3	will	O
4	serve	O
5	those	O
6	priorities	O
7	well	O
8	.	O

1	On	O
2	August	O
3	8	O
4	,	O
5	2005	O
6	,	O
7	President	ENERGY POLICY
8	Bush	ENERGY POLICY
9	signed	O
10	an	O
11	energy	O
12	bill	O
13	that	O
14	included	O
15	over	O
16	$	O
17	13	O
18	billion	O
19	in	O
20	tax	ENERGY POLICY
21	breaks	ENERGY POLICY
22	and	ENERGY POLICY
23	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
24	,	O
25	as	O
26	well	O
27	as	O
28	other	O
29	incentives	O
30	,	O
31	for	O
32	the	O
33	nuclear	O
34	industry	O
35	.	O
36	"	O

1	Since	O
2	then	O
3	,	O
4	it	O
5	has	O
6	proven	O
7	itself	O
8	as	O
9	one	O
10	of	O
11	our	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	safest	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	energy	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	technologies	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	ENERGY POLICY
3	USA	ENERGY POLICY
4	would	ENERGY POLICY
5	go	ENERGY POLICY
6	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
7	it	O
8	would	O
9	have	O
10	to	O
11	build	O
12	thousands	O
13	of	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	plants	O
17	,	O
18	how	O
19	can	O
20	you	O
21	call	O
22	that	O
23	centralized	ENERGY POLICY
24	?	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	plants	O
6	are	O
7	not	O
8	much	O
9	of	O
10	an	O
11	improvement	O
12	over	O
13	conventional	FOSSIL FUELS
14	coal-burning	FOSSIL FUELS
15	power	FOSSIL FUELS
16	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
17	despite	O
18	claims	O
19	that	O
20	nuclear	O
21	is	O
22	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	‘	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	.	O
28	’	O

1	Coal	FOSSIL FUELS
2	and	FOSSIL FUELS
3	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
4	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
5	power	FOSSIL FUELS
6	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
7	discharge	O
8	carbon	O
9	dioxide	O
10	into	O
11	the	O
12	air	O
13	,	O
14	which	O
15	causes	O
16	a	O
17	number	O
18	of	O
19	environmental	O
20	issues	O
21	.	O

1	Low	COSTS
2	Operating	COSTS
3	Costs	COSTS
4	:	O
5	Nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	produces	O
8	very	COSTS
9	inexpensive	COSTS
10	electricity	COSTS
11	.	O

1	We	O
2	can	O
3	have	O
4	100	O
5	percent	O
6	reliable	O
7	grid	O
8	across	O
9	the	O
10	U.S.	O
11	without	O
12	nuclear	O
13	,	O
14	without	O
15	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
16	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
17	,	FOSSIL FUELS
18	without	FOSSIL FUELS
19	biofuels	FOSSIL FUELS
20	,	O
21	with	O
22	only	RENEWABLES
23	wind	RENEWABLES
24	,	RENEWABLES
25	water	RENEWABLES
26	,	RENEWABLES
27	solar	RENEWABLES
28	,	O
29	with	O
30	low-cost	O
31	storage	O
32	,	O
33	he	O
34	said	O
35	.	O

1	The	O
2	nuclear	O
3	industry	O
4	does	O
5	not	O
6	need	O
7	handouts	O
8	,	O
9	but	O
10	a	O
11	coherent	O
12	U.S.	O
13	energy	O
14	policy	O
15	should	O
16	provide	O
17	a	O
18	level	O
19	playing	O
20	field	O
21	in	O
22	the	O
23	electric	O
24	markets	O
25	by	O
26	recognizing	O
27	the	O
28	essential	O
29	contributions	O
30	that	O
31	nuclear	O
32	power	O
33	plants	O
34	make	O
35	toward	O
36	reducing	O
37	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
39	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	,	O
41	ensuring	O
42	reliable	RELIABILITY
43	electricity	RELIABILITY
44	and	O
45	preserving	O
46	grid	RELIABILITY
47	stability	RELIABILITY
48	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	efficient	RELIABILITY
4	in	O
5	terms	O
6	of	O
7	output	O
8	versus	O
9	raw	O
10	material	O
11	.	O

1	They	O
2	are	O
3	part	O
4	of	O
5	a	O
6	vanguard	O
7	of	O
8	next-generation	O
9	plants	O
10	that	O
11	include	O
12	so-called	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	small	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	modular	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
15	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
16	(	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	SMRs	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	)	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	,	O
20	seen	O
21	as	O
22	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	less	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	costly	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	.	O

1	Both	RENEWABLES
2	nuclear	RENEWABLES
3	and	RENEWABLES
4	renewables	RENEWABLES
5	are	O
6	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	noncarbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	electricity	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	generators	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	that	O
12	should	O
13	be	O
14	supported	O
15	,	O
16	but	O
17	the	O
18	vision	O
19	that	O
20	renewables	RENEWABLES
21	alone	O
22	can	O
23	do	O
24	the	O
25	job	O
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	next	O
29	few	O
30	decades	O
31	is	O
32	wishful	O
33	thinking	O
34	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	power	OTHER
3	seeks	O
4	to	O
5	harness	O
6	that	O
7	energy	O
8	to	O
9	safely	O
10	provide	O
11	electricity	O
12	.	O

1	So	O
2	there	O
3	’s	O
4	enormous	O
5	excitement	O
6	and	O
7	concerted	O
8	action	O
9	on	O
10	nuclear	O
11	energy	O
12	—	O
13	whether	O
14	it	O
15	’s	O
16	modifying	O
17	and	O
18	refining	O
19	the	O
20	technology	O
21	for	O
22	extant	O
23	fission	O
24	reactors	O
25	by	O
26	increasing	O
27	their	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	reliability	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	while	O
32	lowering	O
33	their	COSTS
34	costs	COSTS
35	or	O
36	the	O
37	many	O
38	worldwide	O
39	efforts	O
40	toward	O
41	achieving	O
42	nuclear	O
43	fusion	O
44	.	O

1	Wind	RENEWABLES
2	and	RENEWABLES
3	PV	RENEWABLES
4	could	O
5	never	O
6	reach	O
7	the	O
8	zero	O
9	death	O
10	requirement	O
11	that	O
12	nuclear	O
13	has	O
14	to	O
15	fulfill	O
16	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	is	O
4	too	COSTS
5	expensive	COSTS
6	,	O
7	energy	O
8	efficiency	O
9	is	O
10	all	O
11	that	O
12	'	O
13	s	O
14	needed	O
15	,	O
16	with	O
17	more	O
18	use	O
19	of	O
20	renewables	RENEWABLES
21	.	O

1	It	O
2	would	O
3	finally	O
4	signal	O
5	the	O
6	end	O
7	of	O
8	our	FOSSIL FUELS
9	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
10	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
11	requirements	FOSSIL FUELS
12	and	O
13	at	O
14	the	O
15	same	O
16	time	O
17	,	O
18	reduce	O
19	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	to	O
23	a	O
24	mere	O
25	fraction	O
26	of	O
27	what	O
28	they	O
29	presently	O
30	are	O
31	(	O
32	19	O
33	)	O
34	.	O

1	While	O
2	we	O
3	burn	O
4	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
5	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
6	,	O
7	use	O
8	hydroelectric	RENEWABLES
9	wind	RENEWABLES
10	power	RENEWABLES
11	,	O
12	harness	RENEWABLES
13	tidal	RENEWABLES
14	and	RENEWABLES
15	solar	RENEWABLES
16	power	RENEWABLES
17	,	O
18	and	O
19	look	O
20	for	O
21	other	O
22	ways	O
23	to	O
24	meet	O
25	our	O
26	energy	O
27	needs	O
28	-	O
29	we	O
30	simply	O
31	have	O
32	to	O
33	use	O
34	nuclear	O
35	energy	O
36	as	O
37	one	O
38	method	O
39	in	O
40	achieving	O
41	that	O
42	.	O

1	In	O
2	addition	O
3	,	O
4	nuclear	O
5	fission	O
6	differs	O
7	from	O
8	the	O
9	burning	O
10	of	O
11	fossil	O
12	fuel	O
13	in	O
14	that	O
15	it	O
16	produces	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	neither	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	sulfur	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	dioxide	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	nor	O
21	nitrogen	O
22	oxides	O
23	,	O
24	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	pollutants	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	that	O
27	cause	O
28	acid	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	rain	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	.	O

1	January	O
2	8	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	There	O
8	are	O
9	now	O
10	dozens	O
11	of	O
12	studies	O
13	,	O
14	including	O
15	many	O
16	by	O
17	government	ENERGY POLICY
18	,	O
19	engineering	O
20	consultants	O
21	,	O
22	eminent	O
23	academics	O
24	and	O
25	energy	O
26	industry	O
27	bodies	O
28	all	O
29	showing	O
30	how	O
31	this	O
32	scale	O
33	of	O
34	electricity	O
35	generation	O
36	could	O
37	be	O
38	met	O
39	through	O
40	energy	O
41	efficiency	O
42	,	O
43	cleaner	O
44	use	O
45	of	O
46	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
47	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
48	,	O
49	renewables	RENEWABLES
50	and	O
51	state	O
52	of	O
53	the	ENERGY POLICY
54	art	ENERGY POLICY
55	decentralised	ENERGY POLICY
56	power	ENERGY POLICY
57	stations	ENERGY POLICY
58	like	O
59	they	O
60	have	O
61	in	O
62	Scandinavia	O
63	.	O

1	More	O
2	important	O
3	,	O
4	the	O
5	push	O
6	by	O
7	developing	O
8	countries	O
9	to	O
10	increase	O
11	their	O
12	standard	O
13	of	O
14	living	O
15	is	O
16	inexorably	O
17	tied	O
18	to	O
19	a	RELIABILITY
20	corresponding	RELIABILITY
21	increase	RELIABILITY
22	in	RELIABILITY
23	energy	RELIABILITY
24	consumption	RELIABILITY
25	.	O

1	The	O
2	globe	O
3	is	O
4	going	O
5	to	O
6	be	O
7	an	RELIABILITY
8	increasingly	RELIABILITY
9	high-energy	RELIABILITY
10	planet	RELIABILITY
11	...	O
12	and	O
13	[	O
14	emerging	O
15	markets	O
16	]	O
17	are	RELIABILITY
18	going	RELIABILITY
19	to	RELIABILITY
20	demand	RELIABILITY
21	the	RELIABILITY
22	same	RELIABILITY
23	baseload	RELIABILITY
24	energy	RELIABILITY
25	that	O
26	industrialized	O
27	countries	O
28	are	O
29	used	O
30	to	O
31	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	makes	O
4	only	RELIABILITY
5	a	RELIABILITY
6	trivial	RELIABILITY
7	contribution	RELIABILITY
8	to	O
9	world	RELIABILITY
10	energy	RELIABILITY
11	needs	RELIABILITY
12	.	O

1	The	O
2	alternatives	O
3	to	O
4	nuclear	O
5	are	O
6	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
7	and	FOSSIL FUELS
8	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
9	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
10	–	O
11	including	O
12	unconventional	FOSSIL FUELS
13	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
14	resources	FOSSIL FUELS
15	–	O
16	and	O
17	these	O
18	would	O
19	be	O
20	(	O
21	over	O
22	the	O
23	long-run	O
24	)	O
25	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	polluting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	damaging	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	than	O
31	nuclear	O
32	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	unlikely	O
4	to	O
5	be	O
6	wars	O
7	fought	O
8	over	O
9	sustainable	RENEWABLES
10	locally	RENEWABLES
11	generated	RENEWABLES
12	,	RENEWABLES
13	solar	RENEWABLES
14	,	RENEWABLES
15	wind	RENEWABLES
16	or	RENEWABLES
17	wave	RENEWABLES
18	power	RENEWABLES
19	.	O

1	With	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	plants	O
5	,	O
6	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	are	O
9	insignificant	O
10	.	O

1	It	O
2	also	O
3	helps	O
4	people	O
5	have	O
6	more	RELIABILITY
7	energy	RELIABILITY
8	to	RELIABILITY
9	power	RELIABILITY
10	their	RELIABILITY
11	homes	RELIABILITY
12	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	distracts	O
4	governments	O
5	from	O
6	taking	O
7	the	O
8	real	O
9	global	O
10	action	O
11	necessary	O
12	to	O
13	tackle	O
14	climate	O
15	change	O
16	and	O
17	meet	RELIABILITY
18	people	RELIABILITY
19	’s	RELIABILITY
20	energy	RELIABILITY
21	needs	RELIABILITY
22	.	O
23	"	O

1	There	O
2	was	O
3	talk	O
4	of	O
5	a	O
6	nuclear	O
7	revival	O
8	here	O
9	in	O
10	the	O
11	U.S.	O
12	that	O
13	really	O
14	took	O
15	off	O
16	in	O
17	2003	O
18	,	O
19	after	O
20	a	O
21	report	O
22	from	O
23	MIT	O
24	projected	O
25	a	O
26	new	O
27	plant	O
28	would	COSTS
29	cost	COSTS
30	$	O
31	2	O
32	billion	O
33	to	O
34	$	O
35	3	O
36	billion	O
37	.	O
38	NoArgument	O
39	train	O

1	Concentration	ENERGY POLICY
2	of	ENERGY POLICY
3	power	ENERGY POLICY
4	in	O
5	nuclear	O
6	is	O
7	economical	O
8	.	O

1	The	O
2	one	O
3	issue	O
4	that	O
5	surprises	O
6	most	O
7	people	O
8	is	O
9	that	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	is	O
13	not	O
14	renewable	RENEWABLES
15	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	can	RELIABILITY
4	supply	RELIABILITY
5	a	RELIABILITY
6	lot	RELIABILITY
7	more	RELIABILITY
8	than	O
9	the	O
10	19	O
11	%	O
12	the	O
13	U.S.	O
14	electrical	O
15	supply	O
16	.	O

1	As	O
2	solar	RENEWABLES
3	and	RENEWABLES
4	wind	RENEWABLES
5	energy	RENEWABLES
6	are	O
7	dependent	RELIABILITY
8	upon	RELIABILITY
9	weather	RELIABILITY
10	conditions	RELIABILITY
11	,	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	plant	O
15	has	O
16	no	O
17	such	O
18	constraints	O
19	and	O
20	can	RELIABILITY
21	run	RELIABILITY
22	without	RELIABILITY
23	disruption	RELIABILITY
24	in	O
25	any	O
26	climatic	O
27	condition	O
28	.	O

1	This	O
2	is	O
3	one	O
4	reason	O
5	why	O
6	regulators	O
7	in	O
8	New	O
9	York	O
10	recently	O
11	adopted	O
12	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	Clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	Energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	Standard	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	that	O
17	will	O
18	provide	O
19	significant	ENERGY POLICY
20	yearly	ENERGY POLICY
21	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
22	through	O
23	2029	O
24	to	O
25	keep	O
26	several	O
27	existing	O
28	reactors	O
29	operating	O
30	.	O

1	The	RELIABILITY
2	world	RELIABILITY
3	’s	RELIABILITY
4	energy	RELIABILITY
5	needs	RELIABILITY
6	are	RELIABILITY
7	growing	RELIABILITY
8	.	O

1	The	O
2	intermittency	O
3	of	O
4	renewable	RENEWABLES
5	energy	RENEWABLES
6	and	RENEWABLES
7	unavailability	RENEWABLES
8	of	O
9	energy	O
10	storage	O
11	means	O
12	that	O
13	the	O
14	installed	O
15	capacity	O
16	of	O
17	renewable	RENEWABLES
18	sources	RENEWABLES
19	has	O
20	to	O
21	be	O
22	considerably	O
23	higher	O
24	than	O
25	the	O
26	desired	O
27	output	O
28	(	O
29	by	O
30	a	O
31	factor	O
32	of	O
33	three	O
34	or	O
35	more	O
36	)	O
37	.	O

1	The	O
2	only	O
3	energy	O
4	source	O
5	that	O
6	can	O
7	replace	O
8	FF	FOSSIL FUELS
9	’s	O
10	is	O
11	nuclear	O
12	.	O

1	We	OTHER
2	should	O
3	use	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	because	O
7	geographically	O
8	we	O
9	are	O
10	dead	O
11	so	O
12	no	O
13	explosions	O
14	of	O
15	the	O
16	nuclear	O
17	plants	O
18	.	O

1	Still	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	is	O
6	produced	O
7	with	O
8	a	O
9	91	O
10	percent	O
11	rate	O
12	of	O
13	efficiency	O
14	,	O
15	and	O
16	without	O
17	emitting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	any	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	gasses	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	.	O

1	In	O
2	only	O
3	a	O
4	couple	O
5	of	O
6	years	O
7	,	O
8	all	O
9	the	O
10	roofs	O
11	of	O
12	new	O
13	buildings	O
14	could	O
15	be	O
16	covered	O
17	by	O
18	solar	RENEWABLES
19	instead	O
20	of	O
21	regular	O
22	shingles	O
23	and	O
24	could	O
25	be	O
26	provided	O
27	with	O
28	bidirectional	O
29	meters	O
30	to	O
31	guarantee	O
32	the	O
33	continuous	O
34	availability	O
35	of	O
36	electricity	O
37	and	O
38	the	O
39	creation	O
40	of	O
41	millions	O
42	of	O
43	jobs	O
44	.	O

1	Second	O
2	,	O
3	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	lifecycle	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	of	O
8	nuclear	O
9	is	O
10	roughly	O
11	the	O
12	same	O
13	as	O
14	PV	RENEWABLES
15	and	RENEWABLES
16	wind	RENEWABLES
17	.	O

1	The	O
2	nuclear	O
3	industry	O
4	,	O
5	she	O
6	stressed	O
7	,	O
8	generates	O
9	$	ENERGY POLICY
10	60	ENERGY POLICY
11	billion	ENERGY POLICY
12	a	ENERGY POLICY
13	year	ENERGY POLICY
14	for	ENERGY POLICY
15	the	ENERGY POLICY
16	U.S.	ENERGY POLICY
17	economy	ENERGY POLICY
18	and	ENERGY POLICY
19	supports	ENERGY POLICY
20	475,000	ENERGY POLICY
21	jobs	ENERGY POLICY
22	,	O
23	all	O
24	while	O
25	avoiding	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	that	O
28	save	O
29	the	O
30	United	O
31	States	O
32	$	O
33	33	O
34	billion	O
35	annually	O
36	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	a	O
4	Stanford	O
5	study	O
6	,	O
7	fast	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	breeder	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	(	O
11	that	O
12	convert	O
13	Uranium	O
14	into	O
15	other	O
16	nuclear	O
17	fuels	O
18	while	O
19	generating	O
20	energy	O
21	)	O
22	have	O
23	the	O
24	potential	O
25	to	RELIABILITY
26	generate	RELIABILITY
27	energy	RELIABILITY
28	for	RELIABILITY
29	billions	RELIABILITY
30	of	RELIABILITY
31	years	RELIABILITY
32	,	O
33	thus	O
34	they	O
35	make	O
36	nuclear	O
37	energy	O
38	sustainable	O
39	while	O
40	lowering	O
41	our	O
42	dependency	O
43	on	O
44	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
45	,	O
46	thus	O
47	increasing	O
48	our	RELIABILITY
49	energy	RELIABILITY
50	security	RELIABILITY
51	.	O

1	Instead	O
2	,	O
3	Jacobson	O
4	proposes	O
5	that	O
6	the	O
7	world	O
8	overcome	O
9	its	O
10	sociopolitical	O
11	barriers	O
12	and	O
13	install	O
14	80	RENEWABLES
15	percent	RENEWABLES
16	renewables	RENEWABLES
17	by	O
18	2030	O
19	and	O
20	100	O
21	percent	O
22	by	O
23	2050	O
24	.	O

1	The	O
2	key	O
3	is	O
4	to	O
5	create	O
6	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	cheaper	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	smaller	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	modules	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	for	O
15	widespread	RELIABILITY
16	power	RELIABILITY
17	supply	RELIABILITY
18	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	,	O
3	especially	O
4	next-generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	,	O
7	has	O
8	tremendous	O
9	potential	O
10	to	O
11	be	O
12	part	O
13	of	O
14	the	O
15	solution	O
16	to	O
17	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	,	O
20	Hansen	O
21	said	O
22	during	O
23	a	O
24	panel	O
25	discussion	O
26	yesterday	O
27	.	O

1	Good	O
2	that	O
3	greenpeace	O
4	has	O
5	no	O
6	influence	O
7	there	O
8	to	O
9	prevent	O
10	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	cleanest	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	safest	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	energy	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	of	O
16	all	O
17	.	O

1	You	O
2	can	O
3	not	O
4	meet	O
5	Britain	O
6	’s	O
7	future	RELIABILITY
8	energy	RELIABILITY
9	needs	RELIABILITY
10	and	O
11	reduced	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	without	O
15	a	O
16	big	O
17	expansion	O
18	of	O
19	nuclear	O
20	power	O
21	.	O

1	Thus	O
2	,	O
3	as	O
4	concerns	O
5	about	O
6	climate	O
7	change	O
8	have	O
9	grown	O
10	,	O
11	Congress	O
12	and	O
13	the	O
14	states	O
15	have	O
16	adopted	O
17	subsidies	O
18	and	O
19	tax	O
20	credits	O
21	to	O
22	expand	O
23	electricity	O
24	production	O
25	from	O
26	low-carbon	RENEWABLES
27	and	RENEWABLES
28	carbon-free	RENEWABLES
29	renewable	RENEWABLES
30	fuels	RENEWABLES
31	in	O
32	an	O
33	effort	O
34	to	O
35	reduce	O
36	greenhouse	O
37	gas	O
38	emissions	O
39	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	O
3	n't	O
4	release	O
5	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	,	O
8	like	O
9	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
10	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
11	do	O
12	,	O
13	which	O
14	is	O
15	great	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	for	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	.	O

1	Well	OTHER
2	,	O
3	considering	O
4	neither	O
5	proper	O
6	regulation	O
7	nor	O
8	oversight	O
9	is	O
10	a	O
11	reality	O
12	,	O
13	I	O
14	suppose	O
15	that	O
16	means	O
17	nuclear	O
18	power	O
19	is	O
20	not	O
21	viable	O
22	.	O

1	To	O
2	some	O
3	,	O
4	nuclear	O
5	energy	O
6	is	O
7	the	RELIABILITY
8	savior	RELIABILITY
9	for	O
10	our	O
11	growing	O
12	energy	O
13	needs	O
14	-	O
15	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	,	O
17	affordable	COSTS
18	,	O
19	limitless	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	and	O
23	most	O
24	importantly	O
25	the	O
26	major	O
27	answer	O
28	to	O
29	our	O
30	dwindling	O
31	supply	O
32	of	O
33	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
34	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
35	(	O
36	1	O
37	)	O
38	.	O

1	Currently	O
2	nuclear	O
3	energy	O
4	saves	O
5	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	emission	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	of	O
8	2.5	O
9	billion	O
10	tonnes	O
11	of	O
12	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	relative	O
14	to	O
15	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
16	.	O

1	Finally	O
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	costs	O
5	of	O
6	land-based	RENEWABLES
7	wind	RENEWABLES
8	,	RENEWABLES
9	geothermal	RENEWABLES
10	and	RENEWABLES
11	hydroelectricity	RENEWABLES
12	are	O
13	competitive	O
14	with	O
15	conventional	O
16	new	O
17	sources	O
18	of	O
19	electricity	O
20	;	O
21	costs	O
22	of	O
23	solar	RENEWABLES
24	and	RENEWABLES
25	wind	RENEWABLES
26	over	O
27	the	O
28	ocean	O
29	are	O
30	higher	O
31	but	O
32	declining	O
33	.	O

1	So	OTHER
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	,	O
5	which	O
6	can	O
7	only	O
8	generate	O
9	electricity	O
10	,	O
11	is	O
12	almost	O
13	irrelevant	O
14	.	O

1	But	O
2	I	O
3	keep	O
4	hearing	O
5	them	O
6	touted	O
7	as	O
8	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	source	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	that	O
13	will	O
14	do	O
15	great	O
16	things	O
17	for	O
18	the	O
19	planet	O
20	.	O

1	July	O
2	2005	O
3	:	O
4	"	O
5	An	O
6	outstanding	O
7	advantage	O
8	of	O
9	nuclear	O
10	over	O
11	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
12	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
13	energy	FOSSIL FUELS
14	is	O
15	how	O
16	easy	O
17	it	O
18	is	O
19	to	O
20	deal	O
21	with	O
22	the	WASTE
23	waste	WASTE
24	it	O
25	produces	O
26	.	O

1	If	O
2	we	O
3	want	O
4	to	O
5	stop	O
6	using	O
7	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
8	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
9	it	O
10	will	O
11	likely	O
12	contain	O
13	a	O
14	nuclear	O
15	component	O
16	,	O
17	along	O
18	with	O
19	wind	RENEWABLES
20	and	RENEWABLES
21	solar	RENEWABLES
22	.	O

1	Even	O
2	when	O
3	the	O
4	entire	O
5	life	O
6	cycle	O
7	is	O
8	taken	O
9	into	O
10	account	O
11	,	O
12	however	O
13	,	O
14	nuclear	O
15	energy	O
16	warms	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	planet	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	much	O
20	less	O
21	than	O
22	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
23	or	FOSSIL FUELS
24	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
25	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
26	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	quite	O
5	the	O
6	opposite	O
7	—	O
8	we	RELIABILITY
9	’re	RELIABILITY
10	consuming	RELIABILITY
11	energy	RELIABILITY
12	at	RELIABILITY
13	ever-increasing	RELIABILITY
14	rates	RELIABILITY
15	as	O
16	our	O
17	technology	O
18	becomes	O
19	more	O
20	sophisticated	O
21	and	O
22	our	O
23	civilization	O
24	becomes	O
25	increasingly	O
26	more	O
27	dependent	O
28	on	O
29	this	O
30	technology	O
31	.	O

1	Actually	O
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	best	O
5	form	O
6	of	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	may	O
10	be	O
11	Liquid	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	Flouride	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	Thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	Reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
15	(	O
16	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	’s	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	)	O
19	which	O
20	can	O
21	dramatically	O
22	lower	O
23	the	O
24	risks	O
25	of	O
26	nuclear	O
27	power	O
28	,	O
29	and	O
30	which	O
31	are	O
32	much	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
33	more	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
34	efficient	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
35	in	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
36	using	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
37	a	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
38	Thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
39	/	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
40	Uranium233	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
41	fuel	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
42	cycle	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
43	to	O
44	produce	O
45	energy	O
46	(	O
47	compared	O
48	to	O
49	use	O
50	of	O
51	a	O
52	fuel	O
53	cycle	O
54	based	O
55	on	O
56	Uranium235	O
57	/	O
58	Plutonium	O
59	,	O
60	as	O
61	found	O
62	in	O
63	existing	O
64	nuclear	O
65	plants	O
66	)	O
67	.	O

1	That	O
2	being	O
3	said	O
4	,	O
5	nuclear	O
6	energy	O
7	is	O
8	definitely	O
9	a	O
10	type	O
11	of	O
12	renewable	RENEWABLES
13	energy	RENEWABLES
14	that	O
15	we	O
16	need	O
17	to	O
18	look	O
19	at	O
20	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	Energy	O
3	is	O
4	the	RELIABILITY
5	Most	RELIABILITY
6	Certain	RELIABILITY
7	Source	RELIABILITY
8	.	O

1	Coal	FOSSIL FUELS
2	and	FOSSIL FUELS
3	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
4	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
5	power	FOSSIL FUELS
6	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
7	emit	O
8	carbon	O
9	dioxide	O
10	into	O
11	the	O
12	atmosphere	O
13	,	O
14	which	O
15	contributes	O
16	to	O
17	climate	O
18	change	O
19	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	not	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	emit	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	and	O
8	the	WASTE
9	waste	WASTE
10	can	O
11	be	O
12	disposed	O
13	of	O
14	easily	O
15	.	O

1	This	O
2	makes	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	,	O
6	as	O
7	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	alternative	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	to	O
11	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
12	,	O
13	unnecessary	O
14	.	O

1	A	O
2	number	O
3	of	O
4	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	energy	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	innovations	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	have	O
8	made	O
9	it	O
10	a	O
11	much	O
12	more	O
13	feasible	O
14	choice	O
15	than	O
16	others	O
17	.	O

1	Finally	O
2	,	O
3	and	O
4	most	O
5	importantly	O
6	to	O
7	the	O
8	stringent	O
9	Clean	O
10	Air	O
11	Acts	O
12	and	O
13	their	O
14	equivalents	O
15	in	O
16	the	O
17	countries	O
18	actively	O
19	looking	O
20	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	reduce	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	,	O
28	nuclear	O
29	power	O
30	represents	O
31	the	O
32	power	O
33	source	O
34	with	O
35	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	lowest	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	levels	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
39	.	O

1	If	O
2	we	O
3	reduced	O
4	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	standards	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	to	O
7	those	O
8	applied	O
9	to	O
10	wind	RENEWABLES
11	and	RENEWABLES
12	PV	RENEWABLES
13	,	O
14	a	O
15	nuclear	O
16	power	O
17	plant	O
18	could	COSTS
19	easily	COSTS
20	be	COSTS
21	build	COSTS
22	in	COSTS
23	the	COSTS
24	same	COSTS
25	time	COSTS
26	needed	COSTS
27	to	O
28	build	O
29	a	FOSSIL FUELS
30	conventional	FOSSIL FUELS
31	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
32	or	FOSSIL FUELS
33	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
34	plant	FOSSIL FUELS
35	.	O

1	On	O
2	the	O
3	other	O
4	hand	O
5	,	O
6	by	O
7	using	O
8	breeder	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	and	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	fusion	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	,	O
13	we	O
14	can	O
15	produce	O
16	other	O
17	fissionable	O
18	element	O
19	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	power	OTHER
3	is	O
4	one	O
5	component	O
6	of	O
7	this	O
8	system	O
9	.	O

1	They	O
2	all	O
3	(	O
4	most	O
5	)	O
6	show	O
7	how	O
8	there	O
9	is	O
10	big	O
11	money	O
12	in	O
13	Renewables	RENEWABLES
14	.	O

1	Costs	COSTS
2	of	O
3	nuclear	O
4	have	O
5	historically	O
6	been	O
7	underestimated	O
8	.	O

1	Also	O
2	,	O
3	unlike	O
4	wind	RENEWABLES
5	and	RENEWABLES
6	solar	RENEWABLES
7	power	RENEWABLES
8	,	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	can	O
12	provide	O
13	a	RELIABILITY
14	continuous	RELIABILITY
15	flow	RELIABILITY
16	of	RELIABILITY
17	energy	RELIABILITY
18	that	O
19	utilities	O
20	can	O
21	depend	O
22	on	O
23	any	O
24	time	O
25	of	O
26	day	O
27	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	Nuclear	OTHER
3	Regulatory	OTHER
4	Commission	OTHER
5	(	O
6	NRC	O
7	)	O
8	approved	O
9	construction	O
10	of	O
11	four	O
12	new	O
13	reactors	O
14	in	O
15	2012	O
16	,	O
17	which	O
18	are	O
19	expected	O
20	to	O
21	go	O
22	online	O
23	in	O
24	2020	O
25	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	is	O
4	one	O
5	of	O
6	the	O
7	most	O
8	viable	O
9	alternatives	O
10	to	O
11	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
12	,	O
13	particularly	O
14	because	O
15	it	O
16	is	O
17	capable	O
18	of	O
19	supplying	RELIABILITY
20	such	RELIABILITY
21	massive	RELIABILITY
22	amounts	RELIABILITY
23	of	RELIABILITY
24	energy	RELIABILITY
25	.	O

1	April	O
2	16th	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	RENEWABLES
7	Wind	RENEWABLES
8	and	RENEWABLES
9	solar	RENEWABLES
10	power	RENEWABLES
11	have	O
12	their	O
13	place	O
14	,	O
15	but	O
16	because	O
17	they	O
18	are	O
19	intermittent	O
20	and	O
21	unpredictable	O
22	they	O
23	simply	O
24	ca	O
25	n't	O
26	replace	O
27	big	O
28	baseload	O
29	plants	O
30	such	O
31	as	O
32	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
33	,	FOSSIL FUELS
34	nuclear	FOSSIL FUELS
35	and	FOSSIL FUELS
36	hydroelectric	FOSSIL FUELS
37	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	O
3	not	O
4	release	O
5	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	or	O
9	use	O
10	fossil	O
11	fuels	O
12	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	we	O
5	could	O
6	be	O
7	producing	O
8	100	O
9	%	O
10	of	O
11	our	O
12	energy	O
13	from	O
14	renewables	RENEWABLES
15	by	O
16	2050	O
17	,	O
18	and	O
19	the	O
20	technology	O
21	is	O
22	already	O
23	ready	O
24	for	O
25	market	O
26	–	O
27	particularly	O
28	if	O
29	the	ENERGY POLICY
30	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
31	for	O
32	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
33	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
34	and	O
35	nuclear	O
36	are	O
37	cut	O
38	.	O

1	Ultimately	O
2	,	O
3	we	O
4	are	O
5	looking	O
6	to	O
7	renewable	RENEWABLES
8	energy	RENEWABLES
9	and	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	is	O
13	not	O
14	renewable	O
15	-	O
16	the	RELIABILITY
17	fuel	RELIABILITY
18	will	RELIABILITY
19	run	RELIABILITY
20	out	RELIABILITY
21	eventually	RELIABILITY
22	,	O
23	just	O
24	like	O
25	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
26	and	FOSSIL FUELS
27	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
28	.	O

1	Firstly	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	does	O
6	not	O
7	produce	O
8	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	and	O
12	that	O
13	means	O
14	that	O
15	our	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	atmosphere	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	will	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	be	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	safe	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	efficient	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	O
3	n't	O
4	release	O
5	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	which	O
8	would	O
9	help	O
10	us	O
11	stop	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	.	O

1	The	O
2	World	O
3	Economic	O
4	Council	O
5	,	O
6	for	O
7	instance	O
8	,	O
9	predicts	O
10	that	O
11	world	RELIABILITY
12	energy	RELIABILITY
13	consumption	RELIABILITY
14	will	RELIABILITY
15	increase	RELIABILITY
16	from	O
17	546	O
18	exajoules	O
19	(	O
20	EJ	O
21	—	O
22	1018	O
23	joules	O
24	)	O
25	(	O
26	2010	O
27	levels	O
28	)	O
29	to	O
30	anywhere	O
31	from	O
32	700	O
33	to	O
34	900	O
35	EJ	O
36	by	O
37	2050	O
38	,	O
39	depending	O
40	on	O
41	the	O
42	level	O
43	of	O
44	world	O
45	economic	O
46	cooperation	O
47	and	O
48	concerted	O
49	action	O
50	in	O
51	the	O
52	future	O
53	.	O

1	In	O
2	2004	O
3	,	O
4	the	COSTS
5	average	COSTS
6	cost	COSTS
7	of	O
8	producing	O
9	nuclear	O
10	energy	O
11	in	O
12	the	O
13	United	O
14	States	O
15	was	O
16	less	O
17	than	O
18	two	O
19	cents	O
20	per	O
21	kilowatt-hour	O
22	,	O
23	comparable	O
24	with	O
25	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
26	and	FOSSIL FUELS
27	hydroelectric	FOSSIL FUELS
28	.	O

1	And	O
2	even	O
3	if	O
4	the	O
5	US	O
6	builds	O
7	1	O
8	/	O
9	4	O
10	of	O
11	the	RENEWABLES
12	renewables	RENEWABLES
13	needed	O
14	to	O
15	achieve	O
16	his	O
17	dream	O
18	,	O
19	the	O
20	rebates	O
21	,	O
22	taxes	O
23	your	O
24	local	O
25	taxes	O
26	,	O
27	the	O
28	cost	O
29	of	O
30	electricity	O
31	is	O
32	going	O
33	to	O
34	bankrupt	O
35	the	O
36	USA	O
37	.	O

1	Yes	O
2	,	O
3	Mr.	O
4	Doron	O
5	is	O
6	right	O
7	that	O
8	our	O
9	aging	O
10	nuclear	O
11	plants	O
12	have	O
13	to	O
14	be	O
15	shut	O
16	down	O
17	,	O
18	but	O
19	he	O
20	is	O
21	wrong	O
22	to	O
23	suggest	O
24	that	O
25	we	O
26	can	O
27	afford	O
28	to	O
29	build	O
30	new	O
31	ones	O
32	or	O
33	that	O
34	solar	RENEWABLES
35	energy	RENEWABLES
36	is	O
37	not	O
38	ready	O
39	to	O
40	take	O
41	over	O
42	.	O

1	But	OTHER
2	what	OTHER
3	is	O
4	good	O
5	and	O
6	reaffirming	O
7	,	O
8	is	O
9	that	O
10	we	O
11	are	O
12	now	O
13	finally	O
14	entering	O
15	the	O
16	nuclear	O
17	age	O
18	.	O

1	The	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	latest	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	have	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	improved	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	capacities	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	and	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	generating	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	capabilities	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	,	O
14	but	O
15	with	O
16	comparable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	.	O

1	Greater	OTHER
2	use	OTHER
3	of	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	is	O
7	central	O
8	to	O
9	their	O
10	recommendations	O
11	.	O

1	Firstly	O
2	it	O
3	would	O
4	use	O
5	up	O
6	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	and	O
10	would	O
11	make	O
12	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	in	O
15	the	O
16	world	O
17	.	O

1	[	O
2	And	O
3	,	O
4	why	O
5	would	O
6	nuclear	O
7	energy	O
8	be	O
9	expanding	O
10	internationally	O
11	if	COSTS
12	it	COSTS
13	was	COSTS
14	n't	COSTS
15	inherently	COSTS
16	economical	COSTS
17	?	O
18	]	O

1	Even	RENEWABLES
2	the	RENEWABLES
3	much	RENEWABLES
4	heralded	RENEWABLES
5	solar	RENEWABLES
6	energy	RENEWABLES
7	has	O
8	the	O
9	potential	O
10	to	O
11	be	O
12	incorporated	O
13	into	O
14	these	O
15	structures	O
16	if	O
17	it	O
18	develops	O
19	in	O
20	certain	O
21	ways	O
22	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	this	O
4	twisted	O
5	logic	O
6	,	O
7	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	benefits	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	from	O
10	new	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	plants	O
14	do	O
15	receive	O
16	proper	O
17	credit	O
18	under	O
19	the	O
20	Obama	O
21	administration	O
22	’s	O
23	Clean	O
24	Power	O
25	Plan	O
26	.	O

1	They	O
2	could	O
3	entirely	O
4	replace	O
5	the	O
6	world	O
7	'	FOSSIL FUELS
8	s	FOSSIL FUELS
9	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
10	fuel-based	FOSSIL FUELS
11	energy	FOSSIL FUELS
12	system	FOSSIL FUELS
13	by	O
14	2050	O
15	,	O
16	if	O
17	governments	O
18	will	O
19	it	O
20	to	O
21	be	O
22	so	O
23	,	O
24	he	O
25	said	O
26	.	O

1	And	O
2	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	next	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	will	O
9	be	O
10	even	COSTS
11	cheaper	COSTS
12	,	O
13	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	and	O
16	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	environmentally	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	benign	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	.	O

1	It	O
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	an	O
5	exciting	O
6	notion	O
7	to	O
8	me	O
9	that	O
10	we	O
11	have	O
12	zero	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	emission	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	from	O
16	nuclear	O
17	and	O
18	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	new	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	...	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
21	electrical	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
22	generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
23	facilities	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
24	are	O
25	a	O
26	one	O
27	refuel	O
28	for	O
29	fifty	O
30	years	O
31	of	O
32	life	O
33	.	O

1	These	O
2	fears	O
3	are	O
4	unjustified	O
5	and	O
6	nuclear	O
7	energy	O
8	from	O
9	its	O
10	start	O
11	in	O
12	1952	O
13	has	O
14	proved	O
15	to	O
16	be	O
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	safest	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	of	O
20	all	O
21	energy	O
22	sources	O
23	.	O
24	"	O

1	Waste	OTHER
2	heat	OTHER
3	from	O
4	nuclear	O
5	reactors	O
6	can	O
7	be	O
8	used	O
9	"	O
10	How	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	could	O
14	fertilise	O
15	fields	O
16	.	O
17	"	O

1	[	O
2	...	O
3	]	O
4	On	O
5	18	O
6	September	O
7	,	O
8	the	ENERGY POLICY
9	DOE	ENERGY POLICY
10	announced	O
11	that	O
12	its	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	Next	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	Generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
15	Nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
16	Plant	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	project	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	will	O
19	receive	O
20	a	ENERGY POLICY
21	$	ENERGY POLICY
22	40	ENERGY POLICY
23	million	ENERGY POLICY
24	boost	ENERGY POLICY
25	in	ENERGY POLICY
26	funding	ENERGY POLICY
27	.	O

1	The	O
2	construction	O
3	of	O
4	a	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	plant	O
8	requires	O
9	much	COSTS
10	less	COSTS
11	investment	COSTS
12	than	O
13	a	RENEWABLES
14	hydroelectric	RENEWABLES
15	one	RENEWABLES
16	.	O

1	Unlike	O
2	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
3	and	FOSSIL FUELS
4	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
5	,	O
6	these	RENEWABLES
7	renewable	RENEWABLES
8	forms	RENEWABLES
9	of	O
10	energy	O
11	are	O
12	freely	O
13	available	O
14	,	O
15	do	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	n’t	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	pollute	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	with	O
21	waste	WASTE
22	(	O
23	radioactive	O
24	or	O
25	otherwise	O
26	)	O
27	,	O
28	do	O
29	n’t	O
30	need	O
31	to	O
32	be	O
33	fought	O
34	over	O
35	,	O
36	do	O
37	n’t	O
38	contribute	O
39	to	O
40	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	,	O
43	and	O
44	do	O
45	n’t	O
46	require	O
47	massive	O
48	amounts	O
49	of	O
50	farmland	O
51	,	O
52	energy	O
53	,	O
54	and	O
55	water	O
56	as	O
57	do	O
58	biofuels	O
59	.	O

1	Last	O
2	week	O
3	,	O
4	more	O
5	than	O
6	200	O
7	United	O
8	Nations	O
9	researchers	O
10	threw	O
11	their	O
12	weight	O
13	behind	O
14	atomic	O
15	energy	O
16	,	O
17	calling	O
18	for	O
19	a	O
20	tripling	O
21	of	O
22	output	O
23	within	O
24	the	O
25	coming	O
26	years	O
27	as	O
28	a	O
29	means	O
30	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	combat	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	money	O
4	pumped	O
5	into	O
6	nuclear	O
7	had	O
8	been	O
9	spent	O
10	on	O
11	renewables	RENEWABLES
12	,	O
13	then	O
14	the	O
15	pay-off	O
16	would	O
17	have	O
18	been	O
19	much	O
20	greater	O
21	per-euro	O
22	invested	O
23	.	O

1	Commercial	O
2	nuclear	O
3	energy	O
4	is	O
5	already	O
6	the	COSTS
7	cheapest	COSTS
8	,	COSTS
9	safest	COSTS
10	and	COSTS
11	environmentally	COSTS
12	benign	COSTS
13	carbon	COSTS
14	neutral	COSTS
15	source	COSTS
16	of	O
17	energy	O
18	on	O
19	Earth	O
20	.	O

1	Enough	RENEWABLES
2	wind	RENEWABLES
3	and	RENEWABLES
4	solar	RENEWABLES
5	exist	O
6	in	O
7	high-wind	O
8	and	O
9	sunny	O
10	locations	O
11	over	O
12	land	O
13	to	O
14	power	O
15	the	O
16	world	O
17	for	O
18	all	O
19	purposes	O
20	multiple	O
21	times	O
22	over	O
23	.	O

1	Wind	RENEWABLES
2	farms	RENEWABLES
3	take	O
4	only	O
5	18	O
6	months	O
7	to	O
8	come	O
9	online	O
10	;	O
11	nuclear	O
12	plants	O
13	typically	O
14	take	COSTS
15	in	COSTS
16	excess	COSTS
17	of	COSTS
18	10	COSTS
19	years	COSTS
20	.	O

1	The	O
2	move	O
3	comes	O
4	against	O
5	the	O
6	backdrop	O
7	of	O
8	nuclear	O
9	innovations	O
10	that	O
11	seek	O
12	to	O
13	address	O
14	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	cost	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	issues	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	that	O
19	have	O
20	hampered	O
21	the	O
22	sector	O
23	.	O

1	Carbon	OTHER
2	emissions	OTHER
3	are	O
4	among	O
5	the	O
6	chief	O
7	cause	O
8	of	O
9	global	O
10	climate	O
11	change	O
12	,	O
13	according	O
14	to	O
15	the	O
16	Environmental	O
17	Protection	O
18	Agency	O
19	and	O
20	a	O
21	broad	O
22	consensus	O
23	of	O
24	climate	O
25	scientists	O
26	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	the	RELIABILITY
4	most	RELIABILITY
5	efficient	RELIABILITY
6	use	RELIABILITY
7	of	O
8	the	O
9	Earth	O
10	'	O
11	s	O
12	resources	O
13	.	O

1	It	O
2	also	O
3	does	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	n't	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	have	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	.	O

1	If	OTHER
2	Europe	OTHER
3	really	O
4	wants	O
5	a	O
6	nuclear-free	O
7	world	O
8	,	O
9	then	O
10	it	O
11	has	O
12	to	O
13	commit	O
14	to	O
15	abandoning	O
16	nuclear	O
17	technology	O
18	completely	O
19	.	O

1	:	O
2	Nuclear	O
3	energy	O
4	is	O
5	not	RELIABILITY
6	renewable	RELIABILITY
7	resource	RELIABILITY
8	.	O

1	Instead	O
2	,	O
3	it	O
4	should	O
5	feature	O
6	conservation	O
7	,	O
8	more	O
9	efficient	O
10	products	O
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	safe	RENEWABLES
14	renewable	RENEWABLES
15	forms	RENEWABLES
16	of	O
17	energy	O
18	such	O
19	as	O
20	wind	RENEWABLES
21	,	RENEWABLES
22	solar	RENEWABLES
23	,	RENEWABLES
24	and	RENEWABLES
25	geothermal	RENEWABLES
26	power	RENEWABLES
27	to	O
28	protect	O
29	public	O
30	health	O
31	.	O
32	”	O

1	A	OTHER
2	typical	OTHER
3	nuclear	OTHER
4	power	OTHER
5	plant	OTHER
6	generates	O
7	about	O
8	1,000	O
9	megawatts	O
10	with	O
11	capacity	O
12	factors	O
13	over	O
14	90	O
15	percent	O
16	.	O

1	Halt	O
2	any	O
3	investment	O
4	in	O
5	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
6	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
7	infrastructure	FOSSIL FUELS
8	,	O
9	including	O
10	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
11	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
12	,	O
13	and	O
14	phase	O
15	out	O
16	all	FOSSIL FUELS
17	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
18	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
19	power	FOSSIL FUELS
20	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
21	.	O

1	And	O
2	that	O
3	even	O
4	though	O
5	Hydro	RENEWABLES
6	and	RENEWABLES
7	biomass	RENEWABLES
8	energy	RENEWABLES
9	destroys	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	most	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	nature	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	of	O
14	all	O
15	.	O

1	September	O
2	12	O
3	,	O
4	2007	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Here	O
8	'	O
9	s	O
10	the	O
11	reality	O
12	:	O
13	The	O
14	U.S.	O
15	needs	RELIABILITY
16	more	RELIABILITY
17	energy	RELIABILITY
18	,	O
19	and	O
20	we	O
21	need	O
22	to	O
23	get	O
24	it	O
25	without	O
26	further	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	harming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	our	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	.	O

1	The	O
2	last	O
3	to	O
4	close	O
5	,	O
6	in	O
7	2013	O
8	,	O
9	ran	O
10	with	O
11	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	reduced	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	,	O
15	well	O
16	under	O
17	1	O
18	%	O
19	of	O
20	total	O
21	US	O
22	CFC	O
23	emissions	O
24	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	costs	O
3	as	O
4	much	O
5	as	O
6	a	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plant	O
10	and	O
11	makes	O
12	1	O
13	/	O
14	10	O
15	of	O
16	the	O
17	usable	O
18	power	O
19	(	O
20	allowing	O
21	for	O
22	capacity	O
23	factor	O
24	)	O
25	.	O

1	The	O
2	main	O
3	argument	O
4	for	O
5	not	O
6	including	O
7	existing	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	plants	O
11	–	O
12	as	O
13	well	O
14	as	O
15	electricity	O
16	from	O
17	large	RENEWABLES
18	hydropower	RENEWABLES
19	dams	RENEWABLES
20	–	O
21	in	O
22	clean	ENERGY POLICY
23	air	ENERGY POLICY
24	mandates	ENERGY POLICY
25	and	ENERGY POLICY
26	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
27	is	O
28	that	O
29	contributions	O
30	from	O
31	these	O
32	conventional	O
33	sources	O
34	would	O
35	dwarf	O
36	new	RENEWABLES
37	renewable	RENEWABLES
38	generation	RENEWABLES
39	,	O
40	which	O
41	the	ENERGY POLICY
42	federal	ENERGY POLICY
43	government	ENERGY POLICY
44	wishes	O
45	to	O
46	encourage	O
47	.	O

1	End	O
2	all	O
3	subsidies	O
4	for	O
5	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
6	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
7	and	O
8	impose	O
9	a	O
10	greenhouse	O
11	gas	O
12	fee	O
13	/	O
14	tax	O
15	to	O
16	charge	O
17	polluters	O
18	for	O
19	the	O
20	damage	O
21	they	O
22	have	O
23	created	O
24	.	O
25	"	O

1	Similarly	O
2	,	O
3	wind	RENEWABLES
4	power	RENEWABLES
5	generates	O
6	no	O
7	waste	O
8	and	O
9	can	O
10	sustain	O
11	our	O
12	planet	O
13	for	O
14	millenia	O
15	to	O
16	come	O
17	.	O

1	In	O
2	contrast	O
3	,	O
4	measures	O
5	such	O
6	as	O
7	bicycle	O
8	transport	O
9	,	O
10	passive	RENEWABLES
11	solar	RENEWABLES
12	design	RENEWABLES
13	,	RENEWABLES
14	solar	RENEWABLES
15	heating	RENEWABLES
16	,	RENEWABLES
17	wind	RENEWABLES
18	power	RENEWABLES
19	or	RENEWABLES
20	biogas	RENEWABLES
21	production	RENEWABLES
22	lend	O
23	themselves	O
24	to	O
25	local	O
26	community	O
27	control	O
28	.	O

1	Energy	O
2	inputs	O
3	to	O
4	nuclear	O
5	fuel	O
6	cycle	O
7	produce	O
8	only	O
9	a	O
10	few	O
11	(	O
12	eg	O
13	1-3	O
14	)	O
15	percent	O
16	of	O
17	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	saved	O
21	.	O

1	“	O
2	Nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	is	O
5	not	O
6	a	O
7	near-term	O
8	solution	O
9	to	O
10	the	O
11	challenge	O
12	of	O
13	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	,	O
16	”	O
17	writes	O
18	Sharon	O
19	Squassoni	O
20	in	O
21	the	O
22	IAEA	O
23	bulletin	O
24	.	O

1	Even	O
2	if	O
3	it	O
4	will	RELIABILITY
5	run	RELIABILITY
6	out	RELIABILITY
7	in	RELIABILITY
8	the	RELIABILITY
9	future	RELIABILITY
10	and	O
11	is	O
12	not	RELIABILITY
13	"	RELIABILITY
14	renewable	RELIABILITY
15	"	O
16	,	O
17	is	O
18	it	O
19	still	O
20	worth	O
21	pursuing	O
22	now	O
23	(	O
24	particularly	O
25	in	O
26	the	O
27	face	O
28	of	O
29	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	)	O
32	?	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	will	O
4	be	O
5	like	O
6	the	O
7	sun	O
8	at	O
9	the	O
10	center	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	“	O
14	energy	O
15	solar	O
16	system	O
17	,	O
18	”	O
19	orbited	O
20	by	O
21	satellite	O
22	technologies	O
23	like	O
24	wind	RENEWABLES
25	and	RENEWABLES
26	solar	RENEWABLES
27	—	O
28	which	O
29	will	O
30	support	O
31	and	O
32	complement	O
33	it	O
34	—	O
35	but	O
36	overwhelming	O
37	every	O
38	alternative	O
39	by	O
40	dint	O
41	of	O
42	its	O
43	sheer	O
44	gravitational	O
45	(	O
46	or	O
47	energetic	O
48	,	O
49	as	O
50	the	O
51	case	O
52	may	O
53	be	O
54	)	O
55	influence	O
56	.	O

1	Without	O
2	batteries	O
3	to	O
4	store	O
5	renewable	RENEWABLES
6	energy	RENEWABLES
7	over	O
8	a	O
9	span	O
10	of	O
11	months	O
12	and	O
13	not	O
14	just	O
15	days	O
16	,	O
17	the	O
18	United	O
19	States	O
20	is	O
21	not	O
22	likely	O
23	to	O
24	achieve	O
25	100	RENEWABLES
26	percent	RENEWABLES
27	renewable	RENEWABLES
28	power	RENEWABLES
29	in	O
30	this	O
31	century	O
32	and	O
33	will	O
34	have	O
35	to	O
36	rely	O
37	on	O
38	either	FOSSIL FUELS
39	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
40	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
41	with	O
42	carbon	O
43	capture	O
44	or	O
45	nuclear	O
46	power	O
47	,	O
48	Chu	O
49	said	O
50	,	O
51	concluding	O
52	that	O
53	"	O
54	although	O
55	nuclear	O
56	power	O
57	has	O
58	a	O
59	lot	O
60	of	O
61	bad	O
62	things	O
63	,	O
64	it	O
65	is	O
66	carbon-free	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
67	.	O
68	"	O

1	On	O
2	the	O
3	other	O
4	hand	O
5	,	O
6	unlike	O
7	costly	COSTS
8	and	COSTS
9	dangerous	COSTS
10	nuclear	COSTS
11	power	COSTS
12	,	O
13	renewables	RENEWABLES
14	are	O
15	meeting	O
16	energy	O
17	needs	O
18	quickly	O
19	and	O
20	without	O
21	the	O
22	problem	O
23	of	O
24	a	WASTE
25	deadly	WASTE
26	waste	WASTE
27	legacy	WASTE
28	or	O
29	risking	O
30	the	O
31	diversion	O
32	of	O
33	radioactive	WASTE
34	materials	WASTE
35	.	O

1	Furthermore	O
2	,	O
3	if	O
4	we	O
5	do	O
6	n’t	O
7	start	O
8	using	O
9	renewable	RENEWABLES
10	now	O
11	then	O
12	we	O
13	may	O
14	never	O
15	make	O
16	the	O
17	switch	O
18	,	O
19	so	O
20	this	O
21	is	O
22	the	O
23	chance	O
24	to	O
25	take	O
26	that	O
27	first	O
28	step	O
29	.	O

1	This	O
2	will	O
3	help	O
4	countries	O
5	reach	O
6	those	O
7	targets	O
8	and	O
9	move	O
10	towards	O
11	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	cleaner	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	efficient	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	future	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	(	O
19	10	O
20	)	O
21	.	O

1	Solar	RENEWABLES
2	can	O
3	lower	O
4	demand	O
5	spikes	O
6	by	O
7	producing	O
8	the	O
9	most	O
10	power	O
11	on	O
12	the	O
13	days	O
14	when	O
15	the	O
16	most	O
17	power	O
18	is	O
19	used	O
20	(	O
21	hot	O
22	,	O
23	sunny	O
24	days	O
25	when	O
26	people	O
27	run	O
28	the	O
29	AC	O
30	)	O
31	.	O

1	Replacing	O
2	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
3	to	O
4	limit	O
5	global	O
6	warming	O
7	should	O
8	not	O
9	be	O
10	based	O
11	on	O
12	another	O
13	toxic	O
14	product	O
15	.	O

1	Not	O
2	only	O
3	will	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	not	O
7	fully	O
8	relieve	O
9	the	O
10	need	O
11	for	O
12	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
13	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
14	,	O
15	it	O
16	wo	O
17	n’t	O
18	relieve	O
19	it	O
20	AT	O
21	ALL	O
22	for	O
23	very	O
24	long	O
25	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	is	O
4	relatively	COSTS
5	inexpensive	COSTS
6	Patrick	COSTS
7	Moore	COSTS
8	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	do	O
5	not	O
6	produce	O
7	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	as	O
10	do	O
11	those	O
12	powered	O
13	by	O
14	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
15	or	FOSSIL FUELS
16	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
17	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
18	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	only	OTHER
3	legitimate	OTHER
4	concern	OTHER
5	that	O
6	nuclear	O
7	retirements	O
8	are	O
9	premature	O
10	is	O
11	that	O
12	electricity	O
13	markets	O
14	do	O
15	not	O
16	fully	O
17	account	O
18	for	O
19	the	O
20	external	O
21	'	O
22	social	O
23	cost	O
24	'	O
25	of	O
26	pollution	O
27	,	O
28	wrote	O
29	Devin	O
30	Hartman	O
31	,	O
32	a	O
33	senior	O
34	fellow	O
35	at	O
36	the	O
37	institute	O
38	.	O

1	The	O
2	nuclear	O
3	phase-out	O
4	is	O
5	as	O
6	much	O
7	part	O
8	of	O
9	the	O
10	Energiewende	O
11	(	O
12	energy	O
13	transition	O
14	)	O
15	as	O
16	the	O
17	move	O
18	towards	O
19	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	low-carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	economy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	.	O

1	As	O
2	world	ENERGY POLICY
3	leaders	ENERGY POLICY
4	,	O
5	you	O
6	can	O
7	work	O
8	together	O
9	to	O
10	replace	O
11	this	O
12	small	O
13	amount	O
14	of	O
15	energy	O
16	from	O
17	other	O
18	readily	O
19	available	O
20	,	O
21	very	O
22	safe	O
23	and	O
24	affordable	O
25	sources	O
26	of	O
27	energy	O
28	to	O
29	move	O
30	us	O
31	towards	O
32	a	O
33	carbon-free	O
34	and	O
35	nuclear-free	O
36	future	O
37	.	O
38	”	O

1	Despite	O
2	more	O
3	than	O
4	$	O
5	150	O
6	billion	O
7	in	O
8	federal	ENERGY POLICY
9	subsides	ENERGY POLICY
10	over	O
11	the	O
12	past	O
13	60	O
14	years	O
15	(	O
16	roughly	O
17	30	O
18	times	O
19	more	O
20	than	O
21	solar	RENEWABLES
22	,	RENEWABLES
23	wind	RENEWABLES
24	and	RENEWABLES
25	other	RENEWABLES
26	renewable	RENEWABLES
27	energy	RENEWABLES
28	sources	RENEWABLES
29	have	O
30	received	O
31	)	O
32	,	O
33	nuclear	O
34	power	O
35	still	O
36	costs	COSTS
37	substantially	O
38	more	O
39	than	O
40	electricity	O
41	made	O
42	from	O
43	wind	RENEWABLES
44	,	RENEWABLES
45	coal	RENEWABLES
46	,	RENEWABLES
47	oil	RENEWABLES
48	or	RENEWABLES
49	natural	RENEWABLES
50	gas	RENEWABLES
51	.	O

1	Portability	O
2	and	O
3	Productivity	O
4	•	O
5	Because	O
6	nuclear	O
7	power	O
8	produces	O
9	an	O
10	enormous	O
11	amount	O
12	of	O
13	energy	O
14	using	O
15	a	O
16	very	O
17	small	O
18	amount	O
19	of	O
20	fuel	O
21	,	O
22	its	COSTS
23	average	COSTS
24	production	COSTS
25	cost	COSTS
26	is	O
27	just	O
28	1.87	O
29	cents	O
30	per	O
31	kilowatt	O
32	hour	O
33	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	source	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	of	O
7	energy	O
8	and	O
9	would	O
10	be	O
11	cost	COSTS
12	effective	COSTS
13	.	O

1	Renewable	RENEWABLES
2	energy	RENEWABLES
3	sources	RENEWABLES
4	should	O
5	be	O
6	used	O
7	instead	O
8	.	O

1	In	O
2	other	O
3	words	O
4	,	O
5	we	O
6	have	O
7	to	O
8	build	O
9	more	O
10	than	O
11	we	O
12	need	O
13	,	O
14	and	O
15	other	O
16	energy	O
17	sources	O
18	are	O
19	needed	O
20	to	RELIABILITY
21	provide	RELIABILITY
22	backup	RELIABILITY
23	when	O
24	the	RENEWABLES
25	wind	RENEWABLES
26	is	RENEWABLES
27	not	RENEWABLES
28	blowing	RENEWABLES
29	or	O
30	the	RENEWABLES
31	sun	RENEWABLES
32	is	RENEWABLES
33	not	RENEWABLES
34	shining	RENEWABLES
35	.	O

1	But	O
2	nuclear	O
3	energy	O
4	is	O
5	n't	O
6	really	O
7	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	zero-carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	system	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	,	O
11	since	O
12	you	O
13	still	O
14	have	O
15	to	O
16	manufacture	O
17	power	O
18	plants	O
19	,	O
20	mine	O
21	and	O
22	enrich	O
23	uranium	O
24	,	O
25	and	O
26	transport	O
27	processed	O
28	fuelâ	O
29	€	O
30	”	O
31	all	O
32	of	O
33	which	O
34	typically	O
35	rely	O
36	on	O
37	CO2-emitting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	fuel	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
39	sources	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	require	O
5	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	less	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	land	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	area	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	than	O
10	comparable	RENEWABLES
11	output	RENEWABLES
12	wind	RENEWABLES
13	or	RENEWABLES
14	solar	RENEWABLES
15	power	RENEWABLES
16	sites	RENEWABLES
17	.	O

1	Doubling	O
2	the	O
3	world	O
4	'	O
5	s	O
6	nuclear	O
7	output	O
8	would	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	reduce	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	from	O
13	power	O
14	generation	O
15	by	O
16	about	O
17	one-quarter	O
18	.	O

1	January	O
2	8	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	going	O
8	nuclear	O
9	would	O
10	squeeze	O
11	out	O
12	renewables	RENEWABLES
13	.	O

1	He	O
2	omits	O
3	entirely	O
4	the	O
5	best	O
6	argument	O
7	against	O
8	choosing	O
9	nuclear	O
10	energy	O
11	to	O
12	address	O
13	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	:	O
16	time	COSTS
17	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	power	OTHER
3	is	O
4	ready	O
5	;	O
6	let	O
7	’s	O
8	not	O
9	get	O
10	caught	O
11	short	O
12	.	O

1	He	O
2	said	O
3	the	COSTS
4	costs	COSTS
5	of	O
6	the	O
7	transformation	O
8	would	O
9	be	O
10	worth	O
11	the	O
12	benefits	O
13	:	O
14	22	O
15	million	O
16	net	O
17	jobs	O
18	,	O
19	the	O
20	costs	O
21	of	O
22	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	,	O
25	avoiding	O
26	unstable	RELIABILITY
27	energy	RELIABILITY
28	prices	RELIABILITY
29	and	O
30	energy	RELIABILITY
31	security	RELIABILITY
32	.	O

1	Roughly	OTHER
2	100	OTHER
3	nuclear	OTHER
4	power	OTHER
5	plants	OTHER
6	are	O
7	now	O
8	operating	O
9	in	O
10	the	O
11	United	O
12	States	O
13	,	O
14	supplying	O
15	about	O
16	one-fifth	O
17	of	O
18	the	O
19	nation	O
20	'	O
21	s	O
22	electricity	O
23	.	O

1	Secondly	O
2	It	O
3	would	O
4	not	O
5	hurt	O
6	anyone	O
7	because	O
8	it	O
9	stops	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	and	O
12	the	O
13	more	O
14	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	there	O
16	is	O
17	the	O
18	easier	O
19	people	O
20	get	O
21	sicker	O
22	and	O
23	they	O
24	can	O
25	even	O
26	die	O
27	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	will	O
3	if	O
4	a	O
5	new	O
6	direction	O
7	in	O
8	US	O
9	research	O
10	proves	O
11	a	O
12	success	O
13	.	O

1	January	O
2	8	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	nuclear	O
8	plants	O
9	threaten	O
10	our	O
11	ability	O
12	to	O
13	solve	O
14	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	.	O

1	Retrieved	O
2	1.24.08	O
3	:	O
4	"	O
5	Nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	is	O
8	not	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	source	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	.	O

1	That	O
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	because	O
5	the	O
6	nuclear	O
7	fission	O
8	process	O
9	produces	O
10	virtually	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	no	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	emissionsâ	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	€	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	”	O
17	unlike	O
18	the	O
19	burning	O
20	of	O
21	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
22	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
23	such	O
24	as	O
25	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
26	and	FOSSIL FUELS
27	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
28	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
29	.	O

1	Failure	O
2	to	O
3	act	O
4	could	O
5	foreclose	O
6	the	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	option	O
10	in	O
11	this	O
12	country	O
13	and	O
14	make	O
15	the	O
16	road	O
17	to	O
18	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	and	O
21	energy	ENERGY POLICY
22	independence	ENERGY POLICY
23	in	O
24	the	O
25	future	O
26	that	O
27	much	O
28	harder	O
29	.	O

1	Plus	OTHER
2	,	O
3	all	O
4	this	O
5	comes	O
6	with	O
7	a	O
8	far	O
9	lighter	O
10	fuel	O
11	requirement	O
12	.	O

1	Phase	O
2	out	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	and	O
6	end	O
7	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
8	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
9	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	O
3	n’t	O
4	rely	O
5	on	O
6	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
7	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
8	and	O
9	is	O
10	n’t	O
11	influenced	O
12	by	O
13	fluctuating	COSTS
14	oil	COSTS
15	and	COSTS
16	gas	COSTS
17	costs	COSTS
18	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	only	OTHER
3	solution	OTHER
4	is	O
5	to	O
6	halt	O
7	the	O
8	expansion	O
9	of	O
10	all	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	,	O
14	and	O
15	for	O
16	the	O
17	shutdown	O
18	of	O
19	existing	O
20	plants	O
21	.	O

1	The	O
2	best	O
3	reason	O
4	to	O
5	use	O
6	more	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	,	O
10	and	O
11	the	O
12	reason	O
13	it	O
14	is	O
15	proving	O
16	so	O
17	popular	O
18	with	O
19	21st	ENERGY POLICY
20	century	ENERGY POLICY
21	governments	ENERGY POLICY
22	keen	O
23	to	COSTS
24	save	COSTS
25	money	COSTS
26	and	O
27	reduce	O
28	reliance	FOSSIL FUELS
29	on	FOSSIL FUELS
30	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
31	(	O
32	14	O
33	)	O
34	-	O
35	particularly	O
36	from	O
37	countries	O
38	that	O
39	have	O
40	seen	O
41	political	ENERGY POLICY
42	instability	ENERGY POLICY
43	in	O
44	the	O
45	last	O
46	few	O
47	years	O
48	-	O
49	is	O
50	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
51	very	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
52	low	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
53	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
54	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
55	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
56	(	O
57	7	O
58	)	O
59	.	O

1	Formal.standard	O
2	:	O
3	"	O
4	Nuclear	O
5	energy	O
6	is	O
7	uneconomical	COSTS
8	compared	O
9	to	O
10	other	O
11	sources	O
12	.	O

1	They	O
2	have	O
3	high	RELIABILITY
4	energy	RELIABILITY
5	density	RELIABILITY
6	as	O
7	compared	O
8	to	O
9	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
10	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
11	.	O

1	The	O
2	United	O
3	States	O
4	would	O
5	do	O
6	better	O
7	by	O
8	following	O
9	the	O
10	example	O
11	of	O
12	New	O
13	York	O
14	,	O
15	which	O
16	recently	O
17	decided	ENERGY POLICY
18	to	ENERGY POLICY
19	support	ENERGY POLICY
20	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
21	power	ENERGY POLICY
22	plants	ENERGY POLICY
23	to	O
24	keep	O
25	them	O
26	from	O
27	closing	O
28	because	O
29	of	O
30	competition	O
31	from	O
32	cheap	FOSSIL FUELS
33	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
34	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
35	.	O

1	“	O
2	The	O
3	proposal	O
4	to	O
5	streamline	O
6	the	ENERGY POLICY
7	licensing	ENERGY POLICY
8	process	ENERGY POLICY
9	would	O
10	accelarate	O
11	the	O
12	development	O
13	of	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	of	O
17	it	O
18	is	O
19	approved	O
20	by	O
21	Congress	ENERGY POLICY
22	.	O
23	”	O

1	Fossil	OTHER
2	energy	OTHER
3	should	O
4	have	O
5	been	O
6	dispatched	O
7	yesterday	O
8	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	each	O
4	year	O
5	the	O
6	particle	O
7	pollution	O
8	caused	O
9	by	O
10	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
11	power	FOSSIL FUELS
12	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
13	claims	O
14	about	O
15	7,500	O
16	lives	O
17	in	O
18	the	O
19	United	O
20	States	O
21	.	O

1	Both	RENEWABLES
2	wind	RENEWABLES
3	and	RENEWABLES
4	solar	RENEWABLES
5	can	O
6	each	O
7	be	O
8	scaled	O
9	to	O
10	meet	O
11	the	O
12	energy	O
13	needs	O
14	of	O
15	the	O
16	entire	O
17	globe	O
18	and	O
19	OTEC	O
20	as	O
21	well	O
22	as	O
23	geothermal	RENEWABLES
24	and	RENEWABLES
25	osmotic	RENEWABLES
26	power	RENEWABLES
27	have	O
28	the	O
29	same	O
30	potential	O
31	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	figures	OTHER
3	are	O
4	not	O
5	supported	O
6	by	O
7	evidence	O
8	,	O
9	and	O
10	a	O
11	typical	O
12	energy	O
13	input	O
14	for	O
15	nuclear	O
16	power	O
17	amounts	O
18	to	O
19	about	O
20	2-3	O
21	%	O
22	of	O
23	output	O
24	,	O
25	and	O
26	even	O
27	if	O
28	this	O
29	were	O
30	all	O
31	fossil	O
32	fuel	O
33	sourced	O
34	,	O
35	the	O
36	impact	O
37	is	O
38	trivial	O
39	.	O

1	Climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	was	O
4	a	O
5	key	O
6	focus	O
7	for	O
8	the	O
9	nuclear	O
10	industry	O
11	under	O
12	the	O
13	Obama	O
14	administration	O
15	,	O
16	including	O
17	treatment	O
18	under	O
19	U.S.	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	EPA	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	'	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	s	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	Clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	Power	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	Plan	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	and	O
27	ongoing	O
28	studies	O
29	at	O
30	DOE	O
31	on	O
32	how	O
33	plant	O
34	closures	O
35	would	O
36	affect	O
37	U.S.	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
39	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	.	O

1	The	O
2	stuff	O
3	could	O
4	be	O
5	spent	O
6	on	O
7	nuclear	O
8	energy	O
9	instead	O
10	of	O
11	renewable	RENEWABLES
12	energy	RENEWABLES
13	!	O

1	The	O
2	efficiency	O
3	of	O
4	the	RENEWABLES
5	wind	RENEWABLES
6	and	RENEWABLES
7	solar	RENEWABLES
8	power	RENEWABLES
9	plants	RENEWABLES
10	are	O
11	getting	O
12	higher	O
13	every	O
14	year	O
15	and	O
16	could	O
17	potentially	O
18	be	O
19	used	O
20	to	O
21	relieve	O
22	our	O
23	need	O
24	for	O
25	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
26	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
27	,	O
28	at	O
29	least	O
30	more	O
31	than	O
32	nuclear	O
33	power	O
34	could	O
35	.	O

1	Studies	O
2	have	O
3	shown	O
4	that	O
5	what	O
6	life-cycle	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	that	O
9	the	O
10	plants	O
11	do	O
12	give	O
13	off	O
14	are	O
15	on	O
16	par	O
17	with	O
18	renewable	RENEWABLES
19	energy	RENEWABLES
20	sources	RENEWABLES
21	such	O
22	as	O
23	wind	RENEWABLES
24	power	RENEWABLES
25	.	O

1	What	O
2	about	O
3	all	O
4	the	O
5	CO2	O
6	emissions	O
7	created	O
8	by	O
9	the	O
10	manufacturing	O
11	and	O
12	assembling	O
13	of	O
14	wind	RENEWABLES
15	farms	RENEWABLES
16	or	RENEWABLES
17	solar	RENEWABLES
18	energy	RENEWABLES
19	installations	RENEWABLES
20	?	O

1	Former	O
2	Energy	O
3	Secretary	O
4	Steven	O
5	Chu	O
6	during	O
7	a	O
8	keynote	O
9	address	O
10	at	O
11	an	O
12	American	O
13	Bar	O
14	Association	O
15	forum	O
16	in	O
17	California	O
18	last	O
19	week	O
20	cast	O
21	nuclear	O
22	power	O
23	as	O
24	critical	O
25	to	O
26	curbing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	despite	O
31	challenges	O
32	surrounding	O
33	spent	WASTE
34	fuel	WASTE
35	.	O

1	Background	OTHER
2	:	O
3	During	O
4	the	O
5	1960	O
6	'	O
7	s	O
8	and	O
9	1970	O
10	'	O
11	s	O
12	nuclear	O
13	energy	O
14	was	O
15	once	O
16	touted	O
17	as	O
18	"	O
19	the	O
20	"	O
21	best	O
22	way	O
23	to	O
24	produce	O
25	electricity	O
26	.	O

1	Renewables	RENEWABLES
2	may	O
3	be	O
4	used	O
5	as	O
6	much	O
7	as	O
8	possible	O
9	,	O
10	but	O
11	intrinsic	O
12	limitations	O
13	(	O
14	diffuse	O
15	,	O
16	intermittent	O
17	sources	O
18	)	O
19	mean	O
20	that	O
21	wind	O
22	and	O
23	sun	O
24	can	O
25	never	O
26	economically	O
27	replace	O
28	sources	O
29	such	O
30	as	O
31	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
32	,	FOSSIL FUELS
33	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
34	and	O
35	nuclear	O
36	for	O
37	large-scale	RELIABILITY
38	,	RELIABILITY
39	continuous	RELIABILITY
40	,	RELIABILITY
41	reliable	RELIABILITY
42	supply	RELIABILITY
43	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plants	O
3	only	O
4	produce	O
5	electricity	O
6	and	O
7	ca	O
8	n't	O
9	replace	O
10	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
11	and	FOSSIL FUELS
12	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
13	"	O
14	The	O
15	case	O
16	against	O
17	nuclear	O
18	power	O
19	"	O
20	.	O

1	But	O
2	at	O
3	least	O
4	a	O
5	few	O
6	voices	O
7	within	O
8	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	movement	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	insist	O
11	that	O
12	soaring	RELIABILITY
13	global	RELIABILITY
14	demand	RELIABILITY
15	for	RELIABILITY
16	energy	RELIABILITY
17	makes	O
18	it	O
19	imperative	O
20	for	O
21	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	advocates	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	fully	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	embrace	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	atomic	O
28	power	O
29	.	O

1	Any	O
2	investment	O
3	put	O
4	in	O
5	nuclear	O
6	is	O
7	investment	O
8	taken	O
9	away	O
10	from	O
11	renewable	RENEWABLES
12	energy	RENEWABLES
13	,	O
14	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	proven	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	solution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	is	O
3	a	ENERGY POLICY
4	centralized	ENERGY POLICY
5	power	ENERGY POLICY
6	source	ENERGY POLICY
7	requiring	O
8	large	COSTS
9	infrastructure	COSTS
10	,	COSTS
11	investment	COSTS
12	,	COSTS
13	and	COSTS
14	coordination	COSTS
15	where	O
16	decentralized	O
17	sources	O
18	(	O
19	including	O
20	solar	RENEWABLES
21	and	RENEWABLES
22	wind	RENEWABLES
23	)	O
24	can	O
25	be	O
26	more	RELIABILITY
27	efficient	RELIABILITY
28	,	O
29	less	COSTS
30	costly	COSTS
31	,	O
32	and	O
33	more	RELIABILITY
34	resilient	RELIABILITY
35	.	O

1	Fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
2	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
3	receive	O
4	large	ENERGY POLICY
5	direct	ENERGY POLICY
6	and	ENERGY POLICY
7	indirect	ENERGY POLICY
8	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
9	,	O
10	such	O
11	as	O
12	tax	ENERGY POLICY
13	benefits	ENERGY POLICY
14	and	O
15	not	O
16	having	O
17	to	O
18	pay	O
19	for	O
20	the	O
21	greenhouse	O
22	gases	O
23	they	O
24	emit	O
25	.	O

1	This	O
2	means	O
3	for	O
4	every	O
5	kilowatt	O
6	of	O
7	electricity	O
8	produced	O
9	,	O
10	almost	RELIABILITY
11	twice	RELIABILITY
12	as	RELIABILITY
13	much	RELIABILITY
14	waste	RELIABILITY
15	heat	RELIABILITY
16	is	O
17	generated	O
18	.	O

1	I	O
2	strongly	O
3	disagree	O
4	that	O
5	wind	RENEWABLES
6	and	RENEWABLES
7	solar	RENEWABLES
8	have	O
9	a	O
10	higher	O
11	chance	O
12	at	O
13	being	O
14	able	O
15	to	RELIABILITY
16	meet	RELIABILITY
17	our	RELIABILITY
18	needs	RELIABILITY
19	over	O
20	nuclear	O
21	energy	O
22	.	O

1	After	O
2	considering	O
3	the	O
4	best	O
5	available	O
6	technologies	O
7	,	O
8	we	O
9	decided	O
10	that	O
11	a	O
12	combination	O
13	of	O
14	wind	RENEWABLES
15	,	RENEWABLES
16	concentrated	RENEWABLES
17	solar	RENEWABLES
18	,	RENEWABLES
19	geothermal	RENEWABLES
20	,	RENEWABLES
21	photovoltaics	RENEWABLES
22	,	RENEWABLES
23	tidal	RENEWABLES
24	,	RENEWABLES
25	wave	RENEWABLES
26	and	RENEWABLES
27	hydroelectric	RENEWABLES
28	energy	RENEWABLES
29	could	O
30	more	O
31	than	O
32	meet	O
33	all	O
34	the	O
35	planet	O
36	'	O
37	s	O
38	energy	O
39	needs	O
40	,	O
41	particularly	O
42	if	O
43	all	O
44	the	O
45	world	O
46	'	O
47	s	O
48	vehicles	O
49	could	O
50	be	O
51	run	O
52	on	O
53	electric	O
54	batteries	O
55	and	O
56	hydrogen	O
57	fuel	O
58	cells	O
59	.	O

1	Fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
2	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
3	burning	FOSSIL FUELS
4	produces	O
5	twenty	O
6	seven	O
7	thousand	O
8	million	O
9	tons	O
10	of	O
11	carbon	O
12	dioxide	O
13	yearly	O
14	.	O

1	From	O
2	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	facility	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	"	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	footprint	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	"	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	standpoint	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	,	O
9	less	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	space	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	is	O
12	required	O
13	for	O
14	a	O
15	nuclear	O
16	electric	O
17	generating	O
18	facility	O
19	than	O
20	for	O
21	a	RENEWABLES
22	comparable-capacity	RENEWABLES
23	wind	RENEWABLES
24	or	RENEWABLES
25	solar	RENEWABLES
26	plant	RENEWABLES
27	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	energy	OTHER
3	economies	OTHER
4	of	O
5	scale	O
6	are	O
7	improving	O
8	Pascal	O
9	Zachary	O
10	.	O

1	With	O
2	subsidies	O
3	,	O
4	wind	RENEWABLES
5	power	RENEWABLES
6	is	O
7	practically	O
8	free	O
9	in	O
10	some	O
11	markets	O
12	.	O

1	If	O
2	external	COSTS
3	costs	COSTS
4	are	O
5	accounted	O
6	,	O
7	nuclear	O
8	is	O
9	very	O
10	competitive	O
11	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	is	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	once	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	again	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	considered	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	a	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	prominent	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	alternative	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	,	O
11	despite	O
12	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	disregard	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	it	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	was	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	met	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	with	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	in	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	1970s	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	industry	OTHER
3	does	O
4	not	O
5	pay	O
6	the	O
7	total	O
8	costs	O
9	of	O
10	all	O
11	research	O
12	into	O
13	nuclear	O
14	energy	O
15	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	is	O
4	the	O
5	primary	O
6	alternative	O
7	to	O
8	dirty	FOSSIL FUELS
9	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
10	Patrick	FOSSIL FUELS
11	Moore	FOSSIL FUELS
12	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	,	O
4	and	O
5	it	O
6	is	O
7	not	O
8	only	O
9	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	,	O
11	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	inexhaustible	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	,	O
15	but	O
16	also	O
17	a	COSTS
18	fuel	COSTS
19	that	COSTS
20	is	COSTS
21	free	COSTS
22	.	O

1	Hence	O
2	,	O
3	from	O
4	an	COSTS
5	economic	COSTS
6	and	COSTS
7	environmental	COSTS
8	perspective	COSTS
9	,	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	makes	O
13	no	O
14	sense	O
15	;	O
16	numerous	O
17	studies	O
18	from	O
19	the	O
20	Wall	O
21	Street	O
22	Journal	O
23	and	O
24	independent	O
25	energy	O
26	analysts	O
27	have	O
28	put	O
29	the	COSTS
30	cost	COSTS
31	of	O
32	nuclear	O
33	power	O
34	at	O
35	between	O
36	12-20	O
37	cents	O
38	per	O
39	kilowatt-hour	O
40	(	O
41	kWh	O
42	)	O
43	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	power	OTHER
3	is	O
4	not	O
5	a	O
6	solution	O
7	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	cleaner	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	cheaper	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	alternatives	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	available	O
10	that	O
11	can	O
12	produce	O
13	our	O
14	electricity	O
15	without	O
16	using	O
17	nuclear	FOSSIL FUELS
18	or	FOSSIL FUELS
19	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
20	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
21	.	O

1	The	O
2	nuclear	O
3	industry	O
4	would	O
5	like	O
6	us	O
7	to	O
8	believe	O
9	that	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	offers	O
13	a	O
14	much	O
15	better	O
16	option	O
17	for	O
18	generating	O
19	electricity	O
20	without	O
21	releasing	O
22	significant	O
23	amounts	O
24	of	O
25	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	or	O
28	toxic	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	.	O

1	Centralized	ENERGY POLICY
2	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
3	energy	ENERGY POLICY
4	production	ENERGY POLICY
5	is	O
6	inefficient	RELIABILITY
7	.	O

1	Solar	RENEWABLES
2	power	RENEWABLES
3	is	O
4	more	RENEWABLES
5	renewable	RENEWABLES
6	and	RENEWABLES
7	cleaner	RENEWABLES
8	.	O

1	[	O
2	It	O
3	]	O
4	will	O
5	have	O
6	a	O
7	real	O
8	and	O
9	tangible	O
10	benefits	O
11	in	O
12	terms	O
13	of	O
14	improving	O
15	the	O
16	odds	O
17	of	O
18	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	better	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	outcome	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	,	O
23	reducing	O
24	the	O
25	chance	O
26	of	O
27	extreme	O
28	outcomes	O
29	,	O
30	improving	O
31	our	O
32	changes	O
33	of	O
34	limiting	O
35	the	O
36	warming	O
37	to	O
38	the	O
39	lowest	O
40	levels	O
41	we	O
42	can	O
43	,	O
44	he	O
45	said	O
46	.	O

1	How	OTHER
2	many	O
3	electric	O
4	vehicles	O
5	could	O
6	be	O
7	powered	O
8	by	O
9	50	O
10	or	O
11	100	O
12	more	O
13	nuclear	O
14	power	O
15	plants	O
16	?	O

1	Other	RENEWABLES
2	renewable	RENEWABLES
3	power	RENEWABLES
4	sources	RENEWABLES
5	such	O
6	as	O
7	solar	RENEWABLES
8	and	RENEWABLES
9	hydroelectric	RENEWABLES
10	,	O
11	can	O
12	not	O
13	provide	O
14	the	O
15	large	O
16	scale	O
17	power	O
18	generation	O
19	which	O
20	is	O
21	needed	O
22	.	O

1	Mark	O
2	Jacobson	O
3	,	O
4	a	O
5	professor	O
6	of	O
7	civil	O
8	and	O
9	environmental	O
10	engineering	O
11	at	O
12	Stanford	O
13	University	O
14	,	O
15	is	O
16	optimistic	O
17	that	O
18	the	O
19	world	O
20	can	O
21	meet	O
22	the	O
23	2	O
24	C	O
25	target	O
26	and	O
27	,	O
28	in	O
29	fact	O
30	,	O
31	stabilize	O
32	emissions	O
33	at	O
34	350	O
35	ppm	O
36	instead	O
37	of	O
38	the	O
39	450	O
40	ppm	O
41	that	O
42	the	O
43	United	O
44	Nations	O
45	aspires	O
46	to	O
47	,	O
48	using	O
49	solely	RENEWABLES
50	renewable	RENEWABLES
51	energy	RENEWABLES
52	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	O
3	not	O
4	make	O
5	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	so	O
8	it	O
9	is	O
10	a	O
11	good	O
12	switch	O
13	over	O
14	.	O

1	Given	O
2	that	O
3	hydroelectric	RENEWABLES
4	resources	RENEWABLES
5	are	O
6	built	O
7	pretty	O
8	much	O
9	to	O
10	capacity	O
11	,	O
12	nuclear	O
13	is	O
14	,	O
15	by	O
16	elimination	O
17	,	O
18	the	O
19	only	O
20	viable	O
21	substitute	O
22	for	O
23	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
24	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	sure	COSTS
4	monetary	COSTS
5	focal	COSTS
6	points	COSTS
7	in	O
8	setting	O
9	up	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	plants	O
13	and	O
14	utilizing	O
15	nuclear	O
16	energy	O
17	in	O
18	lieu	O
19	of	O
20	traditional	FOSSIL FUELS
21	energy	FOSSIL FUELS
22	.	O

1	An	OTHER
2	ACTU	OTHER
3	policy	OTHER
4	against	O
5	uranium	O
6	mining	O
7	is	O
8	not	O
9	enough	O
10	:	O
11	it	O
12	does	O
13	not	O
14	in	O
15	itself	O
16	challenge	O
17	any	O
18	of	O
19	the	O
20	driving	O
21	forces	O
22	behind	O
23	nuclear	O
24	power	O
25	.	O

1	Small	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	modular	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	(	O
5	SMR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	)	O
7	that	O
8	have	O
9	about	O
10	a	O
11	third	O
12	of	O
13	the	O
14	output	O
15	of	O
16	typical	O
17	nuclear	O
18	reactors	O
19	could	O
20	be	O
21	the	O
22	key	O
23	to	O
24	making	O
25	nuclear	O
26	power	O
27	the	O
28	energy	O
29	source	O
30	of	O
31	the	O
32	future	O
33	.	O

1	In	O
2	the	O
3	EU	O
4	and	O
5	in	O
6	North	O
7	America	O
8	largely	O
9	due	O
10	to	O
11	instability	O
12	of	O
13	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
14	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
15	availability	FOSSIL FUELS
16	,	O
17	that	O
18	the	O
19	world	O
20	may	O
21	have	O
22	reached	O
23	peak	FOSSIL FUELS
24	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
25	,	O
26	high	O
27	prices	O
28	and	O
29	a	O
30	need	O
31	to	O
32	increase	O
33	power	O
34	production	O
35	while	O
36	reducing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
39	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	(	O
41	4	O
42	)	O
43	(	O
44	and	O
45	also	O
46	that	O
47	older	O
48	plants	O
49	need	O
50	to	O
51	be	O
52	updated	O
53	)	O
54	,	O
55	means	O
56	we	O
57	are	O
58	once	O
59	again	O
60	faced	O
61	with	O
62	the	O
63	possibility	O
64	of	O
65	a	O
66	nuclear	O
67	future	O
68	.	O

1	The	O
2	sober	O
3	warning	O
4	is	O
5	that	O
6	if	O
7	more	O
8	is	O
9	not	O
10	done	O
11	,	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	will	O
15	diminish	O
16	as	O
17	a	O
18	practical	O
19	and	O
20	timely	O
21	option	O
22	for	O
23	deployment	O
24	at	O
25	a	O
26	scale	O
27	that	O
28	would	O
29	constitute	O
30	a	O
31	material	O
32	contribution	O
33	to	O
34	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
35	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	risk	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	mitigation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	.	O

1	[	O
2	...	O
3	]	O
4	Renewable	RENEWABLES
5	energy	RENEWABLES
6	,	O
7	on	O
8	the	O
9	other	O
10	hand	O
11	,	O
12	is	O
13	the	O
14	cleanest	O
15	,	O
16	safest	O
17	and	O
18	most	O
19	reliable	O
20	form	O
21	of	O
22	power	O
23	generation	O
24	.	O
25	"	O

1	Without	O
2	an	O
3	increase	O
4	in	O
5	the	O
6	rate	O
7	of	O
8	new-plant	O
9	construction	O
10	that	O
11	surpasses	O
12	that	O
13	of	O
14	the	O
15	global	O
16	construction	O
17	programs	O
18	of	O
19	the	O
20	1970s	O
21	and	O
22	1980s	O
23	,	O
24	nuclear	O
25	power	O
26	can	O
27	not	O
28	make	O
29	a	O
30	meaningful	O
31	contribution	O
32	to	O
33	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
35	risk	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	mitigation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	.	O

1	Doing	O
2	this	O
3	we	O
4	help	O
5	slow	O
6	down	O
7	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	.	O

1	Hydro	FOSSIL FUELS
2	and	FOSSIL FUELS
3	liquefied	FOSSIL FUELS
4	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
5	are	O
6	the	O
7	greatest	O
8	killers	O
9	,	O
10	even	O
11	before	O
12	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
13	,	O
14	but	O
15	do	O
16	environmentalists	O
17	care	O
18	?	O

1	Subsidies	O
2	and	O
3	investment	O
4	could	O
5	be	O
6	spent	O
7	on	O
8	other	O
9	solutions	O
10	(	O
11	such	O
12	as	O
13	renewable	RENEWABLES
14	energy	RENEWABLES
15	systems	RENEWABLES
16	)	O
17	.	O

1	Low	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	Pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	:	O
4	Nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	also	O
7	has	O
8	a	O
9	lot	O
10	fewer	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	only	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	nonpolluting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	source	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	that	O
9	can	O
10	provide	O
11	the	RELIABILITY
12	steady	RELIABILITY
13	base	RELIABILITY
14	needs	RELIABILITY
15	of	RELIABILITY
16	the	RELIABILITY
17	power	RELIABILITY
18	grid	RELIABILITY
19	into	O
20	the	O
21	future	O
22	.	O

1	In	O
2	contradistinction	O
3	,	O
4	contemporary	RENEWABLES
5	renewables	RENEWABLES
6	,	O
7	or	O
8	future	O
9	developments	O
10	thereof	O
11	,	O
12	can	O
13	be	O
14	deployed	O
15	progressively	O
16	and	O
17	give	O
18	a	O
19	fast	O
20	return	O
21	on	O
22	investment	O
23	capital	O
24	.	O

1	We	OTHER
2	need	O
3	all	O
4	the	O
5	electricity	O
6	sources	O
7	we	O
8	can	O
9	get	O
10	.	O

1	The	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	of	O
4	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	and	O
8	therefore	O
9	the	O
10	contribution	O
11	of	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	plants	O
15	to	O
16	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	is	O
19	therefore	O
20	relatively	O
21	little	O
22	.	O

1	[	O
2	Counter	O
3	:]	O
4	It	O
5	is	O
6	in	O
7	fact	O
8	one	O
9	of	O
10	the	COSTS
11	least	COSTS
12	expensive	COSTS
13	energy	COSTS
14	sources	COSTS
15	.	O

1	In	O
2	sum	O
3	,	O
4	if	O
5	we	O
6	invest	O
7	in	O
8	nuclear	O
9	versus	O
10	true	RENEWABLES
11	renewables	RENEWABLES
12	,	O
13	you	O
14	can	O
15	bet	O
16	that	O
17	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	glaciers	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	polar	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	ice	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	caps	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	will	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	keep	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	melting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	while	O
27	we	O
28	wait	O
29	,	O
30	and	O
31	wait	O
32	,	O
33	for	O
34	the	O
35	nuclear	O
36	age	O
37	to	O
38	arrive	O
39	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	requires	O
4	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	very	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	small	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	area	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	ENERGY POLICY
3	government	ENERGY POLICY
4	supports	ENERGY POLICY
5	nuclear	O
6	energy	O
7	(	O
8	a	O
9	well	O
10	established	O
11	and	O
12	easily	O
13	scalable	O
14	industry	O
15	)	O
16	,	O
17	newer	RENEWABLES
18	and	RENEWABLES
19	less	RENEWABLES
20	mature	RENEWABLES
21	renewable	RENEWABLES
22	energy	RENEWABLES
23	start-ups	RENEWABLES
24	will	O
25	have	O
26	difficulty	O
27	growing	O
28	.	O

1	Expand	OTHER
2	[	O
3	ing	O
4	]	O
5	successful	O
6	innovation	O
7	initiatives	O
8	,	O
9	like	O
10	ARPA-e	O
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	cut	O
14	those	O
15	that	O
16	fail	O
17	to	O
18	deliver	O
19	results	O
20	.	O
21	"	O
22	]	O

1	So	OTHER
2	for	O
3	us	O
4	to	O
5	say	O
6	we	O
7	wo	O
8	n't	O
9	use	O
10	all	O
11	the	O
12	tools	O
13	[	O
14	such	O
15	as	O
16	nuclear	O
17	energy	O
18	]	O
19	to	O
20	solve	O
21	the	O
22	problem	O
23	is	O
24	crazy	O
25	.	O
26	"	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	is	O
3	much	COSTS
4	cheaper	COSTS
5	than	O
6	wind	RENEWABLES
7	or	RENEWABLES
8	PV	RENEWABLES
9	and	O
10	for	O
11	wind	RENEWABLES
12	and	RENEWABLES
13	solar	RENEWABLES
14	greens	RENEWABLES
15	always	O
16	argue	O
17	,	O
18	yes	O
19	the	COSTS
20	costs	COSTS
21	high	O
22	,	O
23	but	O
24	we	O
25	have	O
26	to	O
27	bear	O
28	them	O
29	for	O
30	the	O
31	sake	O
32	of	O
33	the	O
34	environment	O
35	.	O

1	Geothermal	RENEWABLES
2	energy	RENEWABLES
3	also	O
4	has	O
5	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	smaller	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	footprint	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	than	O
10	nuclear	O
11	;	O
12	solar	RENEWABLES
13	only	O
14	slightly	O
15	more	O
16	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	has	O
4	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	smaller	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	surface-area	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	footprint	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	on	O
9	the	O
10	land	O
11	.	O

1	Even	O
2	if	O
3	we	O
4	doubled	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	in	O
8	the	O
9	UK	O
10	it	O
11	would	O
12	only	O
13	reduce	O
14	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	by	O
18	8	O
19	%	O
20	.	O

1	Like	O
2	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
3	or	FOSSIL FUELS
4	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
5	,	O
6	it	O
7	was	O
8	a	O
9	way	O
10	of	O
11	producing	O
12	electricity	O
13	at	O
14	a	ENERGY POLICY
15	central	ENERGY POLICY
16	location	ENERGY POLICY
17	for	ENERGY POLICY
18	distribution	ENERGY POLICY
19	through	O
20	the	O
21	established	O
22	grid	O
23	.	O

1	Other	OTHER
2	states	OTHER
3	should	O
4	consider	O
5	taking	O
6	similar	O
7	steps	O
8	to	O
9	recognize	O
10	the	O
11	benefits	O
12	of	O
13	nuclear	O
14	power	O
15	and	O
16	prevent	O
17	premature	O
18	plant	O
19	closures	O
20	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	already	O
4	delivers	O
5	less	O
6	energy	O
7	globally	O
8	than	O
9	renewable	RENEWABLES
10	energy	RENEWABLES
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	the	O
14	share	O
15	will	O
16	continue	O
17	to	O
18	decrease	O
19	in	O
20	the	O
21	coming	O
22	years	O
23	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	ENERGY POLICY
3	United	ENERGY POLICY
4	States	ENERGY POLICY
5	is	ENERGY POLICY
6	to	ENERGY POLICY
7	be	ENERGY POLICY
8	a	ENERGY POLICY
9	major	ENERGY POLICY
10	player	ENERGY POLICY
11	in	O
12	the	O
13	world	O
14	’s	O
15	energy	O
16	future	O
17	,	O
18	we	O
19	must	O
20	advance	O
21	our	O
22	nuclear	O
23	power	O
24	programs	O
25	as	O
26	quickly	O
27	as	O
28	possible	O
29	.	O

1	Each	OTHER
2	additional	OTHER
3	contribution	OTHER
4	and	O
5	each	O
6	additional	O
7	increase	O
8	in	O
9	ambition	O
10	that	O
11	countries	O
12	make	O
13	under	O
14	the	O
15	Paris	O
16	framework	O
17	will	O
18	help	O
19	improve	O
20	our	O
21	chances	O
22	of	O
23	limiting	O
24	future	O
25	warming	O
26	.	O

1	To	OTHER
2	do	OTHER
3	this	O
4	we	O
5	need	O
6	to	O
7	…	O
8	make	O
9	a	O
10	dramatic	O
11	and	O
12	rapid	O
13	retreat	O
14	from	O
15	the	O
16	use	O
17	of	O
18	nuclear	O
19	power	O
20	to	O
21	generate	O
22	electricity	O
23	.	O

1	Since	O
2	most	O
3	forms	O
4	of	O
5	renewable	RENEWABLES
6	energy	RENEWABLES
7	do	RELIABILITY
8	n’t	RELIABILITY
9	fill	RELIABILITY
10	the	RELIABILITY
11	bill	RELIABILITY
12	,	O
13	“	O
14	nuclear	O
15	fission	O
16	today	O
17	represents	O
18	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	only	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	present-day	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	zero-carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	technology	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	with	O
24	the	O
25	demonstrated	O
26	ability	O
27	to	RELIABILITY
28	meet	RELIABILITY
29	most	RELIABILITY
30	,	RELIABILITY
31	if	RELIABILITY
32	not	RELIABILITY
33	all	RELIABILITY
34	,	RELIABILITY
35	of	RELIABILITY
36	the	RELIABILITY
37	energy	RELIABILITY
38	demands	RELIABILITY
39	of	O
40	a	O
41	modern	O
42	economy	O
43	.	O
44	”	O

1	The	ENERGY POLICY
2	Bush	ENERGY POLICY
3	administration	ENERGY POLICY
4	gave	O
5	the	O
6	nuclear	O
7	industry	O
8	$	O
9	18.5	O
10	billion	O
11	in	O
12	loan	O
13	guarantees	O
14	to	ENERGY POLICY
15	try	ENERGY POLICY
16	to	ENERGY POLICY
17	encourage	ENERGY POLICY
18	investment	ENERGY POLICY
19	in	O
20	new	O
21	nuclear	O
22	plants	O
23	.	O

1	All	OTHER
2	in	O
3	all	O
4	I	O
5	would	O
6	say	O
7	that	O
8	the	O
9	future	O
10	of	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	looks	O
14	promising	O
15	.	O

1	But	OTHER
2	the	O
3	plan	O
4	includes	O
5	no	O
6	economic	O
7	rewards	O
8	for	O
9	keeping	O
10	existing	O
11	efficient	O
12	,	O
13	well-run	O
14	plants	O
15	in	O
16	operation	O
17	.	O

1	His	O
2	figures	O
3	show	O
4	that	O
5	nuclear	O
6	energy	O
7	is	O
8	the	O
9	only	O
10	source	O
11	that	O
12	can	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	challenge	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	climate-changing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	environment-destroying	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	fossil	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	fuels	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	for	O
21	supremacy	O
22	in	O
23	providing	RELIABILITY
24	the	RELIABILITY
25	world	RELIABILITY
26	’s	RELIABILITY
27	energy	RELIABILITY
28	needs	RELIABILITY
29	.	O

1	It	O
2	can	O
3	produce	O
4	all	O
5	the	O
6	electricity	O
7	that	O
8	is	O
9	needed	O
10	and	O
11	all	O
12	the	O
13	liquid	O
14	fuels	O
15	that	O
16	are	O
17	needed	O
18	or	O
19	wanted	O
20	and	O
21	produce	O
22	them	O
23	cleanly	COSTS
24	and	COSTS
25	cheaply	COSTS
26	.	O

1	With	O
2	the	O
3	concern	O
4	about	O
5	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	and	O
8	the	O
9	increased	O
10	cost	O
11	of	O
12	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
13	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
14	,	O
15	there	O
16	has	O
17	been	O
18	an	O
19	increase	O
20	interest	O
21	in	O
22	using	O
23	nuclear	O
24	energy	O
25	to	O
26	produce	O
27	electricity	O
28	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	economics	OTHER
3	are	O
4	just	O
5	not	O
6	there	O
7	.	O

1	For	OTHER
2	nuclear	O
3	to	O
4	meet	O
5	all	O
6	the	O
7	world	O
8	'	O
9	s	O
10	energy	O
11	needs	O
12	today	O
13	--	O
14	12.5	O
15	terawatts	O
16	(	O
17	1	O
18	terawatt	O
19	=	O
20	1	O
21	trillion	O
22	watts	O
23	)	O
24	--	O
25	more	O
26	than	O
27	17,000	O
28	nuclear	O
29	plants	O
30	would	O
31	be	O
32	needed	O
33	.	O

1	Opponents	OTHER
2	argue	O
3	the	O
4	country	O
5	is	O
6	n't	O
7	ready	O
8	for	O
9	an	O
10	end	O
11	to	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	.	O

1	The	O
2	advantages	O
3	of	O
4	renewables	RENEWABLES
5	are	O
6	a	O
7	given	O
8	.	O

1	[	O
2	W	O
3	]	O
4	e	O
5	can	O
6	now	O
7	move	O
8	forward	O
9	to	O
10	preserve	O
11	and	O
12	enhance	O
13	our	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	aquatic	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	terrestrial	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	environments	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	.	O
22	.	O
23	.	O
24	to	O
25	carry	O
26	out	O
27	the	O
28	policies	O
29	and	O
30	goals	O
31	set	O
32	forth	O
33	in	O
34	the	O
35	bill	O
36	to	O
37	provide	O
38	each	O
39	citizen	O
40	of	O
41	this	O
42	great	O
43	country	O
44	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
45	healthful	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
46	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
47	.	O

1	Geothermal	RENEWABLES
2	energy	RENEWABLES
3	is	O
4	also	O
5	usable	O
6	as	O
7	a	RENEWABLES
8	reasonably	RENEWABLES
9	permanent	RENEWABLES
10	renewable	RENEWABLES
11	resource	RENEWABLES
12	.	O

1	This	O
2	is	O
3	because	O
4	it	O
5	’s	O
6	now	O
7	being	O
8	touted	O
9	as	O
10	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	environmentally	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	beneficial	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	solution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	since	O
16	it	O
17	emits	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	far	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	fewer	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	during	O
23	electricity	O
24	generation	O
25	than	O
26	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
27	or	O
28	other	O
29	traditional	O
30	power	O
31	plants	O
32	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	is	O
4	a	O
5	practical	O
6	solution	O
7	to	O
8	many	O
9	of	O
10	the	O
11	problems	O
12	posed	O
13	by	O
14	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
15	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
16	but	O
17	of	O
18	course	O
19	it	O
20	will	O
21	not	O
22	completely	O
23	replace	O
24	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
25	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
26	.	O

1	Energy	RELIABILITY
2	efficiency	RELIABILITY
3	is	O
4	more	O
5	important	O
6	than	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	technological	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	innovations	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	in	O
6	the	O
7	wings	O
8	at	O
9	the	O
10	moment	O
11	that	O
12	will	O
13	make	O
14	it	O
15	much	O
16	quicker	O
17	to	O
18	build	O
19	nuclear	O
20	power	O
21	stations	O
22	,	O
23	he	O
24	said	O
25	.	O

1	Construction	COSTS
2	cost	COSTS
3	overruns	COSTS
4	notwithstanding	O
5	,	O
6	most	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plants	O
10	produce	O
11	electricity	O
12	at	O
13	competitive	COSTS
14	costs	COSTS
15	.	O

1	Yet	O
2	,	O
3	rising	O
4	concerns	O
5	regarding	O
6	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	and	O
9	energy	O
10	prices	O
11	,	O
12	however	O
13	,	O
14	nuclear	O
15	energy	O
16	has	O
17	seen	O
18	renewed	O
19	attention	O
20	as	O
21	alternative	O
22	form	O
23	of	O
24	energy	O
25	.	O

1	•	O
2	It	O
3	leads	O
4	to	O
5	relative	RELIABILITY
6	large	RELIABILITY
7	amount	RELIABILITY
8	of	RELIABILITY
9	energy	RELIABILITY
10	that	O
11	produced	O
12	per	O
13	land	O
14	area	O
15	.	O

1	Fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
2	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
3	,	O
4	not	O
5	nuclear	O
6	,	O
7	are	O
8	the	O
9	real	O
10	enemies	O
11	of	O
12	renewables	RENEWABLES
13	.	O

1	It	O
2	’s	O
3	a	O
4	valuable	O
5	area	O
6	of	O
7	research	O
8	that	O
9	could	O
10	guarantee	O
11	abundant	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	,	O
15	so	O
16	it	O
17	’s	O
18	worth	O
19	investing	O
20	in	O
21	the	O
22	technology	O
23	,	O
24	continuing	O
25	to	O
26	use	O
27	it	O
28	and	O
29	not	O
30	abandoning	O
31	it	O
32	.	O

1	If	OTHER
2	nations	O
3	meet	O
4	their	O
5	Paris	O
6	pledges	O
7	,	O
8	called	O
9	intended	O
10	nationally	O
11	determined	O
12	contributions	O
13	,	O
14	or	O
15	INDCs	O
16	,	O
17	and	O
18	continue	O
19	decarbonizing	O
20	beyond	O
21	2030	O
22	at	O
23	a	O
24	rate	O
25	of	O
26	5	O
27	percent	O
28	,	O
29	there	O
30	is	O
31	more	O
32	than	O
33	a	O
34	3-in-4	O
35	chance	O
36	that	O
37	a	O
38	4	O
39	C	O
40	temperature	O
41	rise	O
42	could	O
43	be	O
44	avoided	O
45	.	O

1	Certainly	OTHER
2	orders	O
3	of	O
4	magnitude	O
5	larger	O
6	than	O
7	the	O
8	corrupting	O
9	ability	O
10	of	O
11	green	O
12	power	O
13	,	O
14	in	O
15	terms	O
16	of	O
17	dollars	O
18	.	O

1	Being	O
2	modular	O
3	and	O
4	decentralized	O
5	by	O
6	nature	O
7	,	O
8	new	RENEWABLES
9	renewable	RENEWABLES
10	energy	RENEWABLES
11	can	O
12	be	O
13	expanded	O
14	and	O
15	built	COSTS
16	much	COSTS
17	more	COSTS
18	rapidly	COSTS
19	(	O
20	and	O
21	operated	O
22	more	O
23	efficiently	O
24	given	O
25	the	O
26	country	O
27	'	O
28	s	O
29	archipelagic	O
30	character	O
31	)	O
32	than	O
33	nuclear	O
34	and	O
35	conventional	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	polluting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	sources	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	.	O

1	As	O
2	a	O
3	result	O
4	,	O
5	the	O
6	percentage	O
7	of	O
8	electricity	O
9	from	O
10	renewables	RENEWABLES
11	has	O
12	significantly	O
13	increased	O
14	in	O
15	recent	O
16	years	O
17	,	O
18	which	O
19	is	O
20	great	O
21	.	O

1	Economic	COSTS
2	•	COSTS
3	Net	COSTS
4	external	COSTS
5	Costs	COSTS
6	are	O
7	much	COSTS
8	cheaper	COSTS
9	then	O
10	other	O
11	forms	O
12	of	O
13	production	O
14	•	O
15	As	O
16	of	O
17	2005	O
18	Nuclear	O
19	power	O
20	was	O
21	:	O
22	–	O
23	3	O
24	/	O
25	4	O
26	the	COSTS
27	cost	COSTS
28	of	O
29	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
30	–	FOSSIL FUELS
31	1	FOSSIL FUELS
32	/	FOSSIL FUELS
33	5	FOSSIL FUELS
34	the	COSTS
35	cost	COSTS
36	of	O
37	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
38	•	O
39	Nuclear	O
40	energy	O
41	is	O
42	,	O
43	in	O
44	many	O
45	places	O
46	,	O
47	competitive	O
48	with	O
49	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
50	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
51	for	O
52	electricity	O
53	generation	O
54	,	O
55	despite	O
56	relatively	COSTS
57	high	COSTS
58	capital	COSTS
59	costs	COSTS
60	and	O
61	the	O
62	need	O
63	to	O
64	internalize	O
65	all	COSTS
66	waste	COSTS
67	disposal	COSTS
68	and	COSTS
69	decommissioning	COSTS
70	costs	COSTS
71	.	O

1	Scientific	O
2	studies	O
3	too	O
4	numerous	O
5	to	O
6	mention	O
7	show	O
8	repeatedly	O
9	that	O
10	wind	RENEWABLES
11	,	RENEWABLES
12	solar	RENEWABLES
13	,	RENEWABLES
14	geothermal	RENEWABLES
15	,	RENEWABLES
16	and	RENEWABLES
17	tidal	RENEWABLES
18	sources	RENEWABLES
19	of	O
20	clean	O
21	energy	O
22	are	O
23	abundant	O
24	and	O
25	easily	O
26	accessible	O
27	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	RELIABILITY
3	n't	RELIABILITY
4	depend	RELIABILITY
5	on	RELIABILITY
6	fossil	RELIABILITY
7	fuels	RELIABILITY
8	and	O
9	is	RELIABILITY
10	n't	RELIABILITY
11	affected	RELIABILITY
12	by	RELIABILITY
13	fluctuating	FOSSIL FUELS
14	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
15	and	FOSSIL FUELS
16	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
17	prices	FOSSIL FUELS
18	.	O

1	To	O
2	the	O
3	editor	O
4	:	O
5	Bryce	O
6	wants	O
7	us	O
8	to	O
9	build	O
10	new	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	plants	O
14	as	O
15	a	O
16	partial	O
17	solution	O
18	to	O
19	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	world	OTHER
3	energy	OTHER
4	demand	OTHER
5	is	O
6	projected	O
7	to	O
8	grow	O
9	by	O
10	50	O
11	%	O
12	by	O
13	2030	O
14	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	Power	OTHER
3	Is	O
4	the	O
5	Future	O
6	.	O

1	It	O
2	will	O
3	not	O
4	let	O
5	out	O
6	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	and	O
9	it	O
10	will	O
11	save	O
12	the	O
13	world	O
14	from	O
15	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	the	O
4	World	O
5	Health	O
6	Organisation	O
7	,	O
8	worldwide	FOSSIL FUELS
9	fossil-fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
10	pollution	FOSSIL FUELS
11	is	O
12	responsible	O
13	for	O
14	three	O
15	million	O
16	deaths	O
17	a	O
18	year	O
19	.	O
20	"	O

1	also	OTHER
2	kids	O
3	would	O
4	be	O
5	homeless	O
6	and	O
7	what	O
8	would	O
9	we	O
10	do	O
11	if	O
12	we	O
13	ran	O
14	out	O
15	of	O
16	nuclear	O
17	power	O
18	?	O

1	Palo	O
2	Alto	O
3	,	O
4	California	O
5	(	O
6	CNN	O
7	)	O
8	--	O
9	If	O
10	our	O
11	nation	O
12	wants	O
13	to	O
14	reduce	O
15	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	and	O
21	energy	RELIABILITY
22	instability	RELIABILITY
23	,	O
24	we	O
25	should	O
26	invest	O
27	only	O
28	in	O
29	the	O
30	best	O
31	energy	O
32	options	O
33	.	O

1	•	O
2	A	RENEWABLES
3	good	RENEWABLES
4	wind	RENEWABLES
5	project	RENEWABLES
6	produces	O
7	electricity	O
8	only	O
9	about	O
10	30	O
11	percent	O
12	of	O
13	the	O
14	time	O
15	.	O

1	Wigley	O
2	of	O
3	the	O
4	University	O
5	of	O
6	Adelaide	O
7	sees	O
8	improvements	O
9	on	O
10	the	O
11	horizon	O
12	for	O
13	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	technologies	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
15	,	O
16	particularly	O
17	in	O
18	China	O
19	,	O
20	where	O
21	modifications	O
22	of	O
23	Westinghouse	O
24	technology	O
25	could	O
26	allow	O
27	new	COSTS
28	plants	COSTS
29	to	COSTS
30	be	COSTS
31	set	COSTS
32	up	COSTS
33	in	COSTS
34	two	COSTS
35	to	COSTS
36	three	COSTS
37	years	COSTS
38	.	O

1	In	O
2	so	O
3	far	O
4	as	O
5	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
6	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
7	contribute	O
8	to	O
9	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	and	O
12	nuclear	O
13	energy	O
14	does	O
15	not	O
16	,	O
17	therefore	O
18	,	O
19	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
20	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
21	are	O
22	the	O
23	real	O
24	enemy	O
25	of	O
26	renewables	RENEWABLES
27	.	O

1	There	OTHER
2	is	O
3	no	O
4	need	O
5	for	O
6	nuclear	O
7	.	O

1	The	O
2	Department	O
3	of	O
4	Energy	O
5	(	O
6	DOE	O
7	)	O
8	is	O
9	expanding	O
10	its	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	development	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
15	that	O
16	churn	O
17	out	O
18	large	O
19	amounts	O
20	of	O
21	waste	O
22	heat	O
23	,	O
24	which	O
25	could	O
26	be	O
27	used	O
28	in	O
29	a	O
30	number	O
31	of	O
32	other	O
33	industries	O
34	.	O

1	Firstly	O
2	,	O
3	it	O
4	does	O
5	n't	O
6	let	O
7	out	O
8	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	that	O
12	destroy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	.	O

1	Maria	O
2	Korsnick	O
3	,	O
4	the	O
5	new	O
6	head	O
7	of	O
8	the	O
9	Nuclear	O
10	Energy	O
11	Institute	O
12	,	O
13	told	O
14	skeptical	O
15	Wall	O
16	Street	O
17	analysts	O
18	in	O
19	New	O
20	York	O
21	today	O
22	that	O
23	supporting	ENERGY POLICY
24	financially	ENERGY POLICY
25	struggling	ENERGY POLICY
26	,	O
27	aging	O
28	reactors	O
29	is	O
30	critical	O
31	to	O
32	curbing	O
33	heat-trapping	O
34	emissions	O
35	,	O
36	and	O
37	that	O
38	states	O
39	like	O
40	Illinois	O
41	,	O
42	New	O
43	York	O
44	and	O
45	now	O
46	Connecticut	O
47	are	O
48	stepping	O
49	up	O
50	with	O
51	financial	ENERGY POLICY
52	support	ENERGY POLICY
53	(	O
54	Energywire	O
55	,	O
56	Feb.	O
57	9	O
58	)	O
59	.	O

1	Finally	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	can	O
6	provide	O
7	a	RELIABILITY
8	reliable	RELIABILITY
9	,	RELIABILITY
10	steady	RELIABILITY
11	stream	RELIABILITY
12	of	RELIABILITY
13	electricity	RELIABILITY
14	that	O
15	'	O
16	s	O
17	not	RELIABILITY
18	dependent	RELIABILITY
19	on	RELIABILITY
20	a	RELIABILITY
21	shining	RELIABILITY
22	sun	RELIABILITY
23	or	RELIABILITY
24	blowing	RELIABILITY
25	winds	RELIABILITY
26	,	O
27	giving	O
28	it	O
29	an	O
30	advantageâ	O
31	€	O
32	”	O
33	in	O
34	some	O
35	people	O
36	'	O
37	s	O
38	minds	O
39	â	O
40	€	O
41	”	O
42	over	O
43	its	RENEWABLES
44	renewable	RENEWABLES
45	competitors	RENEWABLES
46	.	O

1	Although	OTHER
2	it	O
3	is	O
4	not	O
5	expected	O
6	to	O
7	be	O
8	ready	O
9	for	O
10	50-100	O
11	years	O
12	it	O
13	holds	O
14	the	O
15	most	O
16	promise	O
17	for	O
18	nuclear	O
19	energy	O
20	.	O

1	Whether	OTHER
2	we	O
3	like	O
4	it	O
5	or	O
6	not	O
7	,	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	benefits	O
11	us	O
12	all	O
13	.	O

1	My	O
2	reasons	O
3	are	O
4	Firstly	O
5	It	O
6	will	O
7	not	O
8	use	O
9	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	gasses	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	and	O
13	will	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	save	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	world	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	from	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	.	O

1	Furthermore	O
2	,	O
3	we	O
4	have	O
5	the	O
6	technology	O
7	to	O
8	tap	O
9	into	O
10	them	O
11	to	O
12	provide	O
13	not	O
14	just	O
15	the	O
16	20	O
17	percent	O
18	of	O
19	electricity	O
20	currently	O
21	provided	O
22	by	O
23	nuclear	O
24	in	O
25	the	O
26	United	O
27	States	O
28	,	O
29	but	O
30	to	RELIABILITY
31	provide	RELIABILITY
32	all	RELIABILITY
33	of	RELIABILITY
34	our	RELIABILITY
35	electrical	RELIABILITY
36	needs	RELIABILITY
37	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	provides	O
4	other	O
5	benefits	O
6	in	O
7	addition	O
8	to	O
9	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	.	O

1	Nuclear	RELIABILITY
2	power	RELIABILITY
3	can	RELIABILITY
4	not	RELIABILITY
5	replace	RELIABILITY
6	that	RELIABILITY
7	energy	RELIABILITY
8	.	O

1	Wind	RENEWABLES
2	power	RENEWABLES
3	typically	O
4	costs	COSTS
5	much	O
6	more	O
7	than	O
8	nuclear	O
9	-	O
10	often	O
11	twice	O
12	as	O
13	much	O
14	per	O
15	kWh	O
16	,	O
17	and	O
18	can	O
19	not	O
20	provide	O
21	power	O
22	on	O
23	demand	O
24	.	O

1	It	O
2	has	O
3	been	O
4	determined	O
5	that	O
6	the	O
7	amount	O
8	of	O
9	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	have	O
12	decreased	O
13	by	O
14	almost	O
15	half	O
16	because	O
17	of	O
18	the	O
19	prevalence	O
20	in	O
21	the	O
22	utilization	O
23	of	O
24	nuclear	O
25	power	O
26	.	O

1	By	O
2	investing	O
3	so	O
4	much	O
5	money	O
6	into	O
7	building	O
8	power	O
9	plants	O
10	,	O
11	efforts	O
12	to	O
13	build	O
14	sustainable	RENEWABLES
15	energy	RENEWABLES
16	supplies	RENEWABLES
17	are	O
18	deterred	O
19	.	O

1	Solar	RENEWABLES
2	,	RENEWABLES
3	wind	RENEWABLES
4	,	RENEWABLES
5	geothermal	RENEWABLES
6	,	RENEWABLES
7	hydro	RENEWABLES
8	and	O
9	other	O
10	forms	O
11	of	O
12	green	O
13	power	O
14	are	O
15	cheaper	O
16	,	O
17	cleaner	O
18	,	O
19	safer	O
20	,	O
21	faster	O
22	to	O
23	build	O
24	,	O
25	require	O
26	no	O
27	federal	O
28	limits	O
29	on	O
30	liability	O
31	and	O
32	create	O
33	no	WASTE
34	radioactive	WASTE
35	waste	WASTE
36	.	O

1	So	O
2	from	O
3	a	O
4	CO2	O
5	perspective	O
6	,	O
7	exactly	O
8	how	O
9	is	O
10	the	O
11	building	O
12	of	O
13	a	O
14	nuclear	O
15	plant	O
16	all	O
17	that	O
18	different	O
19	from	O
20	the	O
21	building	O
22	of	O
23	any	O
24	number	O
25	of	O
26	renewable	RENEWABLES
27	energy	RENEWABLES
28	plants	RENEWABLES
29	–	O
30	or	O
31	any	O
32	other	O
33	modern	O
34	structure	O
35	for	O
36	that	O
37	matter	O
38	?	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	is	O
3	the	O
4	best	O
5	way	O
6	to	O
7	generate	O
8	electricity	O
9	.	O

1	Also	O
2	,	O
3	even	O
4	though	O
5	the	COSTS
6	expense	COSTS
7	of	O
8	setting	O
9	up	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	plants	O
13	is	O
14	moderately	O
15	high	O
16	,	O
17	the	COSTS
18	expense	COSTS
19	of	O
20	running	O
21	them	O
22	is	O
23	quite	COSTS
24	low	COSTS
25	low	O
26	.	O

1	Wind	RENEWABLES
2	farms	RENEWABLES
3	can	O
4	be	O
5	up	O
6	and	O
7	running	O
8	in	O
9	less	O
10	than	O
11	a	O
12	year	O
13	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	can	O
5	not	O
6	be	O
7	brought	O
8	on	O
9	line	O
10	fast	O
11	enough	O
12	to	O
13	prevent	O
14	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	rapid	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	disaster	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	coming	O
20	in	O
21	less	O
22	than	O
23	10	O
24	years	O
25	(	O
26	See	O
27	Shootout	O
28	:	O
29	Do	O
30	We	O
31	Need	O
32	To	O
33	Restrict	O
34	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
35	Emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	?	O
37	)	O

1	Remember	OTHER
2	:	O
3	Nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	is	O
6	n’t	O
7	the	O
8	solution	O
9	to	O
10	humanity	O
11	’s	O
12	problems	O
13	—	O
14	it	O
15	’s	O
16	the	O
17	source	O
18	.	O

1	He	O
2	wants	O
3	Congress	ENERGY POLICY
4	to	ENERGY POLICY
5	pay	ENERGY POLICY
6	for	O
7	testing	O
8	new	O
9	designs	O
10	for	O
11	nuclear	O
12	plants	O
13	and	O
14	tells	O
15	us	O
16	that	O
17	“	O
18	nuclear	O
19	energy	O
20	'	O
21	s	O
22	importance	O
23	in	O
24	reducing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	is	O
27	beyond	O
28	dispute	O
29	.	O
30	”	O

1	In	O
2	addition	O
3	,	O
4	nuclear	O
5	power	O
6	takes	O
7	up	O
8	much	O
9	less	O
10	real	O
11	estate	O
12	to	O
13	generate	O
14	the	O
15	same	O
16	amount	O
17	of	O
18	power	O
19	that	O
20	wind	RENEWABLES
21	or	RENEWABLES
22	solar	RENEWABLES
23	would	O
24	.	O

1	When	O
2	we	O
3	compare	O
4	it	O
5	to	O
6	very	RENEWABLES
7	clean	RENEWABLES
8	and	RENEWABLES
9	renewable	RENEWABLES
10	sources	RENEWABLES
11	such	O
12	as	O
13	solar	RENEWABLES
14	,	O
15	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	footprint	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	complex	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	is	O
21	much	O
22	smaller	O
23	for	O
24	the	O
25	same	O
26	output	O
27	of	O
28	voltaic	O
29	panels	O
30	and	O
31	far	O
32	smaller	O
33	than	O
34	that	O
35	required	O
36	for	O
37	wind	RENEWABLES
38	turbines	RENEWABLES
39	,	O
40	so	O
41	it	O
42	takes	O
43	up	O
44	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
45	less	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
46	space	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
47	.	O

1	In	O
2	November	O
3	2000	O
4	the	O
5	world	O
6	recognised	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	as	O
10	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	dirty	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	unnecessary	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	technology	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	by	O
18	refusing	O
19	to	O
20	give	O
21	it	O
22	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	credits	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	during	O
26	the	O
27	UN	O
28	Climate	O
29	Change	O
30	talks	O
31	in	O
32	The	O
33	Hague	O
34	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	to	RELIABILITY
5	equal	RELIABILITY
6	the	RELIABILITY
7	electrical	RELIABILITY
8	output	RELIABILITY
9	of	RELIABILITY
10	a	RELIABILITY
11	single	RELIABILITY
12	3.000	RELIABILITY
13	megawatt-electric	RELIABILITY
14	nuclear	RELIABILITY
15	generating	RELIABILITY
16	station	RELIABILITY
17	,	O
18	it	O
19	would	O
20	take	O
21	roughly	RENEWABLES
22	2.000	RENEWABLES
23	wind	RENEWABLES
24	turbines	RENEWABLES
25	or	O
26	140	O
27	square	O
28	kilometres	O
29	of	O
30	solar	RENEWABLES
31	panels	RENEWABLES
32	.	O

1	This	RELIABILITY
2	enormous	RELIABILITY
3	demand	RELIABILITY
4	for	RELIABILITY
5	new	RELIABILITY
6	generating	RELIABILITY
7	capacity	RELIABILITY
8	must	RELIABILITY
9	be	RELIABILITY
10	met	RELIABILITY
11	while	O
12	also	O
13	containing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	and	O
17	minimizing	O
18	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	and	O
20	other	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	damage	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	.	O

1	And	O
2	nuclear	O
3	energy	O
4	has	O
5	lower	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	than	O
10	other	O
11	power	O
12	sources	O
13	,	O
14	especially	O
15	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
16	,	O
17	so	O
18	it	O
19	is	O
20	considered	O
21	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	provider	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	of	O
25	electricity	O
26	.	O

1	Furthermore	O
2	,	O
3	it	O
4	is	O
5	feasible	O
6	to	O
7	get	O
8	private	O
9	insurance	O
10	for	O
11	renewables	RENEWABLES
12	,	O
13	whereas	O
14	the	O
15	private	O
16	sector	O
17	is	O
18	unwilling	O
19	to	O
20	underwrite	O
21	nuclear	O
22	facilities	O
23	,	O
24	whether	O
25	LFTR	O
26	or	O
27	otherwise	O
28	.	O

1	Large	RELIABILITY
2	power-generating	RELIABILITY
3	capacity	RELIABILITY
4	able	RELIABILITY
5	to	RELIABILITY
6	meet	RELIABILITY
7	industrial	RELIABILITY
8	and	RELIABILITY
9	city	RELIABILITY
10	needs	RELIABILITY
11	(	O
12	as	O
13	opposed	O
14	to	O
15	low-power	O
16	technologies	O
17	like	O
18	solar	RENEWABLES
19	that	O
20	might	O
21	meet	O
22	only	O
23	local	O
24	,	O
25	residential	O
26	,	O
27	or	O
28	office	O
29	needs	O
30	but	O
31	can	RELIABILITY
32	not	RELIABILITY
33	generate	RELIABILITY
34	power	RELIABILITY
35	for	RELIABILITY
36	heavy	RELIABILITY
37	manufacturing	RELIABILITY
38	)	O
39	.	O

1	Modern	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	power	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	stations	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	generate	O
5	more	O
6	energy	O
7	and	O
8	are	O
9	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	than	O
11	their	O
12	older	O
13	counterparts	O
14	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	undermines	O
4	renewable	RENEWABLES
5	solutions	RENEWABLES
6	to	O
7	climate	O
8	change	O
9	"	O
10	The	O
11	case	O
12	against	O
13	nuclear	O
14	power	O
15	"	O
16	.	O

1	The	O
2	fuel	O
3	itself	O
4	is	O
5	relatively	COSTS
6	inexpensive	COSTS
7	,	O
8	at	O
9	least	O
10	for	O
11	the	O
12	time	O
13	being	O
14	.	O

1	Should	O
2	this	O
3	prevent	O
4	the	O
5	further	O
6	development	O
7	of	O
8	nuclear	O
9	energy	O
10	,	O
11	particularly	O
12	if	O
13	it	O
14	is	O
15	believed	O
16	that	O
17	nuclear	O
18	energy	O
19	is	O
20	part	O
21	of	O
22	the	O
23	solution	O
24	to	O
25	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	crisis	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	?	O

1	If	O
2	abundance	O
3	of	O
4	cheap	O
5	energy	O
6	is	O
7	available	O
8	then	O
9	that	O
10	changes	O
11	the	O
12	landscape	O
13	,	O
14	we	O
15	no	O
16	longer	O
17	need	O
18	to	O
19	insure	O
20	future	FOSSIL FUELS
21	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
22	and	FOSSIL FUELS
23	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
24	supply	FOSSIL FUELS
25	,	O
26	so	O
27	no	O
28	need	O
29	to	O
30	tear	O
31	up	O
32	other	O
33	countries	O
34	and	O
35	pursuing	O
36	these	O
37	ends	O
38	.	O

1	The	O
2	right-leaning	O
3	R	O
4	Street	O
5	Institute	O
6	released	O
7	a	O
8	report	O
9	this	O
10	week	O
11	that	O
12	found	O
13	no	O
14	economic	O
15	justification	O
16	for	O
17	financially	O
18	supporting	O
19	reactors	O
20	that	O
21	have	O
22	been	O
23	disadvantaged	O
24	by	O
25	cheap	O
26	natural	O
27	gas	O
28	,	O
29	state	O
30	clean	O
31	energy	O
32	programs	O
33	and	O
34	federal	O
35	tax	O
36	incentives	O
37	for	O
38	wind	RENEWABLES
39	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	will	O
4	compete	O
5	with	O
6	and	O
7	squeeze	O
8	out	O
9	renewable	RENEWABLES
10	energy	RENEWABLES
11	.	O

1	Pros	O
2	Nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	can	O
5	generate	O
6	a	O
7	vast	O
8	amount	O
9	of	O
10	energy	O
11	without	O
12	spewing	O
13	out	O
14	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	during	O
17	operation	O
18	.	O

1	But	O
2	whether	O
3	we	O
4	like	O
5	it	O
6	or	O
7	not	O
8	,	O
9	fission	O
10	nuclear	O
11	energy	O
12	will	O
13	remain	O
14	an	O
15	integral	O
16	part	O
17	of	O
18	the	O
19	global	O
20	energy	O
21	budget	O
22	—	O
23	there	O
24	’s	O
25	just	O
26	nothing	O
27	else	O
28	capable	RELIABILITY
29	of	RELIABILITY
30	supplying	RELIABILITY
31	the	RELIABILITY
32	kind	RELIABILITY
33	of	RELIABILITY
34	power	RELIABILITY
35	our	RELIABILITY
36	civilization	RELIABILITY
37	needs	RELIABILITY
38	(	O
39	at	O
40	least	O
41	,	O
42	among	O
43	proven	O
44	and	O
45	implemented	O
46	technologies	O
47	)	O
48	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	is	O
4	far	O
5	from	O
6	emission-free	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	on	O
8	a	O
9	lifecycle	O
10	basis	O
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	the	O
14	energy	O
15	inputs	O
16	from	O
17	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
18	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
19	negate	O
20	any	O
21	advantage	O
22	from	O
23	reduced	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	direct	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	.	O

1	Fall	O
2	,	O
3	2006	O
4	-	O
5	"	O
6	Roughly	O
7	700	O
8	million	O
9	metric	O
10	tons	O
11	of	O
12	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	are	O
15	avoided	O
16	each	O
17	year	O
18	in	O
19	the	O
20	United	O
21	States	O
22	by	O
23	generating	O
24	electricity	O
25	from	O
26	nuclear	O
27	power	O
28	rather	O
29	than	O
30	some	O
31	other	O
32	source	O
33	.	O

1	So	O
2	scientists	O
3	have	O
4	now	O
5	turned	O
6	their	O
7	attention	O
8	to	O
9	what	O
10	would	O
11	be	O
12	needed	O
13	after	O
14	2030	O
15	to	O
16	meet	O
17	a	O
18	2	O
19	C	O
20	goal	O
21	:	O
22	an	O
23	energy	O
24	system	O
25	transformation	O
26	that	O
27	emits	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	less	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	.	O

1	It	O
2	produces	O
3	no	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	harmful	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	,	O
8	isolates	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	its	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	waste	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	from	O
12	the	O
13	environment	O
14	,	O
15	and	O
16	requires	O
17	less	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	area	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	to	O
20	produce	O
21	the	O
22	same	O
23	amount	O
24	of	O
25	electricity	O
26	as	O
27	other	O
28	sources	O
29	.	O

1	Finally	O
2	,	O
3	perhaps	O
4	most	O
5	importantly	O
6	,	O
7	PV	RENEWABLES
8	&	RENEWABLES
9	wind	RENEWABLES
10	are	O
11	unreliable	O
12	and	O
13	require	O
14	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
15	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
16	(	O
17	typically	O
18	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
19	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
20	)	O
21	backup	O
22	for	O
23	the	O
24	most	O
25	of	O
26	the	O
27	time	O
28	the	O
29	wind	O
30	is	O
31	n’t	O
32	blowing	O
33	&	O
34	the	O
35	sun	O
36	is	O
37	n’t	O
38	shining	O
39	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
4	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
5	is	O
6	still	O
7	a	O
8	carbon-emitting	O
9	technology	O
10	and	O
11	contributes	O
12	to	O
13	climate	O
14	change	O
15	.	O

1	Energy	O
2	conservation	O
3	is	O
4	seven	COSTS
5	times	COSTS
6	more	COSTS
7	cost-effective	COSTS
8	than	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	has	O
4	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	least	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	effect	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	on	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	nature	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	since	O
10	it	O
11	does	O
12	n’t	O
13	discharge	O
14	any	O
15	gasses	O
16	like	O
17	methane	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	dioxide	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	,	O
22	which	O
23	are	O
24	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	primary	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	“	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	gasses	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	.	O
30	”	O

1	February	O
2	5	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	In	O
8	recent	O
9	years	O
10	,	O
11	several	O
12	electric	O
13	utilities	O
14	have	O
15	emerged	O
16	as	O
17	nuclear-power	O
18	specialists	O
19	,	O
20	reaping	O
21	economies	O
22	of	O
23	scale	O
24	and	O
25	building	O
26	expertise	O
27	that	O
28	enables	O
29	them	O
30	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	run	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	more	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	secure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	operations	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	.	O

1	Wind	RENEWABLES
2	and	RENEWABLES
3	solar	RENEWABLES
4	are	O
5	currently	O
6	wholly	O
7	dependent	O
8	on	O
9	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
10	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
11	and	O
12	perpetuate	O
13	the	FOSSIL FUELS
14	very	FOSSIL FUELS
15	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
16	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
17	energy	FOSSIL FUELS
18	sources	FOSSIL FUELS
19	that	O
20	they	O
21	are	O
22	intended	O
23	to	O
24	replace	O
25	.	O

1	With	O
2	new	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	generations	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	,	O
7	potential	O
8	major	O
9	breakthroughs	O
10	such	O
11	as	O
12	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	fusion	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	,	O
15	the	O
16	methods	O
17	we	O
18	use	O
19	to	O
20	harness	O
21	nuclear	O
22	energy	O
23	will	O
24	get	O
25	better	O
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	next	O
29	coming	O
30	years	O
31	.	O

1	It	O
2	remains	O
3	up	O
4	to	O
5	nuclear	RENEWABLES
6	and	RENEWABLES
7	renewable	RENEWABLES
8	energies	RENEWABLES
9	to	O
10	fill	O
11	the	O
12	gap	O
13	.	O

1	Improved	O
2	building	O
3	insulation	O
4	and	O
5	super	O
6	efficient	O
7	light	O
8	bulbs	O
9	and	O
10	clothes	O
11	dryers	O
12	are	O
13	more	O
14	cost	O
15	effective	O
16	ways	O
17	of	O
18	cutting	O
19	down	O
20	on	O
21	energy	O
22	use	O
23	and	O
24	setting	O
25	back	O
26	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	.	O

1	To	O
2	meet	O
3	the	O
4	short-term	O
5	demand	O
6	,	O
7	the	O
8	use	O
9	of	O
10	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
11	and	FOSSIL FUELS
12	other	FOSSIL FUELS
13	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
14	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
15	will	O
16	increase	O
17	.	O

1	Enthusiasts	O
2	say	O
3	that	O
4	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	third	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	stations	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	are	O
10	cleaner	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	than	O
14	their	O
15	older	O
16	counterparts	O
17	and	O
18	provide	RELIABILITY
19	more	RELIABILITY
20	energy	RELIABILITY
21	and	O
22	this	O
23	,	O
24	along	O
25	with	O
26	the	O
27	need	O
28	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	reduce	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	,	O
32	is	O
33	driving	O
34	nuclear	O
35	power	O
36	policy	O
37	.	O

1	Though	O
2	dwindling	FOSSIL FUELS
3	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
4	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
5	were	O
6	not	O
7	an	O
8	issue	O
9	in	O
10	the	O
11	1950	O
12	'	O
13	s	O
14	when	O
15	the	O
16	first	O
17	commercial	O
18	nuclear	O
19	power	O
20	stations	O
21	opened	O
22	(	O
23	2	O
24	)	O
25	around	O
26	the	O
27	world	O
28	,	O
29	it	O
30	was	O
31	clear	O
32	there	O
33	was	O
34	a	O
35	potential	O
36	for	O
37	efficient	O
38	generation	O
39	of	O
40	cleaner	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	power	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	that	O
43	could	RELIABILITY
44	easily	RELIABILITY
45	accommodate	RELIABILITY
46	the	RELIABILITY
47	growing	RELIABILITY
48	demands	RELIABILITY
49	of	O
50	the	O
51	future	O
52	.	O

1	With	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	plants	O
5	,	O
6	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	are	O
9	minimal	O
10	.	O

1	The	O
2	report	O
3	’s	O
4	concluding	O
5	statement	O
6	is	O
7	highly	O
8	significant	O
9	for	O
10	those	O
11	environmentalists	O
12	who	O
13	have	O
14	been	O
15	taken	O
16	in	O
17	by	O
18	the	O
19	pro-nuclear	O
20	argument	O
21	that	O
22	“	O
23	at	O
24	least	O
25	it	O
26	’s	O
27	not	O
28	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
29	.	O
30	”	O

1	It	OTHER
2	is	O
3	safer	O
4	,	O
5	cleaner	O
6	with	O
7	very	O
8	little	O
9	radiation	O
10	because	O
11	of	O
12	how	O
13	the	O
14	energy	O
15	is	O
16	produced	O
17	and	O
18	processed	O
19	.	O

1	More	O
2	Proficient	O
3	Than	O
4	Fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
5	Fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
6	:	O
7	The	O
8	other	O
9	primary	O
10	point	O
11	of	O
12	interest	O
13	of	O
14	utilizing	O
15	nuclear	O
16	energy	O
17	is	O
18	that	O
19	it	O
20	is	O
21	more	O
22	compelling	O
23	and	O
24	more	O
25	proficient	O
26	than	O
27	other	O
28	energy	O
29	sources	O
30	.	O

1	It	O
2	does	O
3	n't	O
4	use	O
5	fossil	O
6	fuels	O
7	and	O
8	does	O
9	n't	O
10	release	O
11	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	gasses	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	and	O
14	that	O
15	means	O
16	it	O
17	'	O
18	s	O
19	better	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	for	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	.	O

1	We	O
2	need	O
3	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	genuinely	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	sustainable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	global	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	green	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	solution	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	to	O
14	our	O
15	energy	O
16	needs	O
17	,	O
18	not	O
19	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	diversion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	like	O
23	nuclear	O
24	power	O
25	.	O

1	“	O
2	The	O
3	need	O
4	to	O
5	immediately	O
6	and	O
7	dramatically	O
8	reduce	O
9	carbon	O
10	emissions	O
11	calls	O
12	for	O
13	approaches	O
14	that	O
15	can	COSTS
16	be	COSTS
17	implemented	COSTS
18	more	COSTS
19	quickly	COSTS
20	than	O
21	building	O
22	nuclear	O
23	reactors	O
24	.	O
25	”	O

1	The	O
2	world	O
3	can	O
4	be	O
5	powered	O
6	by	O
7	wind	RENEWABLES
8	,	RENEWABLES
9	water	RENEWABLES
10	and	RENEWABLES
11	sun	RENEWABLES
12	alone	O
13	.	O

1	Hidehiko	OTHER
2	Nishiyama	OTHER
3	,	O
4	deputy	O
5	director	O
6	general	O
7	of	O
8	the	O
9	Nuclear	O
10	and	O
11	Industrial	O
12	Safety	O
13	Agency	O
14	,	O
15	Japan	O
16	’s	O
17	nuclear	O
18	regulator	O
19	,	O
20	admitted	O
21	on	O
22	March	O
23	29	O
24	that	O
25	,	O
26	“	O
27	We	O
28	will	O
29	have	O
30	to	O
31	continue	O
32	cooling	O
33	for	O
34	quite	O
35	a	O
36	long	O
37	period	O
38	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	can	RELIABILITY
5	adjust	RELIABILITY
6	their	RELIABILITY
7	output	RELIABILITY
8	as	RELIABILITY
9	needed	RELIABILITY
10	verses	O
11	the	RENEWABLES
12	intermittent	RENEWABLES
13	wind	RENEWABLES
14	or	RENEWABLES
15	solar	RENEWABLES
16	generated	RENEWABLES
17	electric	RENEWABLES
18	power	RENEWABLES
19	.	O

1	It	O
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	not	O
5	that	O
6	we	O
7	'	O
8	re	O
9	anti-nuclear	O
10	,	O
11	but	O
12	that	O
13	nuclear	O
14	is	O
15	not	O
16	the	O
17	best	O
18	way	O
19	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	advance	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	control	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	given	O
24	its	O
25	economic	O
26	situation	O
27	,	O
28	Thomas	O
29	Cochran	O
30	,	O
31	former	O
32	director	O
33	of	O
34	the	O
35	Natural	O
36	Resources	O
37	Defense	O
38	Council	O
39	'	O
40	s	O
41	nuclear	O
42	program	O
43	,	O
44	said	O
45	in	O
46	an	O
47	interview	O
48	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	is	O
4	highly	RELIABILITY
5	efficient	RELIABILITY
6	The	RELIABILITY
7	efficient	RELIABILITY
8	use	RELIABILITY
9	of	RELIABILITY
10	natural	RELIABILITY
11	resources	RELIABILITY
12	is	O
13	a	O
14	major	O
15	criteria	O
16	in	O
17	determining	O
18	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	friendliness	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	of	O
22	a	O
23	source	O
24	of	O
25	energy	O
26	.	O

1	The	O
2	country	O
3	now	O
4	seems	O
5	on	O
6	track	O
7	to	O
8	fill	O
9	the	O
10	gap	O
11	with	O
12	renewable	RENEWABLES
13	energy	RENEWABLES
14	.	O

1	By	O
2	contrast	O
3	,	O
4	wars	O
5	fought	O
6	over	O
7	locally	RENEWABLES
8	generated	RENEWABLES
9	solar	RENEWABLES
10	,	RENEWABLES
11	wind	RENEWABLES
12	and	RENEWABLES
13	wave	RENEWABLES
14	power	RENEWABLES
15	are	O
16	unlikely	O
17	to	O
18	occur	O
19	.	O

1	Voters	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	have	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	decided	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	against	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	a	O
6	timetable	O
7	that	O
8	would	O
9	see	O
10	Switzerland	ENERGY POLICY
11	stop	ENERGY POLICY
12	using	ENERGY POLICY
13	nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
14	power	ENERGY POLICY
15	by	O
16	2029	O
17	.	O

1	The	O
2	following	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	plants	O
6	have	O
7	been	O
8	shut	O
9	down	O
10	due	O
11	to	O
12	being	O
13	unsafe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	or	O
15	past	O
16	their	O
17	operating	O
18	life	O
19	in	O
20	the	O
21	US	O
22	:	O
23	Big	O
24	Rock	O
25	Point	O
26	,	O
27	Bonus	O
28	,	O
29	Dresdent-1	O
30	,	O
31	Elk	O
32	Rivers	O
33	,	O
34	Enrico	O
35	Fermi-1	O
36	,	O
37	Frt	O
38	St.	O
39	Vrain	O
40	,	O
41	GE	O
42	Vallecitos	O
43	,	O
44	Haddam	O
45	Neck	O
46	,	O
47	Hallam	O
48	,	O
49	Humboldt	O
50	Bay	O
51	,	O
52	Indian	O
53	Point-1	O
54	,	O
55	Lacrosse	O
56	,	O
57	Maine	O
58	Yankee	O
59	,	O
60	Millstone-1	O
61	,	O
62	Pathfinder	O
63	,	O
64	Peach	O
65	Bottom-1	O
66	,	O
67	Piqua	O
68	,	O
69	and	O
70	many	O
71	others	O
72	.	O

1	If	O
2	these	O
3	plants	O
4	are	O
5	shuttered	O
6	,	O
7	their	O
8	output	O
9	will	O
10	be	O
11	replaced	O
12	in	O
13	many	O
14	cases	O
15	by	O
16	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
17	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
18	generation	FOSSIL FUELS
19	,	O
20	which	O
21	will	O
22	increase	O
23	greenhouse	O
24	gas	O
25	emissions	O
26	,	O
27	as	O
28	has	O
29	occurred	O
30	after	O
31	recent	O
32	nuclear	O
33	plant	O
34	closures	O
35	in	O
36	Vermont	O
37	and	O
38	Wisconsin	O
39	.	O

1	These	O
2	abandoned	O
3	reactors	O
4	are	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	taking	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	up	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	valuable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	land	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	space	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	,	O
11	could	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	be	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	contaminating	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	the	O
15	areas	O
16	surrounding	O
17	them	O
18	,	O
19	yet	O
20	are	O
21	often	O
22	too	O
23	unstable	O
24	to	O
25	be	O
26	removed	O
27	.	O

1	Swiss	O
2	utility	O
3	BKW	O
4	AG	O
5	already	O
6	plans	O
7	to	O
8	shutter	O
9	Muehleberg	O
10	in	O
11	2019	O
12	,	O
13	citing	O
14	the	COSTS
15	high	COSTS
16	costs	COSTS
17	of	O
18	maintenance	O
19	and	O
20	operations	O
21	.	O

1	They	O
2	have	O
3	been	O
4	recognized	O
5	to	O
6	have	O
7	serious	O
8	design	O
9	faults	O
10	since	O
11	the	O
12	1970s	O
13	and	O
14	have	O
15	been	O
16	regularly	O
17	retrofitted	O
18	(	O
19	i.e.	O
20	,	O
21	patched	O
22	up	O
23	)	O
24	to	O
25	take	O
26	into	O
27	account	O
28	new	O
29	research	O
30	illustrating	O
31	their	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	design	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	vulnerabilities	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	to	O
35	such	O
36	things	O
37	as	O
38	power	O
39	outages	O
40	and	O
41	other	O
42	malfunctions	O
43	that	O
44	make	O
45	possible	O
46	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
47	core	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
48	breach	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
49	and	O
50	a	O
51	resulting	O
52	release	O
53	of	O
54	radioactive	O
55	isotopes	O
56	.	O

1	A	O
2	PRA	O
3	must	O
4	be	O
5	done	O
6	separately	O
7	for	O
8	each	O
9	power	O
10	plant	O
11	(	O
12	at	O
13	a	O
14	cost	O
15	of	O
16	$	O
17	5	O
18	million	O
19	)	O
20	but	O
21	we	O
22	give	O
23	typical	O
24	results	O
25	here	O
26	:	O
27	A	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	fuel	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	melt-down	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	might	O
31	be	O
32	expected	O
33	once	O
34	in	O
35	20,000	O
36	years	O
37	of	O
38	reactor	O
39	operation	O
40	.	O

1	Fukushima	O
2	was	O
3	an	O
4	old	O
5	plant	O
6	,	O
7	and	O
8	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	latest	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	designs	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
15	are	O
16	much	O
17	less	O
18	likely	O
19	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	.	O

1	Switzerland	O
2	has	O
3	a	O
4	2050	O
5	energy	O
6	strategy	O
7	in	O
8	which	O
9	it	O
10	would	O
11	gradually	O
12	replace	O
13	nuclear	O
14	power	O
15	that	O
16	now	O
17	supplies	O
18	about	O
19	a	O
20	third	O
21	of	O
22	the	O
23	country	O
24	’s	O
25	electricity	O
26	with	O
27	renewables	RENEWABLES
28	,	O
29	including	O
30	wind	RENEWABLES
31	and	RENEWABLES
32	solar	RENEWABLES
33	.	O

1	Germany	O
2	plans	O
3	to	O
4	shutter	O
5	its	O
6	remaining	O
7	nuclear	O
8	plants	O
9	by	O
10	2022	O
11	,	O
12	a	O
13	response	O
14	to	O
15	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	2011	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	in	O
19	Japan	O
20	that	O
21	also	O
22	prompted	O
23	the	O
24	Swiss	O
25	initiative	O
26	.	O

1	German	OTHER
2	media	OTHER
3	reported	O
4	in	O
5	May	O
6	2014	O
7	that	O
8	the	O
9	three	O
10	big	O
11	utility	O
12	firms	O
13	themselves	O
14	suggested	O
15	transferring	O
16	all	O
17	assets	O
18	from	O
19	retired	O
20	nuclear	O
21	power	O
22	stations	O
23	,	O
24	including	O
25	waste	O
26	and	O
27	reserves	O
28	,	O
29	into	O
30	a	O
31	bad	O
32	bank	O
33	.	O

1	Swiss	ENERGY POLICY
2	Green	ENERGY POLICY
3	Party	ENERGY POLICY
4	advocates	ENERGY POLICY
5	for	ENERGY POLICY
6	a	ENERGY POLICY
7	quicker	ENERGY POLICY
8	atomic	ENERGY POLICY
9	power	ENERGY POLICY
10	exit	ENERGY POLICY
11	have	O
12	cited	O
13	worries	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	about	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	aging	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	atomic	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	capability	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	,	O
20	with	O
21	Beznau	O
22	I	O
23	the	O
24	oldest	O
25	operating	O
26	nuclear	O
27	power	O
28	station	O
29	in	O
30	the	O
31	world	O
32	,	O
33	having	O
34	been	O
35	started	O
36	in	O
37	1969	O
38	.	O

1	Japan	O
2	turned	O
3	off	O
4	its	O
5	50	O
6	nuclear	O
7	power	O
8	reactors	O
9	in	O
10	the	O
11	wake	O
12	of	O
13	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	,	O
15	but	O
16	the	ENERGY POLICY
17	government	ENERGY POLICY
18	decided	ENERGY POLICY
19	in	O
20	2014	O
21	to	O
22	start	O
23	operating	O
24	reactors	O
25	again	O
26	after	O
27	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	security	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	check	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	.	O

1	This	O
2	on-off	O
3	tendency	O
4	made	O
5	it	O
6	more	COSTS
7	difficult	COSTS
8	and	COSTS
9	costly	COSTS
10	for	O
11	utilities	O
12	to	O
13	gain	O
14	the	O
15	expertise	O
16	in	O
17	nuclear	O
18	power	O
19	or	O
20	to	O
21	run	O
22	plants	O
23	properly	O
24	.	O
25	"	O

1	NuScale	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	’s	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	concept	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	would	O
6	use	O
7	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	self-contained	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	design	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	with	O
13	fewer	O
14	moving	O
15	parts	O
16	than	O
17	standard	O
18	nuclear	O
19	plants	O
20	—	O
21	for	O
22	instance	O
23	,	O
24	it	O
25	uses	O
26	natural	O
27	convection	O
28	for	O
29	reactor	O
30	cooling	O
31	,	O
32	obviating	O
33	the	O
34	kind	O
35	of	O
36	coolant	O
37	pump	O
38	damage	O
39	that	O
40	doomed	O
41	Fukushima	O
42	.	O

1	If	O
2	you	O
3	’ve	O
4	ever	O
5	researched	O
6	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	features	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	that	O
10	are	O
11	included	O
12	in	O
13	a	O
14	reactor	O
15	,	O
16	you	O
17	would	O
18	know	O
19	how	O
20	low	O
21	the	O
22	probability	O
23	is	O
24	.	O

1	As	O
2	nuclear	O
3	plants	O
4	have	O
5	to	O
6	be	O
7	run	O
8	continuously	O
9	as	O
10	close	O
11	to	O
12	full	O
13	capacity	O
14	as	O
15	possible	O
16	to	O
17	even	O
18	come	O
19	close	O
20	to	O
21	justifying	O
22	their	COSTS
23	enormous	COSTS
24	construction	COSTS
25	,	COSTS
26	operating	COSTS
27	,	COSTS
28	and	COSTS
29	decommissioning	COSTS
30	costs	COSTS
31	,	O
32	they	O
33	compete	O
34	not	O
35	just	O
36	for	O
37	funding	O
38	,	O
39	but	O
40	they	O
41	compete	O
42	directly	O
43	with	O
44	clean	RENEWABLES
45	renewable	RENEWABLES
46	sources	RENEWABLES
47	of	O
48	energy	O
49	such	O
50	as	O
51	wind	RENEWABLES
52	and	RENEWABLES
53	solar	RENEWABLES
54	,	O
55	which	O
56	are	O
57	similarly	O
58	best	O
59	operated	O
60	on	O
61	a	O
62	continual	O
63	basis	O
64	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	are	O
5	generally	O
6	operated	O
7	better	O
8	than	O
9	they	O
10	were	O
11	20	O
12	or	O
13	30	O
14	years	O
15	ago	O
16	,	O
17	but	O
18	you	O
19	can	O
20	never	O
21	rule	O
22	out	O
23	the	O
24	possibility	O
25	,	O
26	however	O
27	remote	O
28	,	O
29	of	O
30	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	very	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	serious	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	,	O
35	Nogee	O
36	said	O
37	.	O

1	Some	O
2	of	O
3	the	O
4	lifetime	O
5	use	O
6	will	O
7	be	O
8	lower	O
9	than	O
10	other	O
11	kinds	O
12	of	O
13	reactors	O
14	but	O
15	for	O
16	example	O
17	replacing	O
18	the	O
19	container	O
20	every	O
21	seven	O
22	years	O
23	is	O
24	not	COSTS
25	too	COSTS
26	expensive	COSTS
27	and	O
28	solves	O
29	the	O
30	problem	O
31	.	O

1	In	O
2	pure	O
3	numbers	O
4	,	O
5	there	O
6	have	O
7	been	O
8	more	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	coal	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	power	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	than	O
13	nuclear	O
14	.	O

1	Many	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	plants	O
5	exist	O
6	today	O
7	,	O
8	and	O
9	are	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	being	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	upgraded	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	.	O

1	Despite	O
2	ongoing	O
3	quarrels	O
4	over	O
5	its	O
6	costs	O
7	and	O
8	an	O
9	international	O
10	perception	O
11	that	O
12	“	O
13	German	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	angst	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	”	O
16	caused	O
17	the	O
18	government	O
19	to	O
20	shut	O
21	down	O
22	reactors	O
23	after	O
24	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	,	O
28	a	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	vast	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	majority	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
32	Germans	PUBLIC DEBATE
33	is	PUBLIC DEBATE
34	still	PUBLIC DEBATE
35	in	PUBLIC DEBATE
36	favour	PUBLIC DEBATE
37	of	O
38	putting	O
39	an	O
40	end	O
41	to	O
42	nuclear	O
43	power	O
44	.	O

1	But	O
2	worldwide	O
3	,	O
4	nuclear	RELIABILITY
5	plants	RELIABILITY
6	are	RELIABILITY
7	down	RELIABILITY
8	15	RELIABILITY
9	percent	RELIABILITY
10	of	RELIABILITY
11	the	RELIABILITY
12	time	RELIABILITY
13	,	O
14	and	O
15	when	O
16	a	O
17	plant	O
18	goes	O
19	down	O
20	,	O
21	so	O
22	does	O
23	a	O
24	large	O
25	fraction	O
26	of	O
27	the	O
28	grid	O
29	.	O

1	When	O
2	they	O
3	are	O
4	not	O
5	maintained	O
6	,	O
7	have	O
8	structural	O
9	flaws	O
10	or	O
11	were	O
12	improperly	O
13	installed	O
14	,	O
15	a	O
16	nuclear	O
17	reactor	O
18	could	O
19	release	O
20	harmful	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	amounts	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	during	O
28	the	O
29	process	O
30	of	O
31	regular	O
32	use	O
33	.	O

1	Modern	O
2	nuclear	O
3	plant	O
4	designs	O
5	therefore	O
6	incorporate	O
7	greatly	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	enhanced	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	features	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	that	O
12	,	O
13	for	O
14	example	O
15	,	O
16	allow	O
17	a	O
18	reactor	O
19	to	O
20	shut	O
21	down	O
22	and	O
23	cool	O
24	itself	O
25	by	O
26	natural	O
27	forces	O
28	like	O
29	gravity	O
30	and	O
31	natural	O
32	circulation	O
33	,	O
34	without	O
35	external	O
36	electrical	O
37	power	O
38	.	O

1	Alongside	O
2	that	O
3	,	O
4	the	ENERGY POLICY
5	highly	ENERGY POLICY
6	centralized	ENERGY POLICY
7	nature	ENERGY POLICY
8	of	O
9	nuclear	O
10	plants	O
11	means	O
12	that	O
13	if	O
14	one	O
15	or	O
16	more	O
17	goes	O
18	down	O
19	,	O
20	at	RELIABILITY
21	one	RELIABILITY
22	stroke	RELIABILITY
23	it	RELIABILITY
24	takes	RELIABILITY
25	out	RELIABILITY
26	an	RELIABILITY
27	enormous	RELIABILITY
28	chunk	RELIABILITY
29	of	RELIABILITY
30	the	RELIABILITY
31	electricity	RELIABILITY
32	supply	RELIABILITY
33	grid	RELIABILITY
34	.	O

1	The	O
2	main	O
3	institutional	O
4	opponents	O
5	of	O
6	the	O
7	measure	O
8	were	O
9	the	O
10	government	O
11	and	O
12	energy	O
13	companies	O
14	,	O
15	which	O
16	had	O
17	threatened	O
18	that	O
19	a	O
20	"	O
21	Yes	O
22	"	O
23	vote	O
24	would	O
25	lead	O
26	to	O
27	blackouts	O
28	,	O
29	higher	O
30	costs	O
31	and	O
32	a	O
33	reliance	O
34	on	O
35	dirty	O
36	coal	O
37	power	O
38	from	O
39	Germany	O
40	,	O
41	which	O
42	plans	O
43	to	O
44	close	O
45	all	O
46	nuclear	O
47	plants	O
48	by	O
49	2022	O
50	in	O
51	response	O
52	to	O
53	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
54	2011	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
55	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
56	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
57	in	O
58	Japan	O
59	-	O
60	which	O
61	was	O
62	also	O
63	the	O
64	impetus	O
65	for	O
66	Switzerland	O
67	'	O
68	s	O
69	referendum	O
70	.	O

1	Just	RELIABILITY
2	to	RELIABILITY
3	maintain	RELIABILITY
4	the	RELIABILITY
5	current	RELIABILITY
6	world	RELIABILITY
7	production	RELIABILITY
8	of	RELIABILITY
9	nuclear	RELIABILITY
10	power	RELIABILITY
11	,	O
12	either	O
13	the	O
14	oldest	O
15	,	O
16	creakiest	O
17	plants	O
18	need	O
19	to	O
20	be	O
21	relicensed	O
22	or	O
23	a	O
24	veritable	O
25	orgy	O
26	of	O
27	nuclear	O
28	construction	O
29	needs	O
30	to	O
31	begin	O
32	.	O

1	With	O
2	a	O
3	portion	O
4	of	O
5	the	O
6	initial	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plants	O
10	closing	O
11	or	O
12	requiring	O
13	significant	O
14	upgrade	O
15	after	O
16	just	O
17	a	O
18	few	O
19	decades	O
20	(	O
21	in	O
22	some	O
23	cases	O
24	less	O
25	than	O
26	sixty	O
27	years	O
28	)	O
29	,	O
30	it	O
31	seems	O
32	that	O
33	the	O
34	life	O
35	cycle	O
36	of	O
37	some	O
38	plants	O
39	is	O
40	much	O
41	shorter	O
42	than	O
43	perhaps	O
44	the	COSTS
45	outward	COSTS
46	cost	COSTS
47	might	O
48	warrant	O
49	(	O
50	14	O
51	)	O
52	.	O

1	New	O
2	types	O
3	of	O
4	reactors	O
5	have	O
6	a	COSTS
7	very	COSTS
8	expensive	COSTS
9	licensing	COSTS
10	process	COSTS
11	that	O
12	arguably	O
13	needs	O
14	to	O
15	change	O
16	but	O
17	that	O
18	plus	O
19	the	O
20	fact	O
21	that	O
22	it	O
23	is	O
24	a	O
25	drastic	O
26	design	O
27	change	O
28	that	O
29	would	O
30	require	O
31	new	O
32	skills	O
33	and	O
34	new	O
35	training	O
36	for	O
37	plant	O
38	workers	O
39	.	O

1	This	O
2	causes	O
3	utilities	O
4	to	O
5	operate	O
6	nuclear	O
7	power	O
8	plants	O
9	in	O
10	an	O
11	up	O
12	and	O
13	down	O
14	mode	O
15	rather	O
16	than	O
17	their	O
18	normal	O
19	baseload	O
20	operation	O
21	,	O
22	making	O
23	them	O
24	even	COSTS
25	less	COSTS
26	competitive	COSTS
27	.	O

1	The	O
2	number	O
3	of	O
4	U.S.	O
5	reactors	O
6	shut	O
7	down	O
8	for	O
9	a	O
10	year	O
11	or	O
12	longer	O
13	to	O
14	address	O
15	numerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	problems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	provides	O
19	strong	O
20	evidence	O
21	of	O
22	poor	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	practices	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	and	O
26	inadequate	O
27	NRC	O
28	enforcement	O
29	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plants	O
3	are	O
4	being	O
5	closed	O
6	due	O
7	to	O
8	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	;	O
10	this	O
11	should	O
12	continue	O
13	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	stations	O
4	are	O
5	set	O
6	up	O
7	in	O
8	a	O
9	multiple-step	O
10	process	O
11	that	O
12	has	O
13	been	O
14	designed	O
15	to	O
16	help	O
17	contain	O
18	the	O
19	energy	O
20	and	O
21	many	O
22	of	O
23	its	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	negative	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	byproducts	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	.	O

1	In	O
2	2007	O
3	,	O
4	the	O
5	nuclear	O
6	industry	O
7	generated	O
8	more	O
9	electricity	O
10	than	O
11	ever	O
12	before	O
13	,	O
14	and	O
15	we	O
16	did	O
17	it	O
18	more	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	safely	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	than	O
21	ever	O
22	before	O
23	as	O
24	evidenced	O
25	by	O
26	data	O
27	on	O
28	unplanned	O
29	reactor	O
30	shutdowns	O
31	and	O
32	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	industrial	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	rate	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	.	O

1	Some	O
2	Soviet	O
3	designed	O
4	and	O
5	built	O
6	reactors	O
7	have	O
8	been	O
9	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	concern	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	for	O
13	many	O
14	years	O
15	,	O
16	but	O
17	are	O
18	much	O
19	better	O
20	now	O
21	than	O
22	in	O
23	1986	O
24	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	deuterium	OTHER
3	electrolysis	OTHER
4	isnt	O
5	normally	O
6	used	O
7	due	O
8	to	O
9	the	O
10	high	O
11	power	O
12	use	O
13	,	O
14	not	O
15	a	O
16	problem	O
17	for	O
18	a	O
19	reactor	O
20	station	O
21	.	O

1	With	OTHER
2	each	O
3	closure	O
4	of	O
5	an	O
6	operating	O
7	U.S.	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	plant	O
11	,	O
12	the	O
13	infrastructure	O
14	built	O
15	over	O
16	the	O
17	past	O
18	50	O
19	years	O
20	–	O
21	including	O
22	suppliers	O
23	,	O
24	vendors	O
25	,	O
26	operators	O
27	,	O
28	maintenance	O
29	and	O
30	manpower	O
31	–	O
32	becomes	O
33	increasingly	O
34	imperiled	O
35	as	O
36	it	O
37	serves	O
38	a	O
39	dwindling	O
40	number	O
41	of	O
42	plants	O
43	.	O

1	Fusion	O
2	,	O
3	of	O
4	course	O
5	,	O
6	is	O
7	the	O
8	ultimate	O
9	dream	O
10	:	O
11	virtually	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	unlimited	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	radiation-free	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	powered	O
18	by	O
19	the	RELIABILITY
20	most	RELIABILITY
21	abundant	RELIABILITY
22	element	RELIABILITY
23	in	O
24	the	O
25	universe	O
26	and	O
27	with	O
28	no	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	.	O

1	Nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	fusion	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	is	O
4	a	O
5	reality	O
6	,	O
7	we	O
8	have	O
9	observed	O
10	it	O
11	in	O
12	the	O
13	universe	O
14	yet	O
15	building	O
16	a	O
17	reactor	O
18	capable	O
19	of	O
20	producing	O
21	and	O
22	containing	O
23	it	O
24	is	O
25	still	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
26	decades	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
27	away	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
28	-	O
29	some	O
30	say	O
31	it	O
32	will	O
33	not	O
34	arrive	O
35	until	O
36	the	O
37	middle	O
38	of	O
39	this	O
40	century	O
41	at	O
42	the	O
43	very	O
44	earliest	O
45	(	O
46	17	O
47	,	O
48	p7-8	O
49	)	O
50	.	O

1	Fusion	O
2	offers	O
3	the	O
4	potential	O
5	for	O
6	basically	RELIABILITY
7	an	RELIABILITY
8	inexhaustible	RELIABILITY
9	source	RELIABILITY
10	of	RELIABILITY
11	energy	RELIABILITY
12	.	O

1	The	O
2	FFI	O
3	also	O
4	knows	O
5	that	O
6	NE	O
7	can	O
8	easily	O
9	replace	O
10	all	O
11	the	O
12	energy	O
13	produced	O
14	by	O
15	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
16	,	FOSSIL FUELS
17	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
18	,	FOSSIL FUELS
19	and	FOSSIL FUELS
20	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
21	.	O

1	This	OTHER
2	technology	OTHER
3	is	O
4	readily	O
5	available	O
6	,	O
7	it	O
8	does	O
9	not	O
10	have	O
11	to	O
12	be	O
13	developed	O
14	first	O
15	.	O

1	We	O
2	see	O
3	this	O
4	in	O
5	stars	O
6	(	O
7	17	O
8	,	O
9	p1	O
10	)	O
11	at	O
12	present	O
13	and	O
14	the	O
15	possibility	O
16	of	O
17	a	RELIABILITY
18	limitless	RELIABILITY
19	almost	RELIABILITY
20	cost-free	RELIABILITY
21	fuel	RELIABILITY
22	supply	RELIABILITY
23	is	O
24	a	O
25	veritable	O
26	holy	O
27	grail	O
28	for	O
29	our	RELIABILITY
30	existing	RELIABILITY
31	and	RELIABILITY
32	growing	RELIABILITY
33	power	RELIABILITY
34	needs	RELIABILITY
35	.	O

1	Also	O
2	,	O
3	if	O
4	we	O
5	know	O
6	how	O
7	to	O
8	control	O
9	atomic	O
10	fusion	O
11	,	O
12	the	O
13	same	O
14	reactions	O
15	that	O
16	fuel	O
17	the	O
18	sun	O
19	,	O
20	we	O
21	can	O
22	have	O
23	almost	RELIABILITY
24	unlimited	RELIABILITY
25	energy	RELIABILITY
26	.	O

1	I	OTHER
2	’ll	OTHER
3	bet	OTHER
4	this	O
5	functionality	O
6	will	O
7	be	O
8	beneficial	O
9	even	O
10	at	O
11	several	O
12	times	O
13	background	O
14	radiation	O
15	.	O

1	Besides	O
2	,	O
3	it	RELIABILITY
4	can	RELIABILITY
5	be	RELIABILITY
6	built	RELIABILITY
7	anywhere	RELIABILITY
8	,	O
9	provided	O
10	that	O
11	there	O
12	is	O
13	water	RELIABILITY
14	around	RELIABILITY
15	to	RELIABILITY
16	cool	RELIABILITY
17	the	O
18	reactors	O
19	.	O

1	I	O
2	have	O
3	heard	O
4	rumors	O
5	that	O
6	$	COSTS
7	1B	COSTS
8	would	O
9	be	O
10	enough	O
11	to	O
12	have	O
13	a	O
14	production	O
15	like	O
16	facility	O
17	that	O
18	would	O
19	be	O
20	able	O
21	to	O
22	produce	O
23	modular	O
24	systems	O
25	in	O
26	approx	COSTS
27	10	COSTS
28	years	COSTS
29	.	O

1	So	O
2	if	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	can	O
6	play	O
7	a	O
8	role	O
9	in	O
10	cooling	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	our	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	planet	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	,	O
14	the	O
15	Lantern	O
16	thinks	O
17	it	O
18	deserves	O
19	to	O
20	stay	O
21	on	O
22	the	O
23	table	O
24	.	O

1	The	RENEWABLES
2	sun	RENEWABLES
3	shines	RENEWABLES
4	only	RENEWABLES
5	part	RENEWABLES
6	of	RENEWABLES
7	the	RENEWABLES
8	time	RENEWABLES
9	in	O
10	much	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	world	O
14	,	O
15	but	O
16	nuclear	O
17	energy	O
18	is	O
19	beneficial	O
20	for	O
21	various	O
22	military	O
23	and	O
24	civilian	O
25	applications	O
26	.	O

1	Modern	OTHER
2	reactors	OTHER
3	are	O
4	being	O
5	built	O
6	overseas	O
7	in	O
8	many	O
9	countries	O
10	.	O

1	Since	O
2	the	O
3	development	O
4	of	O
5	the	WEAPONS
6	atomic	WEAPONS
7	bomb	WEAPONS
8	,	O
9	the	O
10	human	O
11	race	O
12	has	O
13	found	O
14	other	O
15	uses	O
16	for	O
17	this	O
18	technology	O
19	that	O
20	still	O
21	divides	O
22	people	O
23	-	O
24	it	O
25	provides	O
26	power	O
27	for	O
28	our	O
29	homes	O
30	and	O
31	has	O
32	medicinal	O
33	uses	O
34	.	O

1	So	O
2	the	O
3	reactor	O
4	may	O
5	be	O
6	cheap	COSTS
7	,	O
8	but	O
9	we	O
10	just	O
11	do	O
12	n’t	O
13	know	O
14	how	O
15	much	O
16	the	O
17	reprocessing	O
18	will	COSTS
19	cost	COSTS
20	.	O

1	On	OTHER
2	the	O
3	other	O
4	hand	O
5	,	O
6	if	O
7	reprocessing	O
8	really	O
9	works	O
10	as	O
11	well	O
12	this	O
13	may	O
14	be	O
15	a	O
16	major	O
17	proliferation	O
18	concern	O
19	–	O
20	not	O
21	only	O
22	getting	O
23	Pa233	O
24	but	O
25	also	O
26	Pu239	O
27	from	O
28	a	O
29	reactor	O
30	running	O
31	on	O
32	normal	O
33	LEU	O
34	.	O

1	If	O
2	SA	O
3	could	O
4	find	O
5	a	O
6	place	O
7	away	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	from	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	human	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	cities	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	towns	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	that	O
14	could	O
15	be	O
16	used	O
17	for	O
18	a	O
19	nuclear	O
20	power	O
21	plant	O
22	,	O
23	I	O
24	think	O
25	it	O
26	could	O
27	work	O
28	.	O

1	A	O
2	standard	O
3	plant	O
4	could	COSTS
5	cost	COSTS
6	as	O
7	little	O
8	as	O
9	$	O
10	2	O
11	billion	O
12	,	O
13	she	O
14	said	O
15	,	O
16	a	O
17	fraction	O
18	of	O
19	the	O
20	cost	O
21	of	O
22	a	O
23	uranium-based	O
24	plant	O
25	.	O

1	Depending	O
2	on	O
3	reactor	O
4	design	O
5	,	O
6	there	O
7	may	RELIABILITY
8	not	RELIABILITY
9	be	RELIABILITY
10	enough	RELIABILITY
11	Helium-3	RELIABILITY
12	fuel	RELIABILITY
13	on	RELIABILITY
14	earth	RELIABILITY
15	to	RELIABILITY
16	supply	RELIABILITY
17	it	RELIABILITY
18	.	O

1	We	O
2	do	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	n't	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	have	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	many	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	natural	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	disasters	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	so	O
9	that	O
10	means	O
11	we	O
12	have	O
13	some	O
14	of	O
15	the	O
16	best	O
17	places	O
18	to	O
19	put	O
20	it	O
21	.	O

1	Any	O
2	such	O
3	material	O
4	is	O
5	transported	O
6	in	O
7	containers	O
8	designed	O
9	to	O
10	ensure	O
11	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	in	O
13	any	O
14	circumstance	O
15	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	logic	OTHER
3	in	O
4	making	O
5	it	O
6	a	O
7	generalisation	O
8	is	O
9	obviously	O
10	flawed	O
11	.	O

1	New	OTHER
2	techniques	OTHER
3	could	O
4	extend	O
5	this	O
6	to	O
7	30,000	O
8	years	O
9	,	O
10	even	O
11	60,000	O
12	.	O

1	People	O
2	dont	O
3	know	O
4	that	O
5	in	O
6	the	O
7	production	O
8	of	O
9	PV	RENEWABLES
10	nitrous	RENEWABLES
11	trifluoride	RENEWABLES
12	is	O
13	released	O
14	,	O
15	which	O
16	is	O
17	a	O
18	17,200	O
19	times	O
20	stronger	O
21	greenhouse	O
22	gas	O
23	than	O
24	CO2	O
25	,	O
26	thus	O
27	completely	O
28	defeating	O
29	PV	RENEWABLES
30	.	O

1	Public	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	ignorance	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	of	O
4	general	O
5	industrial	O
6	standards	O
7	of	O
8	performance	O
9	means	O
10	that	O
11	trivial	O
12	incidents	O
13	can	O
14	acquire	O
15	high	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	profile	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	in	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	media	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	.	O

1	So	O
2	of	O
3	course	O
4	the	O
5	first	O
6	jets	O
7	had	O
8	construction	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	mistakes	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	crashed	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	,	O
13	but	O
14	we	O
15	learned	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
16	and	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	build	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	better	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	jets	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	.	O

1	Australia	OTHER
2	has	O
3	all	O
4	ready	O
5	enough	O
6	power	O
7	.	O

1	“	O
2	Money	O
3	could	O
4	be	O
5	spent	O
6	on	O
7	other	O
8	energies	O
9	”	O
10	Why	O
11	would	O
12	anyone	O
13	in	O
14	his	O
15	right	O
16	mind	O
17	want	O
18	to	O
19	spend	O
20	money	O
21	on	O
22	something	O
23	else	O
24	where	O
25	he	O
26	would	RELIABILITY
27	either	RELIABILITY
28	get	RELIABILITY
29	less	RELIABILITY
30	energy	RELIABILITY
31	,	O
32	prevent	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	less	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
35	,	O
36	cause	HEALTH EFFECTS
37	more	HEALTH EFFECTS
38	deaths	HEALTH EFFECTS
39	and	O
40	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	pollution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	?	O

1	Even	O
2	if	O
3	these	O
4	technologies	O
5	were	O
6	ready	O
7	,	O
8	they	O
9	would	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	n’t	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	be	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	deployable	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	commercially	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	for	O
15	another	O
16	two	O
17	decades	O
18	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	and	O
5	why	O
6	cant	O
7	they	O
8	save	O
9	it	O
10	for	O
11	when	O
12	the	O
13	world	O
14	runs	O
15	out	O
16	of	O
17	the	O
18	power	O
19	we	O
20	are	O
21	using	O
22	now	O
23	?	O

1	Waste	O
2	not	O
3	properly	O
4	isolated	O
5	from	O
6	the	O
7	public	O
8	and	O
9	the	O
10	generally	O
11	accessible	O
12	environment	O
13	may	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	contaminate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	air	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	soil	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	supplies	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	.	O
23	”	O

1	Thirdly	OTHER
2	it	O
3	has	O
4	n't	O
5	happened	O
6	for	O
7	many	O
8	years	O
9	in	O
10	most	O
11	countries	O
12	.	O

1	My	O
2	reasons	O
3	are	O
4	because	O
5	it	O
6	can	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	exsplode	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	thousands	O
11	of	O
12	people	O
13	in	O
14	lots	O
15	of	O
16	locations	O
17	in	O
18	the	O
19	world	O
20	.	O

1	If	O
2	you	O
3	bring	O
4	in	O
5	a	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	talented	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	marketing	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	agency	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	you	O
10	could	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	not	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	only	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	raise	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	awareness	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	you	O
17	could	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	even	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	make	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	it	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	sexy	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	,	O
23	then	O
24	people	PUBLIC DEBATE
25	will	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	be	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	demanding	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	it	O
29	.	O

1	Should	OTHER
2	the	O
3	welfare	O
4	of	O
5	our	O
6	planet	O
7	be	O
8	looked	O
9	at	O
10	in	O
11	profit	O
12	and	O
13	loss	O
14	terms	O
15	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	suitable	O
5	for	O
6	shipping	O
7	,	O
8	particularly	O
9	for	O
10	vessels	O
11	that	O
12	spend	O
13	a	O
14	lot	O
15	of	O
16	time	O
17	at	O
18	sea	O
19	,	O
20	this	O
21	is	O
22	why	O
23	it	O
24	has	O
25	proven	O
26	most	O
27	useful	O
28	for	O
29	military	O
30	applications	O
31	for	O
32	submarines	O
33	that	O
34	are	O
35	often	O
36	away	O
37	for	O
38	many	O
39	months	O
40	at	O
41	a	O
42	time	O
43	(	O
44	6	O
45	)	O
46	-	O
47	the	O
48	UK	O
49	'	O
50	s	O
51	Trident	O
52	fleet	O
53	is	O
54	nuclear	O
55	,	O
56	as	O
57	are	O
58	most	O
59	aircraft	O
60	carriers	O
61	in	O
62	US	O
63	and	O
64	European	O
65	navies	O
66	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	broadly	O
4	accessible	O
5	,	O
6	there	O
7	is	O
8	a	O
9	lot	O
10	in	O
11	storage	O
12	,	O
13	and	O
14	it	O
15	is	O
16	believed	O
17	that	O
18	the	RELIABILITY
19	supply	RELIABILITY
20	is	RELIABILITY
21	going	RELIABILITY
22	to	RELIABILITY
23	last	RELIABILITY
24	much	RELIABILITY
25	,	RELIABILITY
26	much	RELIABILITY
27	longer	RELIABILITY
28	than	O
29	that	O
30	of	O
31	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
32	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
33	that	O
34	are	O
35	used	O
36	in	O
37	the	O
38	same	O
39	capacity	O
40	.	O

1	Civil	O
2	waste	O
3	and	O
4	spent	WASTE
5	fuel	WASTE
6	storage	WASTE
7	is	O
8	also	O
9	robust	O
10	and	O
11	often	O
12	below	O
13	ground	O
14	level	O
15	.	O

1	The	O
2	currently	O
3	favoured	O
4	‘	O
5	solution	O
6	’	O
7	of	O
8	burying	WASTE
9	the	WASTE
10	waste	WASTE
11	in	O
12	bedrock	O
13	and	O
14	sealing	O
15	off	O
16	access	O
17	for	O
18	ever	O
19	is	O
20	desperate	O
21	and	O
22	irresponsible	O
23	.	O

1	In	O
2	the	O
3	meantime	O
4	,	O
5	dry-cask	WASTE
6	storage	WASTE
7	can	O
8	get	O
9	us	O
10	through	O
11	the	O
12	coming	O
13	century	O
14	,	O
15	but	O
16	those	WASTE
17	used	WASTE
18	fuel	WASTE
19	rods	WASTE
20	will	WASTE
21	remain	WASTE
22	a	WASTE
23	problem	WASTE
24	for	O
25	at	O
26	least	O
27	another	O
28	9,900	O
29	years	O
30	after	O
31	that	O
32	.	O

1	Declaring	O
2	that	O
3	renewables	RENEWABLES
4	can	O
5	not	O
6	do	O
7	the	O
8	job	O
9	is	O
10	downright	O
11	stupid	O
12	.	O

1	Storage	WASTE
2	is	O
3	safe	O
4	and	O
5	secure	O
6	,	O
7	plans	O
8	are	O
9	well	O
10	in	O
11	hand	O
12	for	O
13	eventual	WASTE
14	disposal	WASTE
15	.	O

1	They	OTHER
2	Do	O
3	Just	O
4	Fine	O
5	With	O
6	Neculer	O
7	Power	O
8	.	O

1	Australia	O
2	is	O
3	a	O
4	stable	O
5	country	O
6	which	O
7	means	O
8	we	O
9	do	O
10	n't	O
11	have	O
12	many	O
13	natural	O
14	disasters	O
15	so	O
16	there	O
17	is	O
18	minimal	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	danger	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	and	O
21	it	O
22	is	O
23	easy	O
24	to	O
25	store	O
26	waste	WASTE
27	safely	O
28	.	O

1	This	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	has	O
4	to	O
5	be	O
6	maintained	O
7	,	O
8	monitored	O
9	and	O
10	guarded	O
11	to	O
12	prevent	O
13	the	O
14	materials	O
15	from	O
16	falling	O
17	into	O
18	the	O
19	wrong	O
20	hands	O
21	.	O

1	Australia	O
2	has	O
3	many	O
4	places	O
5	far	O
6	away	O
7	from	O
8	everybody	O
9	so	O
10	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	one	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	would	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	get	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	hurt	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	.	O

1	The	O
2	more	O
3	technology	O
4	is	O
5	available	O
6	and	O
7	the	O
8	more	O
9	different	O
10	opportunities	O
11	you	O
12	have	O
13	for	O
14	reducing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	,	O
17	the	O
18	less	COSTS
19	costly	COSTS
20	those	O
21	pathways	O
22	[	O
23	to	O
24	2	O
25	C	O
26	]	O
27	tend	O
28	to	O
29	be	O
30	,	O
31	he	O
32	said	O
33	.	O

1	Again	O
2	,	O
3	if	O
4	it	O
5	is	O
6	all	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	about	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	then	O
10	why	O
11	is	O
12	n’t	O
13	the	O
14	USA	O
15	building	O
16	NPPs	O
17	?	O

1	For	O
2	example	O
3	,	O
4	billions	O
5	of	O
6	becquerels	O
7	of	O
8	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	leaking	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	from	O
11	Fukushima	O
12	are	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	thrown	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	around	PUBLIC DEBATE
15	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	lay	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	audiences	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	who	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	have	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	no	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	idea	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	what	O
23	a	O
24	becquerel	O
25	is	O
26	.	O

1	The	O
2	thinking	O
3	is	O
4	that	O
5	big	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	corporations	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	are	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	motivated	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	only	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	distort	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	truth	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	,	O
15	minimize	O
16	legal	O
17	exposure	O
18	,	O
19	withhold	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	information	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	,	O
22	and	O
23	to	O
24	make	O
25	money	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	at	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	expense	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
32	good	PUBLIC DEBATE
33	if	O
34	necessary	O
35	.	O

1	There	OTHER
2	are	O
3	simply	O
4	many	O
5	good	O
6	things	O
7	to	O
8	say	O
9	.	O

1	World-wide	OTHER
2	recognized	OTHER
3	climate	OTHER
4	experts	OTHER
5	like	O
6	Fred	O
7	Singer	O
8	have	O
9	been	O
10	highly	O
11	critical	O
12	of	O
13	AGW	O
14	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	will	O
3	also	O
4	be	O
5	a	O
6	good	O
7	job	O
8	to	O
9	get	O
10	money	O
11	and	O
12	kids	O
13	might	O
14	study	O
15	on	O
16	it	O
17	.	O

1	Finaly	O
2	we	O
3	can	WASTE
4	store	WASTE
5	it	WASTE
6	safely	WASTE
7	.	O

1	However	OTHER
2	when	O
3	you	O
4	look	O
5	at	O
6	the	O
7	extensive	O
8	list	O
9	of	O
10	pros	O
11	you	O
12	mentioned	O
13	I	O
14	think	O
15	like	O
16	you	O
17	probably	O
18	,	O
19	wow	O
20	why	O
21	has	O
22	n’t	O
23	this	O
24	process	O
25	been	O
26	studied	O
27	and	O
28	restudied	O
29	over	O
30	and	O
31	over	O
32	since	O
33	the	O
34	early	O
35	60	O
36	’s	O
37	.	O

1	So	O
2	hoping	O
3	for	O
4	much	COSTS
5	lower	COSTS
6	cost	COSTS
7	is	O
8	possible	O
9	,	O
10	but	O
11	for	O
12	now	O
13	this	O
14	is	O
15	wishful	O
16	thinking	O
17	.	O

1	The	O
2	Jervis	O
3	Bay	O
4	plan	O
5	eventually	O
6	was	O
7	dropped	O
8	mainly	O
9	due	O
10	to	O
11	economic	COSTS
12	considerations	COSTS
13	.	O

1	Nevertheless	OTHER
2	,	O
3	all	O
4	this	O
5	means	O
6	is	O
7	that	O
8	we	O
9	have	O
10	to	O
11	remain	O
12	open	O
13	to	O
14	future	O
15	replacements	O
16	of	O
17	theoretical	O
18	positions	O
19	,	O
20	but	O
21	holding	O
22	such	O
23	positions	O
24	,	O
25	even	O
26	if	O
27	temporarily	O
28	,	O
29	is	O
30	necessary	O
31	for	O
32	us	O
33	to	O
34	be	O
35	able	O
36	to	O
37	operate	O
38	in	O
39	the	O
40	real	O
41	world	O
42	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	because	O
5	it	O
6	is	O
7	been	O
8	droped	O
9	on	O
10	Japan	O
11	,	O
12	Russia	O
13	and	O
14	other	O
15	countries	O
16	.	O

1	Otherwise	OTHER
2	is	O
3	hard	O
4	to	O
5	beat	O
6	.	O

1	Not	O
2	only	O
3	so	O
4	,	O
5	they	O
6	are	O
7	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	sought-after	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	risk	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	because	O
11	of	O
12	their	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	high	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	engineering	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	operational	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	standards	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	is	O
3	one	O
4	of	O
5	the	O
6	significant	O
7	sources	O
8	of	O
9	power	O
10	all	O
11	through	O
12	the	O
13	country	O
14	.	O

1	Rendering	O
2	parts	O
3	of	O
4	our	O
5	planet	O
6	permanently	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	uninhabitable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	is	O
9	more	O
10	than	O
11	a	O
12	“	O
13	thorny	O
14	”	O
15	problem	O
16	.	O

1	Efforts	O
2	to	O
3	recycle	O
4	it	O
5	into	O
6	consumer	O
7	goods	O
8	threaten	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	our	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	.	O

1	*	O
2	Low	COSTS
3	operating	COSTS
4	costs	COSTS
5	(	O
6	relatively	O
7	)	O
8	.	O

1	It	O
2	flagrantly	O
3	contradicts	O
4	with	O
5	the	O
6	thoughts	O
7	of	O
8	sustainability	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	if	O
10	future	O
11	generations	O
12	have	O
13	to	O
14	deal	O
15	with	O
16	dangerous	O
17	waste	O
18	generated	O
19	from	O
20	preceding	O
21	generations	O
22	.	O

1	Wastes	WASTE
2	are	O
3	contained	O
4	and	O
5	managed	O
6	,	O
7	not	O
8	released	O
9	.	O

1	For	O
2	now	O
3	,	O
4	I	O
5	do	O
6	n't	O
7	think	O
8	it	O
9	'	O
10	s	O
11	a	O
12	good	O
13	idea	O
14	because	O
15	it	O
16	can	O
17	be	O
18	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	and	O
20	because	O
21	it	O
22	produces	O
23	a	O
24	lot	O
25	of	O
26	dangerous	WASTE
27	waste	WASTE
28	.	O

1	In	OTHER
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	considering	O
5	all	O
6	inputs	O
7	including	O
8	waste	O
9	management	O
10	,	O
11	less	O
12	than	O
13	6	O
14	%	O
15	of	O
16	the	O
17	output	O
18	is	O
19	required	O
20	,	O
21	usually	O
22	only	O
23	2-3	O
24	%	O
25	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	is	O
3	a	O
4	waste	O
5	of	O
6	valuable	O
7	resources	O
8	and	O
9	should	O
10	not	O
11	be	O
12	pursued	O
13	.	O

1	You	O
2	Can	O
3	Put	O
4	Neucler	WASTE
5	Waste	WASTE
6	In	O
7	Less	O
8	Populated	O
9	Areas	O
10	.	O

1	When	O
2	you	O
3	consider	RELIABILITY
4	the	RELIABILITY
5	world	RELIABILITY
6	’s	RELIABILITY
7	energy	RELIABILITY
8	needs	RELIABILITY
9	,	O
10	green	RENEWABLES
11	is	RENEWABLES
12	a	RENEWABLES
13	joke	RENEWABLES
14	.	O

1	Even	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	major	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	as	O
8	at	O
9	Fukushima	O
10	in	O
11	2011	O
12	would	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	not	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	endanger	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	its	O
16	neighbours	O
17	.	O

1	Some	O
2	people	O
3	say	O
4	that	O
5	it	O
6	is	O
7	really	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	because	O
10	if	O
11	one	O
12	small	O
13	thing	O
14	goes	O
15	wrong	O
16	it	O
17	can	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	cause	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	big	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	destruction	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	but	O
22	I	O
23	say	O
24	Australia	O
25	is	O
26	a	O
27	very	O
28	stable	O
29	place	O
30	.	O

1	When	O
2	there	O
3	are	O
4	so	RENEWABLES
5	many	RENEWABLES
6	cheaper	RENEWABLES
7	,	RENEWABLES
8	safer	RENEWABLES
9	,	RENEWABLES
10	cleaner	RENEWABLES
11	and	RENEWABLES
12	more	RENEWABLES
13	sustainable	RENEWABLES
14	alternatives	RENEWABLES
15	,	O
16	why	O
17	the	O
18	debate	O
19	?	O

1	He	O
2	notes	O
3	that	O
4	'	O
5	If	ENERGY POLICY
6	we	ENERGY POLICY
7	banned	ENERGY POLICY
8	everything	ENERGY POLICY
9	that	ENERGY POLICY
10	can	ENERGY POLICY
11	be	ENERGY POLICY
12	used	ENERGY POLICY
13	to	ENERGY POLICY
14	kill	ENERGY POLICY
15	people	WEAPONS
16	,	O
17	we	O
18	would	O
19	never	O
20	have	O
21	harnessed	O
22	fire	O
23	.	O
24	'	O

1	The	O
2	local	O
3	fuel	O
4	processing	O
5	of	O
6	the	O
7	breeder	O
8	and	O
9	burner	O
10	configurations	O
11	eliminates	O
12	the	WEAPONS
13	possibility	WEAPONS
14	of	WEAPONS
15	diversion	WEAPONS
16	during	WEAPONS
17	transport	WEAPONS
18	.	O

1	Safeguards	O
2	would	O
3	detect	O
4	any	WEAPONS
5	diversion	WEAPONS
6	.	O

1	Petrol	FOSSIL FUELS
2	tankers	FOSSIL FUELS
3	on	O
4	a	O
5	public	O
6	road	O
7	are	O
8	more	O
9	of	O
10	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	hazard	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	than	O
13	any	O
14	radioactive	O
15	material	O
16	in	O
17	transit	O
18	anywhere	O
19	.	O

1	Do	OTHER
2	n’t	O
3	we	O
4	at	O
5	the	O
6	very	O
7	least	O
8	risk	O
9	putting	O
10	off	O
11	implementation	O
12	of	O
13	programs	O
14	that	O
15	will	O
16	greatly	O
17	improve	O
18	our	O
19	planet	O
20	until	O
21	it	O
22	is	O
23	to	O
24	late	O
25	or	O
26	very	O
27	difficult	O
28	at	O
29	best	O
30	to	O
31	reverse	O
32	the	O
33	effects	O
34	of	O
35	continued	O
36	population	O
37	growth	O
38	and	O
39	the	O
40	negatives	O
41	associated	O
42	with	O
43	this	O
44	growth	O
45	.	O

1	And	O
2	it	O
3	’s	O
4	a	O
5	similar	O
6	case	O
7	for	O
8	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
9	as	O
10	it	O
11	’s	O
12	virtually	O
13	all	O
14	used	O
15	for	O
16	transport	O
17	-	O
18	nuclear	O
19	power	O
20	ca	O
21	n’t	O
22	take	O
23	its	O
24	place	O
25	.	O

1	This	O
2	lack	O
3	of	O
4	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	can	O
7	be	O
8	very	O
9	attractive	O
10	to	O
11	some	O
12	consumers	O
13	.	O

1	Dishonest	O
2	representation	O
3	of	O
4	the	O
5	potential	O
6	of	O
7	other	O
8	low	O
9	carbon	O
10	alternatives	O
11	does	O
12	not	O
13	add	O
14	extra	O
15	credibility	O
16	to	O
17	MSR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	and	O
19	it	O
20	does	O
21	not	O
22	help	O
23	the	O
24	sense	O
25	of	O
26	urgency	O
27	among	O
28	developers	O
29	of	O
30	MSR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
31	to	O
32	claim	O
33	that	O
34	there	O
35	is	O
36	no	O
37	real	O
38	competition	O
39	.	O

1	The	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	extensive	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	coverage	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	of	O
5	such	O
6	accidents	O
7	was	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	distorted	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	heavily	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	by	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	mass	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	media	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	and	O
15	distorted	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	even	O
17	further	O
18	by	O
19	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	ignorant	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	population	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	that	O
23	believed	O
24	them	O
25	.	O

1	Modern	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	designs	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	are	O
4	modular	O
5	,	O
6	smaller	COSTS
7	and	COSTS
8	quicker	COSTS
9	to	O
10	build	O
11	(	O
12	less	COSTS
13	interest	COSTS
14	costs	COSTS
15	)	O
16	,	O
17	thus	O
18	further	O
19	improving	O
20	economics	O
21	.	O

1	It	O
2	has	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	also	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	exploded	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	in	O
6	Russia	O
7	,	O
8	the	O
9	same	O
10	thing	O
11	happened	O
12	to	O
13	Japan	O
14	.	O

1	The	O
2	FFI	O
3	is	O
4	taking	O
5	advantage	O
6	of	O
7	the	O
8	fact	O
9	that	O
10	98	O
11	%	O
12	of	O
13	the	O
14	public	O
15	do	O
16	not	O
17	understand	O
18	the	O
19	basic	O
20	physics	O
21	of	O
22	energy	O
23	and	O
24	many	O
25	of	O
26	them	O
27	have	O
28	been	O
29	duped	O
30	into	O
31	believing	O
32	that	O
33	wind	RENEWABLES
34	and	RENEWABLES
35	solar	RENEWABLES
36	can	O
37	supply	O
38	the	O
39	world	O
40	’s	O
41	energy	O
42	needs	O
43	.	O

1	Yet	O
2	many	O
3	of	O
4	the	O
5	articles	O
6	that	O
7	describe	O
8	their	O
9	lives	O
10	still	O
11	,	O
12	out	O
13	of	O
14	oxymoronic	O
15	habit	O
16	,	O
17	use	O
18	scare	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	phrases	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	like	O
21	“	O
22	toxic	O
23	wasteland	O
24	,	O
25	”	O
26	“	O
27	most	O
28	highly	O
29	contaminated	O
30	on	O
31	earth	O
32	,	O
33	”	O
34	and	O
35	so	O
36	on	O
37	.	O

1	Perhaps	O
2	most	O
3	significantly	O
4	,	O
5	it	O
6	will	O
7	squander	O
8	the	O
9	resources	O
10	necessary	O
11	to	O
12	implement	O
13	meaningful	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	solutions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	.	O

1	IT	O
2	IS	O
3	PROPAGANDA	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	for	O
5	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	low	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	information	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	audience	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	and	O
10	the	O
11	green	O
12	zealots	O
13	.	O

1	It	O
2	will	O
3	be	O
4	secure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	not	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	harm	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	anyone	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	and	O
10	it	O
11	will	COSTS
12	save	COSTS
13	us	COSTS
14	fortunes	COSTS
15	.	O

1	The	O
2	best	O
3	part	O
4	is	O
5	that	O
6	this	O
7	energy	O
8	has	O
9	a	RELIABILITY
10	persistent	RELIABILITY
11	supply	RELIABILITY
12	.	O

1	He	O
2	abhors	O
3	adjectives	O
4	,	O
5	like	O
6	“	O
7	devastating	O
8	,	O
9	”	O
10	“	O
11	disastrous	O
12	,	O
13	”	O
14	and	O
15	the	O
16	like	O
17	,	O
18	and	O
19	instead	O
20	goes	O
21	for	O
22	numbers	O
23	to	O
24	render	O
25	comparisons	O
26	visible	O
27	,	O
28	a	O
29	practice	O
30	that	O
31	is	O
32	vigorously	O
33	shunned	O
34	by	O
35	fear	PUBLIC DEBATE
36	mongers	PUBLIC DEBATE
37	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	profitability	OTHER
3	of	O
4	selling	O
5	hydrocarbons	O
6	will	O
7	be	O
8	diminished	O
9	long	O
10	before	O
11	they	O
12	lose	O
13	significant	O
14	sales	O
15	volume	O
16	measured	O
17	by	O
18	amount	O
19	of	O
20	material	O
21	,	O
22	not	O
23	by	O
24	dollar	O
25	value	O
26	.	O

1	First	O
2	,	O
3	it	O
4	'	O
5	s	O
6	not	O
7	carbon-free	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	,	O
9	no	O
10	matter	O
11	what	O
12	the	O
13	advocates	O
14	tell	O
15	you	O
16	.	O

1	Also	O
2	,	O
3	once	O
4	the	WASTE
5	fuel	WASTE
6	is	WASTE
7	used	WASTE
8	,	O
9	you	O
10	ca	O
11	n’t	O
12	simply	O
13	take	O
14	it	O
15	to	O
16	the	O
17	landfill	O
18	–	O
19	it	O
20	’s	O
21	radioactive	O
22	and	O
23	dangerous	O
24	.	O

1	In	O
2	which	O
3	time	O
4	,	O
5	with	O
6	greener	O
7	technology	O
8	always	O
9	under	O
10	development	O
11	,	O
12	it	O
13	could	O
14	fall	O
15	behind	O
16	or	O
17	become	COSTS
18	obsolete	COSTS
19	by	COSTS
20	the	COSTS
21	time	COSTS
22	of	COSTS
23	completion	COSTS
24	.	O

1	They	OTHER
2	also	O
3	say	O
4	that	O
5	many	O
6	countries	O
7	have	O
8	problems	O
9	with	O
10	the	O
11	source	O
12	of	O
13	energy	O
14	but	O
15	their	O
16	wrong	O
17	most	O
18	of	O
19	the	O
20	countries	O
21	are	O
22	doing	O
23	just	O
24	fine	O
25	.	O

1	The	O
2	cons	O
3	are	O
4	just	O
5	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	standard	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	greenpeace	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	lies	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	.	O

1	I	OTHER
2	do	O
3	n't	O
4	really	O
5	have	O
6	to	O
7	answer	O
8	this	O
9	for	O
10	the	O
11	primary	O
12	objective	O
13	of	O
14	showing	O
15	the	O
16	sustainability	O
17	of	O
18	progress	O
19	,	O
20	because	O
21	I	O
22	need	O
23	only	O
24	show	O
25	that	O
26	it	O
27	is	O
28	economical	O
29	enough	O
30	to	O
31	sustain	O
32	progress	O
33	.	O

1	Lots	O
2	of	O
3	countries	O
4	have	O
5	not	O
6	had	O
7	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	so	O
9	why	O
10	should	O
11	we	O
12	.	O

1	When	OTHER
2	corporations	O
3	are	O
4	confronted	O
5	with	O
6	the	O
7	environmental	O
8	pollution	O
9	,	O
10	concern	O
11	for	O
12	profitability	O
13	dictates	O
14	that	O
15	efforts	O
16	will	O
17	be	O
18	made	O
19	to	O
20	merely	O
21	clean	O
22	up	O
23	the	O
24	mess	O
25	,	O
26	rather	O
27	than	O
28	change	O
29	the	O
30	structures	O
31	responsible	O
32	for	O
33	the	O
34	pollution	O
35	.	O

1	Advances	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	in	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	technology	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	will	O
5	bring	O
6	the	COSTS
7	cost	COSTS
8	down	O
9	further	O
10	in	O
11	the	O
12	future	O
13	.	O
14	"	O

1	In	O
2	other	O
3	words	O
4	,	O
5	profitability	COSTS
6	of	O
7	this	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	environmentally	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	sound	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	technology	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	is	O
12	minimal	O
13	.	O

1	While	O
2	recycling	O
3	efforts	O
4	of	O
5	this	WASTE
6	waste	WASTE
7	product	WASTE
8	have	O
9	been	O
10	undertaken	O
11	in	O
12	recent	O
13	years	O
14	,	O
15	the	O
16	storage	O
17	of	O
18	the	O
19	by-product	O
20	could	O
21	lead	O
22	to	O
23	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	through	O
25	leaks	O
26	or	O
27	containment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	failures	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	.	O

1	Quite	O
2	to	O
3	the	O
4	contrary	O
5	especially	O
6	wind	RENEWABLES
7	power	RENEWABLES
8	and	RENEWABLES
9	solar	RENEWABLES
10	power	RENEWABLES
11	is	O
12	reducing	O
13	cost	O
14	so	O
15	fast	O
16	that	O
17	the	O
18	window	O
19	of	O
20	opportunity	O
21	for	O
22	MSR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
23	is	O
24	closing	O
25	fast	O
26	simply	O
27	because	O
28	being	O
29	able	O
30	to	O
31	produce	O
32	energy	O
33	with	O
34	MSR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
35	’s	O
36	is	O
37	not	O
38	enough	O
39	you	O
40	also	O
41	have	O
42	to	O
43	be	O
44	competitive	O
45	in	O
46	the	O
47	market	O
48	place	O
49	.	O

1	Experience	O
2	to	O
3	date	O
4	gives	O
5	a	O
6	good	O
7	idea	O
8	of	O
9	costs	COSTS
10	and	O
11	earlier	COSTS
12	estimates	COSTS
13	are	COSTS
14	being	COSTS
15	revised	COSTS
16	downwards	COSTS
17	.	O

1	Some	O
2	argue	O
3	against	O
4	its	COSTS
5	economic	COSTS
6	viability	COSTS
7	as	O
8	well	O
9	.	O

1	Alleviating	O
2	the	O
3	potential	O
4	for	O
5	one	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	catastrophe	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	by	O
9	creating	O
10	another	O
11	one	O
12	is	O
13	not	O
14	the	O
15	answer	O
16	.	O

1	At	O
2	present	O
3	,	O
4	there	O
5	is	O
6	a	O
7	worrisome	O
8	groundswell	O
9	of	O
10	opinion	O
11	that	O
12	renewable	RENEWABLES
13	energy	RENEWABLES
14	is	O
15	sufficient	O
16	to	O
17	hit	O
18	that	O
19	target	O
20	,	O
21	Wigley	O
22	of	O
23	the	O
24	University	O
25	of	O
26	Adelaide	O
27	said	O
28	.	O

1	Waste	WASTE
2	lasts	O
3	200	O
4	–	O
5	500	O
6	thousand	O
7	years	O
8	.	O

1	And	O
2	once	O
3	the	WASTE
4	fuel	WASTE
5	is	WASTE
6	spent	WASTE
7	,	O
8	you	O
9	ca	WASTE
10	n't	WASTE
11	just	WASTE
12	throw	WASTE
13	it	WASTE
14	in	O
15	the	O
16	city	O
17	dump	O
18	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	available	OTHER
3	resources	OTHER
4	may	O
5	be	O
6	spread	O
7	so	O
8	thin	O
9	that	O
10	agencies	O
11	are	O
12	unable	O
13	adequately	O
14	to	O
15	pursue	O
16	protection	O
17	of	O
18	the	O
19	physical	O
20	environment	O
21	and	O
22	natural	O
23	resources	O
24	.	O

1	Secondly	O
2	,	O
3	Australia	O
4	is	O
5	a	O
6	stable	O
7	country	O
8	so	O
9	we	O
10	will	O
11	rarely	O
12	have	O
13	natural	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	disasters.Thirdly	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	,	O
16	it	O
17	is	O
18	a	O
19	back	O
20	up	O
21	power	O
22	source	O
23	in	O
24	case	O
25	we	O
26	run	O
27	out	O
28	of	O
29	resources	O
30	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	permanent	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	‘	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	dead	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	zone	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	.	O

1	Further	OTHER
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	transport	O
5	casks	O
6	are	O
7	massive	O
8	because	O
9	of	O
10	the	O
11	required	O
12	amounts	O
13	of	O
14	shielding	O
15	.	O

1	And	O
2	it	O
3	is	O
4	incorrect	O
5	to	O
6	call	O
7	it	O
8	waste	WASTE
9	,	O
10	because	O
11	95	O
12	percent	O
13	of	O
14	the	O
15	potential	O
16	energy	O
17	is	O
18	still	O
19	contained	O
20	in	O
21	the	WASTE
22	used	WASTE
23	fuel	WASTE
24	after	O
25	the	O
26	first	O
27	cycle	O
28	.	O

1	Ninety-five	O
2	percent	O
3	of	O
4	a	WASTE
5	spent	WASTE
6	fuel	WASTE
7	rod	WASTE
8	is	O
9	plain	O
10	old	O
11	U-238	O
12	,	O
13	the	WASTE
14	nonfissionable	WASTE
15	variety	WASTE
16	that	O
17	exists	O
18	in	O
19	granite	O
20	tabletops	O
21	,	O
22	stone	O
23	buildings	O
24	and	O
25	the	O
26	coal	O
27	burned	O
28	in	O
29	coal	O
30	plants	O
31	to	O
32	generate	O
33	electricity	O
34	.	O

1	Keeley	O
2	said	O
3	the	O
4	market	O
5	"	O
6	is	O
7	n't	O
8	delivering	O
9	to	O
10	us	O
11	what	O
12	we	O
13	actually	O
14	want	O
15	,	O
16	"	O
17	but	O
18	instead	O
19	is	O
20	providing	O
21	a	O
22	"	O
23	flood	O
24	of	O
25	electricity	O
26	from	O
27	super-cheap	FOSSIL FUELS
28	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
29	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
30	,	O
31	which	O
32	is	O
33	cleaner	O
34	than	O
35	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
36	but	O
37	is	O
38	n't	O
39	really	O
40	clean	O
41	.	O
42	"	O

1	The	O
2	the	O
3	WHO	O
4	,	O
5	UN	O
6	,	O
7	etc	O
8	.	O
9	,	O
10	ca	O
11	n’t	O
12	be	O
13	trusted	O
14	in	O
15	their	O
16	belief	O
17	that	O
18	NPPs	O
19	are	O
20	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	and	O
22	environmentally	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	harmless	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	.	O

1	If	O
2	people	O
3	can	O
4	be	O
5	convinced	O
6	that	O
7	starting	O
8	endless	O
9	wars	O
10	and	O
11	maintaining	O
12	1400	O
13	overseas	O
14	military	O
15	bases	O
16	has	O
17	anything	O
18	to	O
19	do	O
20	with	O
21	providing	O
22	security	O
23	for	O
24	the	O
25	nation	O
26	,	O
27	surely	O
28	a	O
29	simple	O
30	but	O
31	sustained	O
32	ad	O
33	campaign	O
34	could	O
35	define	O
36	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
37	power	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
38	as	O
39	something	O
40	entirely	O
41	different	O
42	from	O
43	the	O
44	bad	O
45	nuclear	O
46	power	O
47	plants	O
48	that	O
49	melted	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
50	down	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
51	in	O
52	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
53	.	O

1	Having	O
2	studied	O
3	many	O
4	reports	O
5	and	O
6	original	O
7	ORNL	O
8	documents	O
9	regarding	O
10	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	,	O
12	it	O
13	turns	O
14	out	O
15	that	O
16	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	is	O
18	truly	O
19	dreadful	O
20	technology	O
21	.	O

1	Rickover	O
2	’s	O
3	and	O
4	France	O
5	’s	O
6	experience	O
7	with	O
8	sodium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	cooled	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	has	O
12	shown	O
13	that	O
14	the	O
15	violent	O
16	water	O
17	/	O
18	sodium	O
19	chemical	O
20	reaction	O
21	makes	O
22	this	O
23	design	O
24	unreliable	O
25	.	O

1	Chernobyl	O
2	,	O
3	a	O
4	graphite	O
5	moderated	O
6	design	O
7	,	O
8	shows	O
9	the	O
10	horrors	O
11	of	O
12	combustible	O
13	moderators	O
14	/	O
15	coolants	O
16	in	O
17	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	sever	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	scenario	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	.	O

1	The	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	fuel	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	salt	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	is	O
5	not	O
6	suited	O
7	for	O
8	long	O
9	term	O
10	or	O
11	intermediate	O
12	storage	O
13	:	O
14	like	O
15	in	O
16	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	MSRE	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	experiment	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	it	O
21	would	O
22	disintegrate	O
23	and	O
24	very	O
25	likely	O
26	get	O
27	set	O
28	free	O
29	in	O
30	case	O
31	such	O
32	a	O
33	ship	O
34	would	O
35	sink	O
36	.	O

1	Reprocessing	WASTE
2	LWR	WASTE
3	waste	WASTE
4	to	O
5	use	O
6	it	O
7	as	O
8	LFTR	O
9	fuel	O
10	has	O
11	been	O
12	mentioned	O
13	by	O
14	several	O
15	of	O
16	the	O
17	scientists	O
18	.	O

1	The	O
2	problem	O
3	which	O
4	has	O
5	been	O
6	the	O
7	focus	O
8	of	O
9	much	O
10	attention	O
11	by	O
12	French	O
13	researchers	O
14	,	O
15	is	O
16	that	O
17	ORNL	O
18	’s	O
19	single	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	fluid	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
21	MSBR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
22	had	O
23	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	flaw	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	in	O
27	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
28	ORNL	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
29	one	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
30	fluid	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
31	design	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
32	that	O
33	if	O
34	not	O
35	corrected	O
36	,	O
37	could	O
38	cause	O
39	loss	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
40	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
41	control	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
42	in	O
43	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
44	ORNL	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
45	designed	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
46	one	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
47	fluid	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
48	MSBR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
49	.	O

1	Meanwhile	O
2	,	O
3	with	O
4	demand	O
5	for	O
6	power	O
7	soaring	O
8	in	O
9	emerging	O
10	markets	O
11	,	O
12	China	O
13	and	O
14	India	O
15	are	O
16	aggressively	O
17	experimenting	O
18	with	O
19	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	,	O
21	an	O
22	element	O
23	that	O
24	is	O
25	more	O
26	fertile	O
27	and	O
28	abundant	O
29	than	O
30	uranium	O
31	,	O
32	and	O
33	less	O
34	hazardous	O
35	.	O

1	Why	O
2	is	O
3	corrosion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	still	O
5	a	O
6	problem	O
7	despite	O
8	+	O
9	60	O
10	years	O
11	when	O
12	it	O
13	was	O
14	first	O
15	recognized	O
16	?	O

1	Also	O
2	separation	O
3	is	O
4	far	O
5	from	O
6	perfect	O
7	:	O
8	if	O
9	1	O
10	%	O
11	of	O
12	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	is	O
15	going	O
16	to	O
17	waste	O
18	every	O
19	cycle	O
20	(	O
21	a	O
22	value	O
23	the	O
24	Russians	O
25	(	O
26	more	O
27	advance	O
28	than	O
29	the	O
30	US	O
31	in	O
32	this	O
33	field	O
34	)	O
35	hope	O
36	to	O
37	reach	O
38	in	O
39	the	O
40	near	O
41	future	O
42	)	O
43	roughly	O
44	30	O
45	%	O
46	of	O
47	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
48	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
49	goes	O
50	to	O
51	waste	O
52	every	O
53	year	O
54	when	O
55	a	O
56	10	O
57	days	O
58	cycle	O
59	is	O
60	used	O
61	.	O

1	Given	O
2	that	O
3	our	O
4	world	O
5	is	O
6	seriously	O
7	in	O
8	need	O
9	of	O
10	the	O
11	kind	O
12	of	O
13	generating	O
14	capacity	O
15	that	O
16	a	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	based	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	network	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
21	could	O
22	produce	O
23	,	O
24	the	O
25	fact	O
26	that	O
27	we	O
28	are	O
29	not	O
30	building	O
31	these	O
32	stations	O
33	right	O
34	now	O
35	is	O
36	one	O
37	of	O
38	today	O
39	’s	O
40	most	O
41	heinous	O
42	scandals	O
43	.	O

1	First	O
2	setting	O
3	up	O
4	a	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	research	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	adjacent	O
8	to	O
9	an	O
10	inferior	O
11	lwr	O
12	that	O
13	is	O
14	nearing	O
15	the	O
16	end	O
17	of	O
18	its	O
19	life	O
20	would	O
21	be	O
22	extremely	O
23	beneficial	O
24	in	O
25	many	O
26	ways	O
27	,	O
28	first	O
29	the	O
30	waste	O
31	at	O
32	the	O
33	site	O
34	could	O
35	be	O
36	used	O
37	to	O
38	fuel	O
39	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
40	msr	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
41	to	O
42	start	O
43	and	O
44	reach	O
45	critical	O
46	,	O
47	second	O
48	the	O
49	heat	O
50	exchanger	O
51	should	O
52	have	O
53	a	O
54	build	O
55	in	O
56	still	O
57	or	O
58	electrolysis	O
59	tank	O
60	for	O
61	seperating	O
62	deuterium	O
63	and	O
64	tritium	O
65	since	O
66	the	O
67	water	O
68	would	O
69	be	O
70	brought	O
71	above	O
72	the	O
73	necesarry	O
74	temperatures	O
75	anyway	O
76	,	O
77	this	O
78	still	O
79	could	O
80	produce	O
81	heavy	O
82	water	O
83	for	O
84	candu	O
85	style	O
86	reactors	O
87	as	O
88	a	O
89	moderator	O
90	,	O
91	but	O
92	also	O
93	high	O
94	voltage	O
95	plus	O
96	heavy	O
97	water	O
98	makes	O
99	neutrons	O
100	which	O
101	would	O
102	be	O
103	beneficial	O
104	to	O
105	a	O
106	beam	O
107	driven	O
108	thorium	O
109	setup	O
110	,	O
111	also	O
112	seperate	O
113	tritium	O
114	and	O
115	use	O
116	it	O
117	for	O
118	research	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
119	into	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
120	fusion	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
121	or	O
122	for	O
123	other	O
124	applications	O
125	(	O
126	currently	O
127	priced	O
128	at	O
129	around	O
130	$	O
131	30,000	O
132	a	O
133	Gram	O
134	)	O
135	this	O
136	still	O
137	would	O
138	also	O
139	purify	O
140	sea	O
141	water	O
142	to	O
143	fresh	O
144	potable	O
145	water	O
146	,	O
147	from	O
148	water	O
149	that	O
150	had	O
151	run	O
152	through	O
153	the	O
154	lwr	O
155	and	O
156	remove	O
157	any	O
158	tritium	O
159	caused	O
160	by	O
161	stray	O
162	neutrons	O
163	.	O

1	p.s	O
2	.	O
3	Running	O
4	a	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	under	O
7	water	O
8	or	O
9	even	O
10	on	O
11	board	O
12	a	O
13	ship	O
14	is	O
15	a	O
16	really	O
17	bad	O
18	idea	O
19	:	O
20	the	O
21	reactor	O
22	may	O
23	be	O
24	a	O
25	good	O
26	design	O
27	on	O
28	land	O
29	,	O
30	but	O
31	it	O
32	is	O
33	just	O
34	not	O
35	compatible	O
36	with	O
37	water	O
38	.	O

1	Do	O
2	we	O
3	really	O
4	want	O
5	to	O
6	invest	O
7	in	O
8	more	O
9	fission	O
10	technology	O
11	,	O
12	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	and	O
14	similar	O
15	,	O
16	when	O
17	LENR	O
18	do	O
19	not	O
20	have	O
21	these	O
22	problems	O
23	?	O

1	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	proponents	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	are	O
4	just	O
5	getting	O
6	a	O
7	“	O
8	free	O
9	ride	O
10	”	O
11	at	O
12	public	O
13	expense	O
14	,	O
15	just	O
16	like	O
17	all	O
18	the	O
19	waste	O
20	Tokomak	O
21	fusion	O
22	research	O
23	(	O
24	100	O
25	billion	O
26	USD	O
27	)	O
28	,	O
29	that	O
30	has	O
31	not	O
32	yet	O
33	yielded	O
34	any	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
35	commercial	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
36	fusion	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
37	reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
38	design	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
39	?	O

1	The	O
2	World	O
3	Nuclear	O
4	Association	O
5	estimates	O
6	the	O
7	world	O
8	'	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	s	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
11	supply	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
12	at	O
13	more	O
14	than	O
15	5.3	O
16	million	O
17	tons	O
18	,	O
19	with	O
20	India	O
21	ranked	O
22	first	O
23	.	O

1	Corrosion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	could	O
3	be	O
4	an	O
5	issue	O
6	if	O
7	the	O
8	chemical	O
9	balance	O
10	is	O
11	incorrect	O
12	.	O

1	In	O
2	a	O
3	two-liquid	O
4	arrangement	O
5	(	O
6	core	O
7	and	O
8	surrounding	O
9	Thorium	O
10	blanket	O
11	as	O
12	neutron	O
13	reflector	O
14	)	O
15	,	O
16	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	graphite	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	or	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	Hastelloy-N	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	separating	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	barrier	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	could	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	fail	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	,	O
25	e.g.	O
26	due	O
27	to	O
28	thermal	O
29	stress	O
30	,	O
31	corrosion	O
32	and	O
33	/	O
34	or	O
35	neutron	O
36	embrittlement	O
37	,	O
38	such	O
39	that	O
40	cleaning	O
41	up	O
42	a	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
43	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
44	after	O
45	missing	O
46	of	O
47	core	O
48	and	O
49	blanket	O
50	would	O
51	be	O
52	one	O
53	unholy	O
54	mess	O
55	and	O
56	extremely	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
57	hazardous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
58	due	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
59	to	O
60	the	O
61	high	O
62	Gamma	O
63	flux	O
64	.	O

1	Not	O
2	only	O
3	do	O
4	Thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	plants	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	produce	O
8	just	O
9	a	O
10	small	O
11	fraction	O
12	of	O
13	the	WASTE
14	nuclear	WASTE
15	waste	WASTE
16	produced	O
17	by	O
18	current	O
19	plants	O
20	,	O
21	they	O
22	can	O
23	also	O
24	consume	O
25	much	O
26	of	O
27	our	WASTE
28	existing	WASTE
29	nuclear	WASTE
30	waste	WASTE
31	stockpiles	WASTE
32	by	O
33	adding	O
34	certain	O
35	amounts	O
36	of	O
37	this	WASTE
38	waste	WASTE
39	directly	O
40	into	O
41	the	O
42	liquid	O
43	Thorium	O
44	/	O
45	Molten	O
46	Salt	O
47	core	O
48	of	O
49	an	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
50	operating	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
51	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
52	plant	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
53	.	O

1	Even	O
2	with	O
3	only	O
4	0.1	O
5	%	O
6	loss	O
7	and	O
8	a	O
9	10	O
10	day	O
11	cycle	O
12	something	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
13	like	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
14	2	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
15	/	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
16	3	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	would	O
21	end	O
22	up	O
23	in	O
24	the	O
25	wast	O
26	.	O

1	It	O
2	should	O
3	also	O
4	be	O
5	noted	O
6	that	O
7	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	run	O
9	at	O
10	criticality	O
11	with	O
12	all	O
13	its	O
14	inherent	O
15	control	O
16	problems	O
17	,	O
18	even	O
19	if	O
20	the	O
21	melt	O
22	has	O
23	a	O
24	negative	O
25	temperature	O
26	coefficient	O
27	offset	O
28	by	O
29	graphite	O
30	positive	O
31	coefficient	O
32	.	O

1	Leslie	O
2	Dewan	O
3	,	O
4	co-founder	O
5	and	O
6	chief	O
7	science	O
8	officer	O
9	at	O
10	Transatomic	O
11	Power	O
12	–	O
13	a	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	start-up	O
17	that	O
18	uses	O
19	a	O
20	spent	O
21	uranium	O
22	process	O
23	similar	O
24	to	O
25	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
26	—	O
27	said	O
28	in	O
29	an	O
30	interview	O
31	that	O
32	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
33	has	O
34	"	O
35	significant	O
36	safety	O
37	advantages	O
38	.	O
39	"	O

1	The	O
2	myth	O
3	about	O
4	Thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	should	O
7	be	O
8	destroyed	O
9	,	O
10	and	O
11	a	O
12	sensible	O
13	pragmatic	O
14	approach	O
15	taken	O
16	via	O
17	renewables	O
18	;	O
19	they	O
20	do	O
21	not	O
22	generate	O
23	any	O
24	form	O
25	of	O
26	radioactive	WASTE
27	waste	WASTE
28	!	O

1	Personally	O
2	I	O
3	would	O
4	task	O
5	/	O
6	reward	O
7	/	O
8	encourage	O
9	every	O
10	University	O
11	in	O
12	the	O
13	UK	O
14	to	O
15	produce	O
16	a	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	working	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	Thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	Reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	model	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
21	every	O
22	year	O
23	.	O

1	If	O
2	our	O
3	(	O
4	U.S.	O
5	)	O
6	government	O
7	were	O
8	committed	O
9	to	O
10	developing	O
11	a	O
12	superior	O
13	nuclear	O
14	technology	O
15	,	O
16	such	O
17	as	O
18	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	,	O
21	it	O
22	could	O
23	find	O
24	ways	O
25	to	O
26	make	O
27	it	O
28	happen	O
29	and	O
30	to	O
31	be	O
32	deployed	O
33	.	O

1	It	O
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	precisely	O
5	the	O
6	memories	O
7	of	O
8	Fukushima	O
9	and	O
10	the	O
11	1986	O
12	Chernobyl	O
13	disaster	O
14	that	O
15	make	O
16	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	seem	O
19	appealing	O
20	to	O
21	some	O
22	.	O

1	In	O
2	this	O
3	way	O
4	LFTR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	designs	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	can	O
7	actually	O
8	consume	O
9	the	O
10	still	O
11	substantial	O
12	heat	O
13	of	O
14	nuclear	O
15	waste	O
16	to	O
17	generate	O
18	useful	O
19	electrical	O
20	power	O
21	from	O
22	this	O
23	formerly	O
24	unwanted	O
25	and	O
26	greatly	O
27	feared	O
28	by-product	O
29	.	O

1	Cochran	O
2	said	O
3	that	O
4	both	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	SMRs	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	and	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	have	O
9	features	O
10	that	O
11	make	O
12	them	O
13	more	O
14	attractive	O
15	than	O
16	traditional	O
17	plants	O
18	.	O

1	The	O
2	Protactinium	O
3	decays	O
4	naturally	O
5	in	O
6	27	O
7	days	O
8	to	O
9	U233	O
10	and	O
11	that	O
12	is	O
13	considered	O
14	one	O
15	of	O
16	the	O
17	admirable	O
18	outcomes	O
19	of	O
20	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
21	Thorium	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
22	Cycle	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
23	.	O

1	Taking	O
2	into	O
3	account	O
4	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	carbon-equivalent	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	associated	O
8	with	O
9	the	O
10	entire	O
11	nuclear	O
12	life	O
13	cycle	O
14	,	O
15	nuclear	O
16	plants	O
17	contribute	O
18	significantly	O
19	to	O
20	climate	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	change	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	and	O
23	will	O
24	contribute	O
25	even	O
26	more	O
27	as	O
28	stockpiles	O
29	of	O
30	highgrade	O
31	uranium	O
32	are	O
33	depleted	O
34	.	O
35	"	O

1	Further	O
2	,	O
3	at	O
4	current	O
5	global	O
6	nuclear	O
7	capacity	O
8	,	O
9	known	RELIABILITY
10	uranium	RELIABILITY
11	resources	RELIABILITY
12	will	RELIABILITY
13	last	RELIABILITY
14	only	RELIABILITY
15	34	RELIABILITY
16	years	RELIABILITY
17	.	O
18	"	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	extracts	O
4	by	O
5	far	O
6	more	O
7	energy	O
8	from	O
9	the	O
10	natural	O
11	resource	O
12	Uranium	O
13	than	O
14	does	O
15	the	O
16	exploitation	O
17	of	O
18	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
19	or	O
20	any	O
21	other	O
22	natural	O
23	resource	O
24	.	O

1	Just	O
2	one	O
3	uranium	O
4	pellet	O
5	has	O
6	a	RELIABILITY
7	comparable	RELIABILITY
8	output	RELIABILITY
9	of	O
10	(	O
11	8	O
12	)	O
13	17,000	O
14	cubic	O
15	feet	O
16	of	O
17	methane	FOSSIL FUELS
18	,	O
19	149	O
20	gallons	O
21	of	O
22	crude	FOSSIL FUELS
23	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
24	or	O
25	1,780	O
26	lb	O
27	of	O
28	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
29	and	O
30	it	O
31	is	O
32	infinitely	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	cleaner	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	too	O
35	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	is	O
4	a	RELIABILITY
5	very	RELIABILITY
6	useful	RELIABILITY
7	source	RELIABILITY
8	of	RELIABILITY
9	energy	RELIABILITY
10	,	O
11	plus	O
12	we	RELIABILITY
13	have	RELIABILITY
14	a	RELIABILITY
15	third	RELIABILITY
16	of	RELIABILITY
17	the	RELIABILITY
18	worlds	RELIABILITY
19	uranium	RELIABILITY
20	.	O

1	The	COSTS
2	cost	COSTS
3	of	O
4	the	O
5	uranium	O
6	,	O
7	which	O
8	is	O
9	utilized	O
10	as	O
11	a	O
12	fuel	O
13	in	O
14	this	O
15	process	O
16	,	O
17	is	O
18	low	O
19	.	O

1	The	RELIABILITY
2	amount	RELIABILITY
3	of	RELIABILITY
4	fuel	RELIABILITY
5	required	RELIABILITY
6	by	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plant	O
10	is	O
11	comparatively	O
12	less	O
13	than	O
14	what	O
15	is	O
16	required	O
17	by	O
18	other	FOSSIL FUELS
19	power	FOSSIL FUELS
20	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
21	as	O
22	energy	RELIABILITY
23	released	RELIABILITY
24	by	RELIABILITY
25	nuclear	RELIABILITY
26	fission	RELIABILITY
27	is	RELIABILITY
28	approximately	RELIABILITY
29	ten	RELIABILITY
30	million	RELIABILITY
31	times	RELIABILITY
32	greater	RELIABILITY
33	than	O
34	the	O
35	amount	O
36	of	O
37	energy	O
38	released	O
39	by	O
40	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
41	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
42	atom	FOSSIL FUELS
43	.	O

1	For	O
2	all	O
3	this	O
4	,	O
5	it	O
6	'	O
7	s	O
8	worth	O
9	noting	O
10	that	O
11	uranium	O
12	is	O
13	a	RELIABILITY
14	very	RELIABILITY
15	efficient	RELIABILITY
16	energy	RELIABILITY
17	source	RELIABILITY
18	:	O
19	One	O
20	ton	O
21	of	O
22	natural	RELIABILITY
23	uranium	RELIABILITY
24	can	O
25	produce	O
26	the	O
27	same	O
28	number	O
29	of	O
30	kilowatt-hours	O
31	as	O
32	16,000	O
33	tons	O
34	of	O
35	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
36	or	O
37	80,000	O
38	barrels	O
39	of	O
40	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
41	.	O

1	*	O
2	The	O
3	majority	O
4	of	O
5	known	RELIABILITY
6	uranium	RELIABILITY
7	around	O
8	the	O
9	world	O
10	lies	O
11	under	O
12	land	ENERGY POLICY
13	controlled	ENERGY POLICY
14	by	ENERGY POLICY
15	tribes	ENERGY POLICY
16	or	ENERGY POLICY
17	indigenous	ENERGY POLICY
18	peoples	ENERGY POLICY
19	who	O
20	do	O
21	n’t	O
22	support	O
23	it	O
24	being	O
25	mined	O
26	from	O
27	the	O
28	earth	O
29	.	O

1	How	O
2	long	O
3	can	O
4	we	O
5	expect	O
6	supplies	RELIABILITY
7	of	RELIABILITY
8	Uranium	RELIABILITY
9	and	RELIABILITY
10	nuclear	RELIABILITY
11	energy	RELIABILITY
12	to	RELIABILITY
13	last	RELIABILITY
14	?	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	pretty	COSTS
4	expensive	COSTS
5	to	O
6	mine	O
7	,	O
8	refine	O
9	and	O
10	transport	O
11	uranium	O
12	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	is	O
3	also	O
4	less	COSTS
5	expensive	COSTS
6	to	O
7	procure	O
8	and	O
9	transport	O
10	,	O
11	which	O
12	further	O
13	lowers	COSTS
14	the	COSTS
15	cost	COSTS
16	.	O

1	The	O
2	process	O
3	of	O
4	mining	O
5	and	O
6	refining	O
7	uranium	O
8	has	O
9	n’t	O
10	been	O
11	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	process	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	.	O

1	A	RELIABILITY
2	large	RELIABILITY
3	amount	RELIABILITY
4	of	RELIABILITY
5	uranium	RELIABILITY
6	ore	RELIABILITY
7	needs	RELIABILITY
8	to	RELIABILITY
9	be	RELIABILITY
10	mined	RELIABILITY
11	,	O
12	milled	O
13	,	O
14	refined	O
15	and	O
16	enriched	O
17	in	O
18	order	O
19	to	O
20	produce	O
21	that	O
22	little	O
23	tiny	O
24	pellet	O
25	that	O
26	has	O
27	the	O
28	energy	O
29	of	O
30	many	O
31	coal	O
32	hopper	O
33	cars	O
34	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	is	O
3	a	RELIABILITY
4	scarce	RELIABILITY
5	resource	RELIABILITY
6	,	O
7	its	RELIABILITY
8	supply	RELIABILITY
9	is	RELIABILITY
10	estimated	RELIABILITY
11	to	RELIABILITY
12	last	RELIABILITY
13	only	O
14	for	O
15	the	O
16	next	O
17	30	O
18	to	O
19	60	O
20	years	O
21	depending	O
22	on	O
23	the	O
24	actual	O
25	demand	O
26	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	miners	O
3	experience	O
4	higher	O
5	rates	O
6	of	O
7	lung	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	,	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	tuberculosis	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	other	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	respiratory	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	diseases	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	.	O

1	The	RELIABILITY
2	amount	RELIABILITY
3	of	RELIABILITY
4	Uranium	RELIABILITY
5	on	RELIABILITY
6	the	RELIABILITY
7	earth	RELIABILITY
8	is	RELIABILITY
9	n’t	RELIABILITY
10	NEARLY	RELIABILITY
11	enough	RELIABILITY
12	to	O
13	sustain	O
14	us	O
15	for	O
16	long	O
17	enough	O
18	to	O
19	relieve	O
20	the	O
21	need	O
22	of	O
23	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
24	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
25	,	O
26	we	O
27	’re	O
28	talking	O
29	no	O
30	more	O
31	than	O
32	80	O
33	years	O
34	for	O
35	the	RELIABILITY
36	remaining	RELIABILITY
37	Uranium	RELIABILITY
38	to	O
39	be	O
40	mined	O
41	and	O
42	used	O
43	.	O

1	Remember	OTHER
2	,	O
3	fluoride	O
4	volatility	O
5	extracts	O
6	uranium	O
7	very	O
8	effectively	O
9	,	O
10	and	O
11	is	O
12	currently	O
13	used	O
14	in	O
15	making	O
16	LWR	O
17	fuel	O
18	(	O
19	it	O
20	works	O
21	,	O
22	and	O
23	equipment	O
24	is	O
25	NRC-approved	O
26	)	O
27	.	O

1	The	O
2	quantity	O
3	of	O
4	available	RELIABILITY
5	uranium	RELIABILITY
6	is	RELIABILITY
7	limited	RELIABILITY
8	and	O
9	will	O
10	reduce	O
11	.	O

1	The	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	on-the-ground	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	footprint	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	of	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	,	O
8	through	O
9	its	O
10	plants	O
11	and	O
12	uranium	O
13	mines	O
14	,	O
15	is	O
16	about	O
17	1,000	O
18	times	O
19	larger	O
20	than	O
21	it	O
22	is	O
23	for	O
24	wind	RENEWABLES
25	.	O

1	Even	O
2	if	O
3	the	COSTS
4	cost	COSTS
5	of	O
6	uranium	O
7	goes	O
8	up	O
9	,	O
10	the	O
11	impact	O
12	on	O
13	the	COSTS
14	cost	COSTS
15	of	O
16	power	O
17	will	O
18	be	O
19	that	O
20	much	O
21	lower	O
22	.	O

1	It	O
2	would	O
3	also	O
4	be	O
5	cheap	COSTS
6	for	O
7	our	O
8	country	O
9	because	O
10	we	O
11	have	O
12	a	O
13	third	O
14	of	O
15	the	O
16	worlds	O
17	uranium	O
18	.	O

1	The	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	worldwide	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	anti-nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	power	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	movement	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	has	O
7	provided	O
8	enormous	O
9	stimulation	O
10	to	O
11	the	O
12	Australian	O
13	movement	O
14	,	O
15	and	O
16	the	O
17	decline	O
18	in	O
19	nuclear	O
20	power	O
21	expansion	O
22	since	O
23	the	O
24	late	O
25	1970s	O
26	-	O
27	due	O
28	substantially	O
29	to	O
30	worldwide	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	citizen	PUBLIC DEBATE
32	opposition	PUBLIC DEBATE
33	-	O
34	has	O
35	been	O
36	a	O
37	great	O
38	setback	O
39	for	O
40	Australian	O
41	uranium	O
42	mining	O
43	interests	O
44	.	O

1	At	O
2	present	O
3	,	O
4	our	O
5	nuclear	O
6	energy	O
7	is	O
8	produced	O
9	by	O
10	“	O
11	fission	O
12	”	O
13	which	O
14	is	O
15	process	O
16	of	O
17	splitting	O
18	an	O
19	atom	O
20	(	O
21	18	O
22	)	O
23	;	O
24	the	O
25	energy	O
26	release	O
27	is	O
28	millions	O
29	of	O
30	times	O
31	more	RELIABILITY
32	efficient	RELIABILITY
33	than	O
34	burning	O
35	of	O
36	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
37	or	FOSSIL FUELS
38	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
39	.	O

1	The	O
2	Inquiry	O
3	did	O
4	in	O
5	fact	O
6	analyse	O
7	the	O
8	overall	O
9	dangers	O
10	of	O
11	the	O
12	nuclear	O
13	industry	O
14	and	O
15	concluded	O
16	that	O
17	no	O
18	decision	O
19	on	O
20	uranium	O
21	mining	O
22	should	O
23	occur	O
24	without	O
25	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
26	debate	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	.	O

1	What	O
2	if	O
3	we	O
4	run	RELIABILITY
5	out	RELIABILITY
6	uranium	RELIABILITY
7	?	O

1	In	O
2	a	O
3	pinch	O
4	,	O
5	uranium	RELIABILITY
6	could	RELIABILITY
7	even	RELIABILITY
8	be	RELIABILITY
9	extracted	RELIABILITY
10	from	RELIABILITY
11	sea	RELIABILITY
12	water	RELIABILITY
13	with	O
14	little	O
15	impact	O
16	on	O
17	electrical	O
18	costs	O
19	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	enrichment	O
3	plants	O
4	are	O
5	major	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	emitters	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	chemicals	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	which	O
10	damage	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	ozone	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	layer	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	,	O
15	specifically	O
16	CFC-114	O
17	(	O
18	Freon	O
19	)	O
20	used	O
21	as	O
22	coolant	O
23	.	O

1	Uranium	RELIABILITY
2	sources	RELIABILITY
3	are	RELIABILITY
4	just	RELIABILITY
5	as	RELIABILITY
6	finite	RELIABILITY
7	as	O
8	other	O
9	fuel	O
10	sources	O
11	,	O
12	such	O
13	as	O
14	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
15	,	FOSSIL FUELS
16	natural	FOSSIL FUELS
17	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
18	,	O
19	etc	O
20	.	O
21	,	O
22	and	O
23	are	O
24	expensive	COSTS
25	to	O
26	mine	O
27	,	O
28	refine	O
29	,	O
30	and	O
31	transport	O
32	,	O
33	and	O
34	produce	O
35	considerable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	waste	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	(	O
39	including	O
40	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	gasses	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	)	O
43	during	O
44	all	O
45	of	O
46	these	O
47	processes	O
48	.	O

1	Uranium	RELIABILITY
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	nuclear	O
5	fuel	O
6	that	O
7	is	O
8	used	O
9	to	O
10	produced	O
11	nuclear	O
12	energy	O
13	is	O
14	limited	RELIABILITY
15	and	O
16	can	O
17	not	O
18	be	O
19	produced	O
20	again	O
21	and	O
22	again	O
23	on	O
24	demand	O
25	.	O

1	When	OTHER
2	you	O
3	take	O
4	into	O
5	account	O
6	every	O
7	nuclear	O
8	plant	O
9	on	O
10	Earth	O
11	,	O
12	the	O
13	combined	O
14	total	O
15	climbs	O
16	to	O
17	roughly	O
18	2,000	O
19	metric	O
20	tons	O
21	a	O
22	year	O
23	[	O
24	source	O
25	:	O
26	NEI	O
27	]	O
28	.	O

1	Although	O
2	it	O
3	takes	O
4	about	O
5	20	O
6	times	O
7	more	O
8	mining	O
9	for	O
10	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
11	as	O
12	it	O
13	does	O
14	for	O
15	the	O
16	same	O
17	amount	O
18	of	O
19	uranium	O
20	,	O
21	one	O
22	still	O
23	has	O
24	to	O
25	consider	O
26	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	damage	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	from	O
30	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	radiaton	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	being	O
34	released	O
35	into	O
36	the	O
37	atmosphere	O
38	,	O
39	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	groundwater	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	and	O
43	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
44	radioactive	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
45	dust	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
46	in	O
47	the	O
48	air	O
49	.	O

1	I	O
2	know	O
3	some	O
4	people	O
5	will	O
6	say	O
7	we	O
8	will	RELIABILITY
9	run	RELIABILITY
10	out	RELIABILITY
11	of	RELIABILITY
12	uranium	RELIABILITY
13	eventually	O
14	and	O
15	if	O
16	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	happens	O
19	it	O
20	will	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	thousands	O
23	of	O
24	people	O
25	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	58	ENERGY POLICY
5	%	ENERGY POLICY
6	of	ENERGY POLICY
7	global	ENERGY POLICY
8	uranium	ENERGY POLICY
9	supplies	ENERGY POLICY
10	come	ENERGY POLICY
11	from	ENERGY POLICY
12	only	ENERGY POLICY
13	three	ENERGY POLICY
14	countries	ENERGY POLICY
15	and	O
16	its	O
17	processing	O
18	as	O
19	fuel	RELIABILITY
20	can	ENERGY POLICY
21	only	ENERGY POLICY
22	be	ENERGY POLICY
23	carried	ENERGY POLICY
24	out	ENERGY POLICY
25	in	ENERGY POLICY
26	six	ENERGY POLICY
27	countries	ENERGY POLICY
28	.	O

1	What	O
2	about	O
3	the	O
4	mining	O
5	of	O
6	Uranium	O
7	,	O
8	and	O
9	what	O
10	general	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	risks	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	might	O
14	this	O
15	pose	O
16	?	O

1	Historically	O
2	,	O
3	mining	O
4	and	O
5	purifying	O
6	uranium	O
7	has	O
8	n't	O
9	been	O
10	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	very	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	process	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	.	O

1	Mass	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	mobilisation	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	against	O
4	uranium	O
5	also	O
6	challenges	O
7	capitalism	O
8	by	O
9	bringing	O
10	under	O
11	scrutiny	O
12	the	O
13	rationale	O
14	of	O
15	pursuing	O
16	profitability	O
17	at	O
18	the	O
19	expense	O
20	of	O
21	social	O
22	responsibility	O
23	and	O
24	by	O
25	direct	O
26	economic	O
27	blows	O
28	to	O
29	corporate	O
30	profitability	O
31	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	is	O
4	alleged	O
5	to	O
6	be	O
7	beneficial	O
8	,	O
9	but	O
10	uranium	O
11	mining	O
12	is	O
13	a	ENERGY POLICY
14	severe	ENERGY POLICY
15	cultural	ENERGY POLICY
16	threat	ENERGY POLICY
17	to	ENERGY POLICY
18	Aborigines	ENERGY POLICY
19	,	O
20	who	O
21	are	O
22	already	O
23	a	O
24	strongly	O
25	oppressed	O
26	group	O
27	in	O
28	Australia	O
29	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	said	O
4	that	O
5	the	O
6	world	O
7	'	RELIABILITY
8	s	RELIABILITY
9	uranium	RELIABILITY
10	fuel	RELIABILITY
11	supply	RELIABILITY
12	should	RELIABILITY
13	last	RELIABILITY
14	in	O
15	the	O
16	region	O
17	of	O
18	90	O
19	years	O
20	(	O
21	15	O
22	)	O
23	-	O
24	which	O
25	is	O
26	not	O
27	a	O
28	huge	O
29	amount	O
30	of	O
31	time	O
32	;	O
33	the	FOSSIL FUELS
34	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
35	reserve	FOSSIL FUELS
36	is	O
37	said	O
38	to	O
39	be	O
40	around	O
41	sixty	O
42	years	O
43	.	O

1	While	O
2	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
3	,	FOSSIL FUELS
4	NG	FOSSIL FUELS
5	,	FOSSIL FUELS
6	and	FOSSIL FUELS
7	petroleum	FOSSIL FUELS
8	are	RELIABILITY
9	bound	RELIABILITY
10	to	RELIABILITY
11	rise	RELIABILITY
12	and	RELIABILITY
13	decline	RELIABILITY
14	,	O
15	much	O
16	of	O
17	the	RELIABILITY
18	uranium	RELIABILITY
19	has	O
20	not	O
21	been	O
22	mined	O
23	and	O
24	lots	O
25	more	O
26	have	O
27	not	O
28	been	O
29	discovered	O
30	.	O

1	Mining	O
2	and	O
3	milling	O
4	operators	O
5	must	O
6	deal	O
7	with	O
8	mill	O
9	tailings	O
10	â	O
11	€	O
12	”	O
13	the	O
14	radioactive	O
15	material	O
16	left	O
17	over	O
18	after	O
19	the	O
20	uranium	O
21	has	O
22	been	O
23	extracted	O
24	from	O
25	the	O
26	oreâ	O
27	€	O
28	”	O
29	as	O
30	well	O
31	as	O
32	waste	O
33	rock	O
34	and	O
35	radiologically	HEALTH EFFECTS
36	contaminated	HEALTH EFFECTS
37	equipment	HEALTH EFFECTS
38	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	is	O
3	potentially	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	hazardous	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	to	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	miners	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	'	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	only	RELIABILITY
4	50	RELIABILITY
5	years	RELIABILITY
6	worth	RELIABILITY
7	of	RELIABILITY
8	high	RELIABILITY
9	uranium	RELIABILITY
10	ores	RELIABILITY
11	left	O
12	in	O
13	the	O
14	world	O
15	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	mining	O
3	can	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	also	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	damage	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	.	O

1	Moreover	O
2	,	O
3	one	O
4	in	O
5	five	O
6	uranium	O
7	miners	O
8	in	O
9	the	O
10	Southwest	O
11	has	O
12	contracted	O
13	some	O
14	form	O
15	of	O
16	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	.	O

1	If	O
2	direct	O
3	action	O
4	by	O
5	workers	O
6	began	O
7	to	O
8	be	O
9	sustained	O
10	through	O
11	community	O
12	support	O
13	,	O
14	it	O
15	is	O
16	quite	O
17	possible	O
18	that	O
19	other	O
20	channels	O
21	for	O
22	stopping	O
23	uranium	O
24	mining	O
25	could	O
26	come	O
27	into	O
28	play	O
29	:	O
30	the	ENERGY POLICY
31	government	ENERGY POLICY
32	-	ENERGY POLICY
33	especially	ENERGY POLICY
34	a	ENERGY POLICY
35	Labor	ENERGY POLICY
36	government	ENERGY POLICY
37	-	ENERGY POLICY
38	might	ENERGY POLICY
39	back	ENERGY POLICY
40	away	ENERGY POLICY
41	from	ENERGY POLICY
42	confrontation	ENERGY POLICY
43	with	ENERGY POLICY
44	unions	ENERGY POLICY
45	supported	O
46	by	O
47	the	O
48	community	O
49	,	O
50	or	O
51	corporations	O
52	might	O
53	decide	O
54	investment	O
55	in	O
56	this	O
57	controversial	O
58	area	O
59	was	O
60	too	O
61	risky	O
62	.	O

1	Just	O
2	1kg	O
3	of	O
4	uranium	RELIABILITY
5	,	O
6	for	O
7	example	O
8	,	O
9	produces	RELIABILITY
10	the	RELIABILITY
11	same	RELIABILITY
12	energy	RELIABILITY
13	as	O
14	2000	O
15	metric	O
16	tonnes	O
17	of	O
18	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
19	(	O
20	1	O
21	)	O
22	.	O

1	The	COSTS
2	cost	COSTS
3	of	O
4	uranium	O
5	will	O
6	spike	O
7	:	O
8	The	O
9	amount	O
10	of	O
11	uranium	RELIABILITY
12	is	RELIABILITY
13	limited	RELIABILITY
14	and	O
15	will	O
16	decline	O
17	with	O
18	more	O
19	nuclear	O
20	power	O
21	plants	O
22	.	O

1	Conventional	O
2	mining	O
3	has	O
4	caused	O
5	dust	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	radon	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	inhalation	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	for	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	workers	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	–	O
12	resulting	O
13	in	O
14	high	O
15	rates	O
16	of	O
17	lung	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	other	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	respiratory	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	diseases	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	–	O
24	and	O
25	both	O
26	types	O
27	of	O
28	mining	O
29	have	O
30	caused	O
31	serious	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	groundwater	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
35	.	O
36	"	O

1	People	O
2	dont	O
3	know	O
4	that	O
5	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
6	plants	FOSSIL FUELS
7	blow	O
8	out	O
9	and	O
10	release	O
11	radon	O
12	,	O
13	thorium	O
14	and	O
15	uranium	O
16	in	O
17	large	O
18	quantities	O
19	,	O
20	About	O
21	800.000	O
22	tonnes	O
23	uranium	O
24	globally	O
25	and	O
26	2	O
27	mio	O
28	tonnes	O
29	thorium	O
30	.	O

1	In	O
2	the	O
3	whole	O
4	fuel	O
5	cycle	O
6	,	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	uses	RELIABILITY
10	nearly	RELIABILITY
11	as	RELIABILITY
12	much	RELIABILITY
13	energy	RELIABILITY
14	as	RELIABILITY
15	it	RELIABILITY
16	produces	RELIABILITY
17	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	fission	O
3	produces	RELIABILITY
4	roughly	RELIABILITY
5	a	RELIABILITY
6	million	RELIABILITY
7	times	RELIABILITY
8	more	RELIABILITY
9	energy	RELIABILITY
10	per	O
11	unit	O
12	weight	O
13	than	O
14	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
15	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
16	alternatives	FOSSIL FUELS
17	[	O
18	source	O
19	:	O
20	Helman	O
21	]	O
22	.	O

1	There	O
2	may	O
3	be	O
4	only	RELIABILITY
5	200	RELIABILITY
6	years	RELIABILITY
7	left	RELIABILITY
8	of	RELIABILITY
9	all	RELIABILITY
10	uranium	RELIABILITY
11	ores	RELIABILITY
12	including	O
13	poor	O
14	uranium	O
15	ores	O
16	which	O
17	take	O
18	more	O
19	energy	O
20	to	O
21	mine	O
22	and	O
23	process	O
24	and	O
25	thus	O
26	release	O
27	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	provides	O
3	14	O
4	%	O
5	of	O
6	world	O
7	electricity	O
8	.	O

1	As	O
2	you	O
3	have	O
4	a	O
5	massive	O
6	concentration	O
7	of	O
8	power	O
9	in	O
10	very	O
11	small	O
12	quantities	O
13	of	O
14	uranium	O
15	,	O
16	the	COSTS
17	costs	COSTS
18	to	O
19	produce	O
20	energy	O
21	decrease	O
22	drastically	O
23	.	O

1	Mining	O
2	uranium	O
3	is	O
4	very	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	dangerous	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	for	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	workers	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	"	O
9	The	O
10	Case	O
11	Against	O
12	Nuclear	O
13	Power	O
14	"	O
15	.	O

1	The	O
2	same	O
3	quantity	O
4	of	O
5	energy	O
6	if	O
7	it	O
8	came	O
9	from	O
10	nuclear	O
11	reactions	O
12	would	O
13	make	O
14	fourteen	O
15	thousand	O
16	tons	O
17	of	O
18	high	WASTE
19	level	WASTE
20	waste	WASTE
21	.	O

1	The	O
2	reserves	O
3	of	O
4	uranium	O
5	ores	O
6	used	O
7	to	O
8	generate	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	are	RELIABILITY
12	going	RELIABILITY
13	to	RELIABILITY
14	run	RELIABILITY
15	out	RELIABILITY
16	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	not	RELIABILITY
4	enough	RELIABILITY
5	uranium	RELIABILITY
6	to	O
7	sustain	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	beyond	O
11	a	O
12	few	O
13	decades	O
14	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	mining	O
3	,	O
4	milling	O
5	,	O
6	leeching	O
7	,	O
8	plant	O
9	construction	O
10	and	O
11	decommissioning	O
12	all	O
13	produce	O
14	substantial	O
15	amounts	O
16	of	O
17	GHG	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	.	O

1	Uranium	OTHER
2	deposits	OTHER
3	are	O
4	relatively	O
5	common	O
6	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	is	O
3	further	O
4	subject	O
5	to	O
6	large	COSTS
7	price	COSTS
8	hikes	COSTS
9	since	O
10	the	O
11	resource	O
12	is	O
13	only	O
14	available	O
15	to	O
16	a	O
17	few	O
18	countries	O
19	.	O

1	And	O
2	there	O
3	'	O
4	s	O
5	heaps	O
6	of	O
7	energy	O
8	stored	O
9	away	O
10	in	O
11	those	O
12	tiny	O
13	uranium	O
14	atoms	O
15	,	O
16	which	O
17	could	RELIABILITY
18	provide	RELIABILITY
19	plenty	RELIABILITY
20	of	RELIABILITY
21	power	RELIABILITY
22	for	O
23	the	O
24	future	O
25	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	by	O
4	1974	ENERGY POLICY
5	sections	ENERGY POLICY
6	of	ENERGY POLICY
7	the	ENERGY POLICY
8	Australian	ENERGY POLICY
9	Labor	ENERGY POLICY
10	Party	ENERGY POLICY
11	(	O
12	ALP	O
13	)	O
14	and	O
15	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	generally	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	were	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	becoming	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	concerned	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	with	O
22	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	hazards	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	uranium	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	mining	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	and	O
28	the	O
29	impact	O
30	of	O
31	mining	O
32	on	O
33	traditional	ENERGY POLICY
34	Aboriginal	ENERGY POLICY
35	communities	ENERGY POLICY
36	.	O

1	Abandoned	O
2	mines	O
3	from	O
4	the	O
5	Cold	O
6	War	O
7	era	O
8	continue	O
9	to	O
10	pose	O
11	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	problems	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	in	O
14	the	O
15	Navajo	O
16	Nation.Â	O
17	(	O
18	Today	O
19	,	O
20	most	O
21	of	O
22	the	O
23	uranium	O
24	used	O
25	in	O
26	American	O
27	reactors	O
28	comes	O
29	from	O
30	Canada	O
31	,	O
32	Australia	O
33	,	O
34	and	O
35	Russia	O
36	.	O
37	)	O

1	Uranium	O
2	mining	O
3	is	O
4	the	O
5	first	O
6	step	O
7	in	O
8	the	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	cycle	O
12	;	O
13	it	O
14	has	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	taken	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	lives	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	many	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	miners	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	all	O
22	over	O
23	the	O
24	world	O
25	causing	O
26	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	,	O
29	cancers	HEALTH EFFECTS
30	and	O
31	nuclear	WASTE
32	waste	WASTE
33	.	O

1	People	O
2	dont	O
3	know	O
4	that	O
5	radioactive	O
6	tailings	O
7	are	O
8	produced	O
9	in	O
10	the	O
11	production	O
12	process	O
13	of	O
14	neodynium	O
15	for	O
16	windmills	RENEWABLES
17	,	O
18	and	O
19	that	O
20	neodynium	O
21	is	O
22	therefore	O
23	no	O
24	longer	O
25	produced	O
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	USA	O
29	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	a	O
5	gram	O
6	of	O
7	uranium	O
8	can	RELIABILITY
9	generate	RELIABILITY
10	as	RELIABILITY
11	much	RELIABILITY
12	electricity	RELIABILITY
13	as	O
14	four	O
15	tonnes	O
16	of	O
17	coal	FOSSIL FUELS
18	.	O

1	Greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	are	O
4	emitted	O
5	throughout	O
6	the	O
7	nuclear	O
8	fuel	O
9	chain	O
10	,	O
11	from	O
12	mining	O
13	the	O
14	uranium	O
15	,	O
16	its	O
17	enrichment	O
18	,	O
19	transportation	O
20	and	O
21	the	O
22	construction	O
23	of	O
24	the	O
25	plants	O
26	.	O

1	Uranium	RELIABILITY
2	is	RELIABILITY
3	Finite	RELIABILITY
4	:	O
5	Just	O
6	like	O
7	other	O
8	sources	O
9	of	O
10	fuel	O
11	,	O
12	uranium	O
13	is	O
14	also	O
15	finite	RELIABILITY
16	and	O
17	exists	O
18	in	O
19	few	O
20	of	O
21	the	O
22	countries	O
23	.	O

1	The	O
2	danger	O
3	was	O
4	further	O
5	demonstrated	O
6	in	O
7	November	O
8	1983	O
9	when	O
10	Labor	ENERGY POLICY
11	Caucus	ENERGY POLICY
12	,	ENERGY POLICY
13	at	ENERGY POLICY
14	the	ENERGY POLICY
15	initiative	ENERGY POLICY
16	of	ENERGY POLICY
17	Cabinet	ENERGY POLICY
18	,	ENERGY POLICY
19	gave	ENERGY POLICY
20	the	ENERGY POLICY
21	go-ahead	ENERGY POLICY
22	for	O
23	Roxby	O
24	Downs	O
25	,	O
26	potentially	O
27	the	O
28	largest	O
29	uranium	O
30	mine	O
31	in	O
32	the	O
33	world	O
34	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	mining	O
3	,	O
4	which	O
5	creates	O
6	serious	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	environmental	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	problems	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	,	O
12	has	O
13	disproportionately	O
14	impacted	O
15	indigenous	O
16	people	O
17	because	O
18	much	O
19	of	O
20	the	O
21	world	O
22	’s	O
23	uranium	O
24	is	O
25	located	O
26	under	O
27	indigenous	O
28	land	O
29	.	O

1	The	O
2	fuel	O
3	necessary	O
4	to	O
5	generate	O
6	energy	O
7	is	O
8	uranium	RELIABILITY
9	and	O
10	the	O
11	power	O
12	originated	O
13	from	O
14	the	O
15	nuclear	O
16	fission	O
17	of	O
18	its	O
19	atoms	O
20	produces	RELIABILITY
21	an	RELIABILITY
22	incredible	RELIABILITY
23	amount	RELIABILITY
24	of	RELIABILITY
25	energy	RELIABILITY
26	.	O

1	Environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	Impact	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	:	O
4	One	O
5	of	O
6	the	O
7	biggest	O
8	issues	O
9	is	O
10	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	impact	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	in	O
13	relation	O
14	to	O
15	uranium	O
16	.	O

1	Also	OTHER
2	,	O
3	directly	O
4	mining	O
5	Uranium	O
6	is	O
7	not	O
8	the	O
9	only	O
10	source	O
11	we	O
12	can	O
13	use	O
14	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	the	O
4	Nuclear	O
5	Energy	O
6	Institute	O
7	,	O
8	the	O
9	power	O
10	produced	O
11	by	O
12	the	O
13	world	O
14	'	O
15	s	O
16	nuclear	O
17	plants	O
18	would	O
19	normally	O
20	produce	O
21	2	O
22	billion	O
23	metric	O
24	tons	O
25	of	O
26	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	per	O
28	year	O
29	if	O
30	they	O
31	depended	O
32	on	O
33	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
34	fuels	FOSSIL FUELS
35	.	O

1	Furthermore	O
2	,	O
3	according	O
4	to	O
5	research	O
6	by	O
7	Friends	O
8	of	O
9	the	O
10	Earth	O
11	,	O
12	if	O
13	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	extremely	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	polluting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	dangerous	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	mining	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	refining	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	of	O
22	uranium	O
23	are	O
24	included	O
25	in	O
26	the	O
27	running	O
28	of	O
29	nuclear	O
30	plants	O
31	,	O
32	they	O
33	emit	O
34	250,000	O
35	tons	O
36	of	O
37	CO2	O
38	for	O
39	every	O
40	year	O
41	of	O
42	operation	O
43	.	O

1	In	O
2	India	O
3	,	O
4	the	O
5	country	O
6	with	O
7	the	O
8	most	O
9	recent	O
10	experience	O
11	of	O
12	nuclear	O
13	reactor	O
14	construction	O
15	,	O
16	completion	COSTS
17	costs	COSTS
18	for	O
19	the	O
20	last	O
21	10	O
22	reactors	O
23	have	O
24	,	O
25	on	O
26	average	O
27	,	O
28	been	O
29	300	O
30	%	O
31	over	COSTS
32	budget	COSTS
33	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	high	COSTS
4	construction	COSTS
5	costs	COSTS
6	have	O
7	hindered	O
8	the	O
9	development	O
10	of	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	in	O
14	many	O
15	countries	O
16	.	O

1	When	O
2	it	O
3	comes	O
4	to	O
5	new	O
6	plants	O
7	being	O
8	built	O
9	now	O
10	in	O
11	Europe	O
12	,	O
13	"	O
14	the	O
15	outlook	O
16	there	O
17	is	O
18	discouraging	O
19	as	O
20	well	O
21	—	O
22	you	O
23	'	O
24	re	O
25	seeing	O
26	patterns	O
27	of	O
28	cost	COSTS
29	increases	COSTS
30	as	O
31	well	O
32	,	O
33	"	O
34	Nogee	O
35	said	O
36	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	industry	O
4	does	O
5	not	O
6	pay	O
7	the	O
8	total	O
9	costs	O
10	of	O
11	disposing	O
12	of	O
13	nuclear	WASTE
14	waste	WASTE
15	and	O
16	ensuring	O
17	it	O
18	is	O
19	safe	O
20	for	O
21	thousand	O
22	of	O
23	years	O
24	then	O
25	this	O
26	is	O
27	a	ENERGY POLICY
28	subsidy	ENERGY POLICY
29	.	O

1	As	O
2	nuclear	O
3	plants	O
4	are	O
5	notorious	O
6	for	O
7	cost	COSTS
8	overruns	COSTS
9	,	O
10	the	O
11	higher	O
12	figure	O
13	is	O
14	much	O
15	more	O
16	likely	O
17	.	O

1	Some	OTHER
2	people	OTHER
3	say	O
4	it	O
5	'	O
6	s	O
7	going	O
8	to	O
9	be	O
10	in	O
11	responsible	O
12	hands	O
13	but	O
14	if	O
15	the	O
16	nuclear	O
17	power	O
18	gets	O
19	in	O
20	the	O
21	wrong	O
22	hands	O
23	it	O
24	can	O
25	all	O
26	go	O
27	wrong	O
28	.	O

1	This	O
2	instability	O
3	at	O
4	the	O
5	heart	O
6	of	O
7	the	O
8	production	O
9	of	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	,	O
13	combined	O
14	with	O
15	the	O
16	long-lived	O
17	and	O
18	extreme	O
19	toxicity	O
20	of	O
21	the	O
22	resulting	O
23	byproducts	O
24	,	O
25	leads	O
26	to	O
27	the	O
28	second	O
29	insurmountable	O
30	issue	O
31	with	O
32	nuclear	O
33	power	O
34	:	O
35	its	COSTS
36	expense	COSTS
37	.	O

1	The	O
2	more	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	plants	O
6	(	O
7	and	O
8	nuclear	O
9	waste	O
10	storage	O
11	shelters	O
12	)	O
13	are	O
14	built	O
15	,	O
16	the	O
17	higher	O
18	is	O
19	the	O
20	probability	O
21	of	O
22	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	disastrous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	failure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	somewhere	O
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	world	O
29	.	O
30	"	O

1	All	O
2	of	O
3	these	O
4	services	O
5	and	O
6	added	O
7	materials	O
8	cost	COSTS
9	money	COSTS
10	--	O
11	on	O
12	top	O
13	of	O
14	the	COSTS
15	high	COSTS
16	costs	COSTS
17	required	O
18	to	O
19	build	O
20	a	O
21	plant	O
22	.	O

1	April	O
2	16th	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	[	O
8	Claim	O
9	]	O
10	Nuclear	O
11	energy	O
12	is	O
13	expensive	COSTS
14	.	O

1	These	O
2	administrations	O
3	and	O
4	included	O
5	materials	O
6	cost	COSTS
7	cash	O
8	–	O
9	on	O
10	top	O
11	of	O
12	the	COSTS
13	high	COSTS
14	expenses	COSTS
15	needed	O
16	to	O
17	put	O
18	together	O
19	a	O
20	plant	O
21	,	O
22	which	O
23	may	O
24	make	O
25	it	O
26	less	O
27	desirable	O
28	to	O
29	invest	O
30	in	O
31	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	stations	O
4	are	O
5	expensive	COSTS
6	:	O
7	Nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	is	O
10	by	O
11	far	O
12	the	COSTS
13	most	COSTS
14	expensive	COSTS
15	form	COSTS
16	of	O
17	energy	O
18	that	O
19	has	O
20	ever	O
21	been	O
22	carried	O
23	out	O
24	on	O
25	an	O
26	industrial	O
27	scale	O
28	.	O

1	And	O
2	it	O
3	costs	O
4	the	ENERGY POLICY
5	federal	ENERGY POLICY
6	government	ENERGY POLICY
7	NOTHING	ENERGY POLICY
8	more	ENERGY POLICY
9	than	ENERGY POLICY
10	backing	ENERGY POLICY
11	the	ENERGY POLICY
12	loans	ENERGY POLICY
13	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	:	O
3	The	O
4	crowning	O
5	mother	O
6	of	O
7	expenses	COSTS
8	,	O
9	nuclear	O
10	is	O
11	the	O
12	blunt	O
13	force	O
14	of	O
15	power	O
16	generation	O
17	for	O
18	things	O
19	like	O
20	super-heavy	O
21	industrial	O
22	use	O
23	or	O
24	large	O
25	cities	O
26	.	O

1	Still	O
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	greatest	O
5	stumbling	O
6	block	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	might	O
10	face	O
11	is	O
12	cost	COSTS
13	.	O

1	In	O
2	the	O
3	case	O
4	of	O
5	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	,	O
9	most	O
10	of	O
11	the	O
12	damages	O
13	will	O
14	be	O
15	paid	O
16	by	O
17	society	O
18	and	O
19	not	O
20	the	O
21	companies	O
22	'	O
23	insurances	O
24	.	O

1	In	O
2	other	O
3	words	O
4	,	O
5	the	O
6	operation	O
7	of	O
8	a	O
9	nuclear	O
10	plant	O
11	is	O
12	premised	O
13	on	O
14	constant	O
15	control	O
16	over	O
17	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	fundamentally	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	uncontrollable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	process	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	.	O

1	Nuclear	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	disposal	WASTE
4	is	O
5	costly	COSTS
6	Digging	O
7	massive	O
8	holes	O
9	in	O
10	mountains	O
11	,	O
12	transporting	O
13	nuclear	WASTE
14	waste	WASTE
15	to	O
16	these	WASTE
17	designated	WASTE
18	waste	WASTE
19	areas	WASTE
20	,	O
21	and	O
22	monitoring	O
23	the	WASTE
24	waste	WASTE
25	areas	WASTE
26	for	O
27	radiation	O
28	leakages	O
29	are	O
30	all	COSTS
31	significant	COSTS
32	costs	COSTS
33	associated	O
34	with	O
35	nuclear	O
36	energy	O
37	.	O

1	To	OTHER
2	maintain	OTHER
3	the	O
4	current	O
5	proportional	O
6	contribution	O
7	of	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	would	O
11	require	O
12	building	O
13	eighty	O
14	new	O
15	nuclear	O
16	plants	O
17	in	O
18	the	O
19	next	O
20	10	O
21	years	O
22	—	O
23	commissioning	O
24	one	O
25	every	O
26	6	O
27	weeks	O
28	!	O

1	Although	O
2	construction	O
3	of	O
4	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	power	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	plants	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	may	O
9	be	O
10	feasible	O
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	may	RELIABILITY
14	help	RELIABILITY
15	meet	RELIABILITY
16	rising	RELIABILITY
17	energy	RELIABILITY
18	needs	RELIABILITY
19	in	O
20	the	O
21	short	O
22	term	O
23	,	O
24	ignoring	O
25	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	longer	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	term	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	implications	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	of	O
30	nuclear	O
31	power	O
32	may	O
33	lead	O
34	to	O
35	even	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	bigger	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	problems	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	.	O

1	Rising	COSTS
2	capital	COSTS
3	and	COSTS
4	operating	COSTS
5	costs	COSTS
6	are	O
7	making	O
8	new	O
9	projects	O
10	more	O
11	and	O
12	more	O
13	unattractive	O
14	.	O

1	Sizewell	O
2	B	O
3	,	O
4	the	O
5	UK	O
6	’s	O
7	most	O
8	recent	O
9	power	O
10	station	O
11	cost	COSTS
12	the	O
13	taxpayer	O
14	around	O
15	£	O
16	3.7	O
17	billion	O
18	just	O
19	to	O
20	install	O
21	Decommissioning	O
22	and	O
23	cleaning	O
24	up	O
25	all	O
26	of	O
27	our	O
28	current	O
29	nuclear	O
30	sites	O
31	is	COSTS
32	costing	COSTS
33	more	O
34	than	O
35	£	O
36	70	O
37	billion	O
38	.	O

1	A	O
2	new	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	station	O
6	will	COSTS
7	take	COSTS
8	at	COSTS
9	least	COSTS
10	10	COSTS
11	years	COSTS
12	to	COSTS
13	build	COSTS
14	and	O
15	longer	O
16	to	O
17	generate	O
18	electricity	O
19	.	O

1	The	COSTS
2	cost	COSTS
3	of	O
4	decommissioning	O
5	will	O
6	be	O
7	an	O
8	enormous	O
9	sum	O
10	and	O
11	the	O
12	final	O
13	total	O
14	is	O
15	unknown	O
16	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	option	O
6	is	O
7	ignored	O
8	,	O
9	nations	COSTS
10	would	COSTS
11	have	COSTS
12	to	COSTS
13	pay	COSTS
14	a	COSTS
15	larger	COSTS
16	bill	COSTS
17	to	O
18	achieve	O
19	their	O
20	goals	O
21	,	O
22	Fawcett	O
23	said	O
24	.	O

1	The	O
2	production	O
3	of	O
4	electricity	O
5	from	O
6	splitting	O
7	apart	O
8	uranium	O
9	atoms	O
10	is	O
11	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	inherently	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	unstable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	process	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	liable	O
16	at	O
17	any	O
18	moment	O
19	to	O
20	run	O
21	away	O
22	,	O
23	out	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	control	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	.	O

1	The	O
2	report	O
3	goes	O
4	on	O
5	to	O
6	say	O
7	:	O
8	“	O
9	The	O
10	risks	O
11	faced	O
12	by	O
13	developers	O
14	[	O
15	of	O
16	new	O
17	nuclear	O
18	plants	O
19	]	O
20	…	O
21	are	O
22	so	O
23	large	O
24	and	O
25	variable	O
26	that	O
27	individually	O
28	they	O
29	could	O
30	each	O
31	bring	O
32	even	O
33	the	O
34	largest	O
35	utility	O
36	company	O
37	to	O
38	its	O
39	knees	O
40	financially	COSTS
41	.	O
42	”	O

1	The	O
2	more	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	plants	O
6	(	O
7	and	O
8	nuclear	WASTE
9	waste	WASTE
10	storage	WASTE
11	shelters	WASTE
12	)	O
13	are	O
14	built	O
15	,	O
16	the	O
17	higher	O
18	is	O
19	the	O
20	probability	O
21	of	O
22	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	disastrous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	failure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	somewhere	O
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	world	O
29	.	O

1	They	O
2	say	O
3	no	O
4	one	O
5	knows	O
6	whats	O
7	going	O
8	to	O
9	happen	O
10	to	O
11	the	O
12	nuclear	O
13	energy	O
14	but	O
15	if	O
16	it	O
17	'	O
18	s	O
19	in	O
20	a	O
21	good	O
22	place	O
23	and	O
24	no	O
25	one	O
26	does	O
27	anything	O
28	dangerous	O
29	with	O
30	the	O
31	nuclear	O
32	power	O
33	it	O
34	will	O
35	be	O
36	finePeople	O
37	also	O
38	say	O
39	we	ENERGY POLICY
40	will	ENERGY POLICY
41	sell	ENERGY POLICY
42	it	ENERGY POLICY
43	to	ENERGY POLICY
44	other	ENERGY POLICY
45	countries	ENERGY POLICY
46	for	O
47	money	O
48	I	O
49	think	O
50	that	O
51	'	O
52	s	O
53	a	O
54	good	O
55	idea	O
56	because	O
57	our	O
58	country	O
59	would	O
60	have	O
61	more	O
62	money	O
63	.	O

1	Consequently	O
2	,	O
3	the	ENERGY POLICY
4	government	ENERGY POLICY
5	has	ENERGY POLICY
6	to	ENERGY POLICY
7	subsidize	ENERGY POLICY
8	the	O
9	costs	O
10	.	O

1	While	O
2	the	COSTS
3	average	COSTS
4	construction	COSTS
5	time	COSTS
6	is	O
7	seven	COSTS
8	years	COSTS
9	,	O
10	eight	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	reactors	O
14	have	O
15	been	O
16	under	O
17	construction	O
18	for	O
19	more	COSTS
20	than	COSTS
21	20	COSTS
22	years	COSTS
23	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	is	O
3	now	O
4	asking	O
5	for	O
6	$	O
7	100	O
8	billion	O
9	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plant	O
3	construction	O
4	runs	O
5	over-time	COSTS
6	and	O
7	over-budget	COSTS
8	"	O
9	The	O
10	case	O
11	against	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	"	O
15	.	O

1	Wall	O
2	Street	O
3	wo	O
4	n’t	O
5	finance	O
6	one	O
7	unless	O
8	taxpayers	O
9	co-sign	O
10	,	O
11	and	O
12	the	O
13	nuclear	O
14	industry	O
15	tried	O
16	and	O
17	failed	O
18	to	O
19	obtain	O
20	more	O
21	than	O
22	$	O
23	100	O
24	billion	O
25	in	O
26	federal	ENERGY POLICY
27	loan	ENERGY POLICY
28	guarantees	ENERGY POLICY
29	.	O

1	But	O
2	increasing	O
3	reliance	O
4	on	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	is	O
8	one	O
9	of	O
10	the	COSTS
11	costliest	COSTS
12	ways	COSTS
13	to	O
14	achieve	O
15	that	O
16	goal	O
17	.	O

1	Critics	O
2	also	O
3	say	O
4	that	O
5	it	O
6	can	COSTS
7	take	COSTS
8	decades	COSTS
9	to	O
10	put	O
11	an	O
12	effective	O
13	nuclear	O
14	program	O
15	into	O
16	action	O
17	(	O
18	12	O
19	)	O
20	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	relies	O
4	too	O
5	heavily	O
6	on	O
7	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
8	/	ENERGY POLICY
9	taxpayers	ENERGY POLICY
10	"	O
11	The	O
12	Case	O
13	Against	O
14	Nuclear	O
15	Power	O
16	"	O
17	.	O

1	If	O
2	one	O
3	were	O
4	to	O
5	try	O
6	and	O
7	figure	O
8	out	O
9	how	O
10	much	O
11	a	O
12	new	O
13	plant	O
14	might	COSTS
15	cost	COSTS
16	by	O
17	looking	O
18	at	O
19	the	O
20	last	O
21	generation	O
22	of	O
23	nuclear	O
24	power	O
25	plants	O
26	,	O
27	"	O
28	on	O
29	average	O
30	,	O
31	cost	COSTS
32	overruns	COSTS
33	there	O
34	were	O
35	equal	O
36	to	O
37	three	O
38	times	O
39	the	O
40	pre-construction	O
41	projections	O
42	,	O
43	so	O
44	if	O
45	it	O
46	was	COSTS
47	supposed	COSTS
48	to	COSTS
49	cost	COSTS
50	$	O
51	1	O
52	billion	O
53	,	O
54	it	O
55	cost	COSTS
56	$	O
57	3	O
58	billion	O
59	,	O
60	"	O
61	he	O
62	explained	O
63	.	O

1	Technically	O
2	less	O
3	advanced	O
4	countries	O
5	with	O
6	nuclear	O
7	power	O
8	stations	O
9	increases	O
10	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	risks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	.	O

1	That	O
2	’s	O
3	because	O
4	a	O
5	Construction	O
6	/	O
7	Operating	O
8	Licensing	O
9	would	O
10	never	O
11	be	O
12	granted	O
13	to	O
14	a	O
15	reactor	O
16	configuration	O
17	that	O
18	could	O
19	potentially	O
20	continue	O
21	to	O
22	fission	O
23	under	O
24	certain	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	scenarios	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	(	O
28	the	O
29	result	O
30	of	O
31	fuel	O
32	having	O
33	a	O
34	positive	O
35	temp	O
36	.	O

1	They	O
2	know	O
3	it	O
4	is	O
5	both	O
6	far	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	too	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	and	O
10	far	COSTS
11	too	COSTS
12	expensive	COSTS
13	.	O

1	Such	O
2	a	O
3	release	O
4	could	COSTS
5	cost	COSTS
6	up	O
7	to	O
8	$	O
9	2.1	O
10	trillion	O
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	would	O
14	force	O
15	the	O
16	permanent	O
17	relocation	O
18	of	O
19	11.1	O
20	million	O
21	people	O
22	.	O
23	"	O

1	[	O
2	...	O
3	]	O
4	Worldwide	O
5	,	O
6	the	COSTS
7	cost	COSTS
8	of	O
9	building	O
10	a	O
11	nuclear	O
12	reactor	O
13	is	O
14	consistently	O
15	two	O
16	to	O
17	three	O
18	times	O
19	higher	O
20	than	O
21	the	O
22	nuclear	O
23	industry	O
24	estimates	O
25	.	O

1	Building	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	plants	O
5	takes	COSTS
6	too	COSTS
7	long	COSTS
8	It	O
9	can	O
10	take	O
11	between	O
12	20	O
13	to	O
14	30	O
15	years	O
16	to	O
17	move	O
18	from	O
19	the	O
20	planning	O
21	to	O
22	the	O
23	opening	O
24	of	O
25	a	O
26	nuclear	O
27	reactor	O
28	.	O

1	The	COSTS
2	price	COSTS
3	tag	COSTS
4	for	O
5	a	O
6	new	O
7	nuclear	O
8	reactor	O
9	is	O
10	the	O
11	biggest	O
12	obstacle	O
13	.	O

1	The	COSTS
2	costs	COSTS
3	of	O
4	evacuation	O
5	and	O
6	environmental	O
7	remediation	O
8	,	O
9	and	O
10	those	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	loss	O
14	of	O
15	usable	O
16	land	O
17	,	O
18	could	O
19	be	O
20	enormous	O
21	.	O

1	The	ENERGY POLICY
2	Price-Anderson	ENERGY POLICY
3	Nuclear	ENERGY POLICY
4	Industries	ENERGY POLICY
5	Indemnity	ENERGY POLICY
6	Act	ENERGY POLICY
7	,	O
8	first	O
9	passed	O
10	in	O
11	1957	O
12	and	O
13	last	O
14	renewed	O
15	in	O
16	2005	O
17	,	O
18	restricts	O
19	any	O
20	costs	O
21	payable	O
22	by	O
23	utility	O
24	companies	O
25	in	O
26	the	O
27	event	O
28	of	O
29	a	O
30	nuclear	O
31	accident	O
32	to	O
33	$	O
34	12.6	O
35	billion	O
36	.	O

1	January	O
2	24	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Despite	O
8	its	O
9	promise	O
10	more	O
11	than	O
12	50	O
13	years	O
14	ago	O
15	of	O
16	energy	O
17	“	O
18	too	COSTS
19	cheap	COSTS
20	to	O
21	meter	O
22	,	O
23	”	O
24	the	O
25	nuclear	O
26	power	O
27	industry	O
28	continues	O
29	to	O
30	be	O
31	dependent	ENERGY POLICY
32	on	ENERGY POLICY
33	taxpayer	ENERGY POLICY
34	handouts	ENERGY POLICY
35	to	O
36	survive	O
37	.	O

1	In	O
2	a	O
3	recent	O
4	estimate	O
5	,	O
6	the	O
7	UK	O
8	government	O
9	calculated	O
10	that	O
11	cleaning	O
12	up	O
13	the	O
14	country	O
15	’s	O
16	ageing	O
17	nuclear	O
18	facilities	O
19	will	COSTS
20	exceed	COSTS
21	73	COSTS
22	billion	COSTS
23	pounds	COSTS
24	(	O
25	USD	O
26	100	O
27	billion	O
28	)	O
29	.	O

1	Building	O
2	new	O
3	nuclear	O
4	plants	O
5	would	O
6	mean	O
7	the	O
8	production	O
9	of	O
10	much	O
11	more	O
12	of	O
13	this	WASTE
14	dangerous	WASTE
15	waste	WASTE
16	with	O
17	no	O
18	where	O
19	for	O
20	it	O
21	to	O
22	go	O
23	.	O
24	"	O

1	January	O
2	8	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Nuclear	O
8	is	O
9	not	O
10	an	O
11	available	O
12	power	O
13	source	O
14	in	O
15	the	O
16	Philippines	O
17	,	O
18	and	O
19	,	O
20	given	O
21	the	O
22	DOE	O
23	’s	O
24	power	O
25	forecasts	O
26	,	O
27	a	O
28	nuclear	O
29	plant	O
30	will	O
31	be	O
32	a	RELIABILITY
33	poor	RELIABILITY
34	choice	RELIABILITY
35	to	RELIABILITY
36	meet	RELIABILITY
37	power	RELIABILITY
38	demand	RELIABILITY
39	because	O
40	it	O
41	takes	COSTS
42	too	COSTS
43	long	COSTS
44	to	COSTS
45	build	COSTS
46	.	O

1	Despite	O
2	what	O
3	the	O
4	nuclear	O
5	industry	O
6	tells	O
7	us	O
8	,	O
9	building	O
10	enough	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	stations	O
14	to	O
15	make	O
16	a	O
17	meaningful	O
18	reduction	O
19	in	O
20	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	gas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	would	COSTS
24	cost	COSTS
25	trillions	O
26	of	O
27	dollars	O
28	,	O
29	create	O
30	tens	O
31	of	O
32	thousands	O
33	of	O
34	tons	O
35	of	O
36	lethal	WASTE
37	high-level	WASTE
38	radioactive	WASTE
39	waste	WASTE
40	,	O
41	contribute	O
42	to	O
43	further	O
44	proliferation	O
45	of	O
46	nuclear	WEAPONS
47	weapons	WEAPONS
48	materials	WEAPONS
49	,	O
50	and	O
51	result	O
52	in	O
53	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
54	Chernobyl-scale	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
55	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
56	once	O
57	every	O
58	decade	O
59	.	O

1	In	O
2	most	O
3	cases	O
4	,	O
5	the	O
6	decommissioning	O
7	process	O
8	costs	COSTS
9	between	O
10	US	O
11	$	O
12	300	O
13	million	O
14	to	O
15	US	O
16	$	O
17	5.6	O
18	billion	O
19	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	a	O
4	report	O
5	cited	O
6	inScientific	O
7	American	O
8	,	O
9	the	COSTS
10	costs	COSTS
11	to	O
12	the	ENERGY POLICY
13	taxpayer	ENERGY POLICY
14	of	O
15	building	O
16	100	O
17	new	O
18	nuclear	O
19	power	O
20	plants	O
21	,	O
22	over	O
23	the	O
24	lifetime	O
25	of	O
26	the	O
27	plants	O
28	,	O
29	over	O
30	and	O
31	above	O
32	costs	O
33	associated	O
34	with	O
35	alternatives	O
36	if	O
37	they	O
38	had	O
39	been	O
40	pursued	O
41	,	O
42	come	O
43	to	O
44	a	O
45	truly	O
46	gargantuan	O
47	$	O
48	1.9	O
49	–	O
50	4.1	O
51	trillion	O
52	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	stations	O
4	are	O
5	so	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	that	O
8	no	O
9	insurance	O
10	company	O
11	will	O
12	undertake	O
13	to	O
14	pay	O
15	the	O
16	total	O
17	costs	O
18	of	O
19	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	or	O
22	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plants	O
3	need	COSTS
4	two	COSTS
5	decades	COSTS
6	to	COSTS
7	build	COSTS
8	,	O
9	and	O
10	the	O
11	mining	O
12	of	O
13	uranium	O
14	fuel	O
15	is	O
16	carbon-polluting	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	,	O
18	he	O
19	said	O
20	.	O

1	Natural	FOSSIL FUELS
2	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
3	,	O
4	a	FOSSIL FUELS
5	fossil	FOSSIL FUELS
6	fuel	FOSSIL FUELS
7	,	O
8	is	O
9	too	O
10	expensive	O
11	already	O
12	,	O
13	and	O
14	its	O
15	price	O
16	is	O
17	too	O
18	volatile	O
19	to	O
20	risk	O
21	building	O
22	big	O
23	baseload	O
24	plants	O
25	.	O

1	Since	O
2	its	O
3	inception	O
4	in	O
5	1948	O
6	,	O
7	this	O
8	industry	O
9	has	O
10	received	O
11	tens	O
12	of	O
13	billions	O
14	of	O
15	dollars	O
16	in	O
17	federal	ENERGY POLICY
18	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
19	but	O
20	remains	O
21	unable	O
22	to	O
23	compete	O
24	economically	O
25	on	O
26	its	O
27	own	O
28	.	O

1	That	O
2	'	O
3	s	O
4	more	O
5	of	O
6	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	risk	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	associated	O
9	with	O
10	overseas	O
11	reactors	O
12	,	O
13	but	O
14	if	ENERGY POLICY
15	the	ENERGY POLICY
16	U.S.	ENERGY POLICY
17	signals	ENERGY POLICY
18	that	ENERGY POLICY
19	it	ENERGY POLICY
20	will	ENERGY POLICY
21	build	ENERGY POLICY
22	a	ENERGY POLICY
23	whole	ENERGY POLICY
24	new	ENERGY POLICY
25	generation	ENERGY POLICY
26	of	ENERGY POLICY
27	plants	ENERGY POLICY
28	,	ENERGY POLICY
29	that	ENERGY POLICY
30	greatly	ENERGY POLICY
31	increases	ENERGY POLICY
32	the	ENERGY POLICY
33	odds	ENERGY POLICY
34	that	ENERGY POLICY
35	the	ENERGY POLICY
36	rest	ENERGY POLICY
37	of	ENERGY POLICY
38	the	ENERGY POLICY
39	world	ENERGY POLICY
40	will	ENERGY POLICY
41	want	ENERGY POLICY
42	to	ENERGY POLICY
43	do	ENERGY POLICY
44	that	ENERGY POLICY
45	as	ENERGY POLICY
46	well	ENERGY POLICY
47	,	O
48	Nogee	O
49	said	O
50	.	O

1	January	O
2	8	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	-	O
6	"	O
7	No	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	station	O
11	anywhere	O
12	in	O
13	the	O
14	world	O
15	has	COSTS
16	ever	COSTS
17	been	COSTS
18	built	COSTS
19	on	COSTS
20	time	COSTS
21	and	O
22	on	O
23	budget	COSTS
24	with	O
25	the	O
26	average	O
27	reactor	O
28	costing	COSTS
29	three	COSTS
30	times	COSTS
31	as	COSTS
32	much	COSTS
33	and	O
34	twice	COSTS
35	as	COSTS
36	long	COSTS
37	to	COSTS
38	build	COSTS
39	.	O

1	Some	O
2	people	O
3	say	O
4	that	O
5	it	O
6	will	WEAPONS
7	get	WEAPONS
8	into	WEAPONS
9	the	WEAPONS
10	wrong	WEAPONS
11	hands	WEAPONS
12	.	O

1	When	O
2	the	O
3	utilities	O
4	default	O
5	on	O
6	these	ENERGY POLICY
7	loans	ENERGY POLICY
8	,	O
9	taxpayers	ENERGY POLICY
10	will	O
11	foot	O
12	the	O
13	bill	O
14	.	O

1	Decommissioning	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	plants	O
5	is	O
6	expensive	COSTS
7	"	O
8	The	O
9	case	O
10	against	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	"	O
14	.	O

1	Again	O
2	,	O
3	without	O
4	that	O
5	indemnity	O
6	,	O
7	without	O
8	the	ENERGY POLICY
9	government	ENERGY POLICY
10	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
11	and	ENERGY POLICY
12	loan	ENERGY POLICY
13	guarantees	ENERGY POLICY
14	,	O
15	and	O
16	tax	ENERGY POLICY
17	breaks	ENERGY POLICY
18	,	O
19	the	O
20	nuclear	O
21	industry	O
22	could	O
23	not	O
24	exist	O
25	;	O
26	the	O
27	laws	O
28	of	O
29	the	O
30	free	O
31	market	O
32	are	O
33	not	O
34	allowed	O
35	to	O
36	apply	O
37	to	O
38	nuclear	O
39	power	O
40	.	O

1	*	O
2	High	ENERGY POLICY
3	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
4	needed	O
5	for	O
6	construction	O
7	and	O
8	operation	O
9	,	O
10	as	O
11	well	O
12	as	O
13	loan	ENERGY POLICY
14	guarantees	ENERGY POLICY
15	.	O

1	(	O
2	This	O
3	means	O
4	that	O
5	either	O
6	no	O
7	one	O
8	will	O
9	be	O
10	responsible	O
11	for	O
12	physical	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	,	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	environmental	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	,	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	or	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	damages	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	in	O
20	the	O
21	case	O
22	of	O
23	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	or	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	leakage	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	over	O
28	time	O
29	from	O
30	waste	WASTE
31	storage	WASTE
32	,	O
33	or	O
34	that	O
35	the	ENERGY POLICY
36	government	ENERGY POLICY
37	will	ENERGY POLICY
38	ultimately	ENERGY POLICY
39	have	ENERGY POLICY
40	to	ENERGY POLICY
41	cover	ENERGY POLICY
42	the	ENERGY POLICY
43	cost	ENERGY POLICY
44	of	O
45	any	O
46	damages	O
47	.	O
48	)	O

1	January	O
2	8	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Decommissioning	O
8	nuclear	O
9	plants	O
10	also	O
11	cost	COSTS
12	a	O
13	lot	O
14	of	O
15	money	O
16	.	O

1	Taxpayers	ENERGY POLICY
2	,	O
3	not	O
4	nuclear	O
5	industry	O
6	,	O
7	assume	O
8	risks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	"	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	6	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	reasons	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	against	O
15	nuclear	O
16	energy	O
17	"	O
18	.	O

1	Furthermore	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	reactors	O
5	are	O
6	so	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	and	O
9	so	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	risky	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	to	O
12	build	O
13	that	O
14	no	O
15	insurance	O
16	company	O
17	is	O
18	even	O
19	willing	O
20	to	O
21	insure	O
22	such	O
23	reactors	O
24	against	O
25	disasters	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	or	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	attacks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	.	O

1	April	O
2	/	O
3	May	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	The	O
8	best	O
9	case	O
10	against	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	as	O
14	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	global	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	warming	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	remedy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	begins	O
19	with	O
20	the	O
21	fact	O
22	that	O
23	nuclear-generated	O
24	electricity	O
25	is	O
26	very	O
27	expensive	O
28	.	O

1	Each	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	plant	O
5	costs	COSTS
6	around	O
7	£	O
8	5	O
9	billion	O
10	to	O
11	build	O
12	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	if	O
4	the	O
5	nuclear	O
6	industry	O
7	is	O
8	so	O
9	confident	O
10	in	O
11	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	'	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	'	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	of	O
16	its	O
17	reactors	O
18	and	O
19	the	WASTE
20	long-lived	WASTE
21	radioactive	WASTE
22	wastes	WASTE
23	that	O
24	they	O
25	produce	O
26	,	O
27	why	O
28	must	O
29	the	ENERGY POLICY
30	American	ENERGY POLICY
31	taxpayer	ENERGY POLICY
32	indemnify	O
33	the	O
34	industry	O
35	against	O
36	the	O
37	financial	O
38	consequences	O
39	of	O
40	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
41	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
42	through	O
43	the	ENERGY POLICY
44	Price	ENERGY POLICY
45	Anderson	ENERGY POLICY
46	Act	ENERGY POLICY
47	?	O

1	Because	OTHER
2	there	O
3	are	O
4	few	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	plants	O
8	,	O
9	the	O
10	average	O
11	distance	O
12	that	O
13	the	O
14	produced	O
15	electricity	O
16	has	O
17	to	O
18	travel	O
19	is	O
20	quite	O
21	long	O
22	.	O

1	The	O
2	potential	O
3	risks	O
4	of	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	-	O
8	for	O
9	example	O
10	from	O
11	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	at	O
14	nuclear	O
15	power	O
16	plants	O
17	-	O
18	were	O
19	too	O
20	large	O
21	to	O
22	be	O
23	taken	O
24	by	O
25	even	O
26	the	O
27	largest	O
28	corporations	O
29	.	O

1	Moreover	O
2	,	O
3	as	O
4	we	O
5	’ve	O
6	witnessed	O
7	to	O
8	our	O
9	cost	O
10	,	O
11	the	O
12	large	O
13	nuclear	O
14	power	O
15	plants	O
16	are	O
17	all	O
18	too	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	liable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	damage	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	caused	O
23	by	O
24	extrinsic	O
25	(	O
26	and	O
27	uncontrollable	O
28	)	O
29	factors	O
30	.	O

1	In	O
2	Finland	O
3	,	O
4	the	O
5	construction	O
6	of	O
7	a	O
8	new	O
9	reactor	O
10	is	O
11	already	O
12	€	O
13	1.5	O
14	billion	O
15	over	COSTS
16	budget	COSTS
17	.	O
18	"	O

1	In	O
2	other	O
3	words	O
4	:	O
5	It	O
6	is	O
7	an	O
8	illusion	O
9	to	COSTS
10	build	COSTS
11	new	COSTS
12	nuclear	COSTS
13	power	COSTS
14	plants	COSTS
15	in	COSTS
16	a	COSTS
17	short	COSTS
18	time	COSTS
19	.	O

1	The	O
2	unresolved	O
3	problem	O
4	of	O
5	long-term	WASTE
6	waste	WASTE
7	disposal	WASTE
8	—	O
9	the	O
10	U.S.	O
11	government	O
12	has	O
13	pledged	O
14	to	O
15	sequester	O
16	the	WASTE
17	waste	WASTE
18	for	O
19	1	O
20	million	O
21	years	O
22	—	O
23	contributes	O
24	to	O
25	the	COSTS
26	astronomical	COSTS
27	cost	COSTS
28	of	O
29	decommissioning	O
30	nuclear	O
31	power	O
32	plants	O
33	.	O

1	Adding	O
2	more	O
3	nuclear	O
4	reactors	O
5	to	O
6	a	O
7	site	O
8	simply	O
9	makes	O
10	it	O
11	more	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	vulnerable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	attacks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	by	O
16	increasing	O
17	the	O
18	number	O
19	of	O
20	targets	O
21	or	O
22	making	O
23	the	O
24	target	O
25	bigger	O
26	.	O

1	On	O
2	top	O
3	of	O
4	this	O
5	,	O
6	the	COSTS
7	cost	COSTS
8	of	O
9	building	O
10	a	WASTE
11	nuclear	WASTE
12	waste	WASTE
13	dump	WASTE
14	costs	COSTS
15	around	O
16	USD	O
17	29	O
18	billion	O
19	.	O
20	"	O

1	Insurance	ENERGY POLICY
2	companies	ENERGY POLICY
3	will	ENERGY POLICY
4	not	ENERGY POLICY
5	insure	ENERGY POLICY
6	nuclear	O
7	reactors	O
8	so	O
9	the	ENERGY POLICY
10	risk	ENERGY POLICY
11	devolves	ENERGY POLICY
12	on	ENERGY POLICY
13	to	ENERGY POLICY
14	government	ENERGY POLICY
15	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plants	O
3	are	O
4	too	COSTS
5	expensive	COSTS
6	.	O

1	Exorbitant	COSTS
2	Cost	COSTS
3	:	O
4	Cost	COSTS
5	estimates	COSTS
6	for	O
7	new	O
8	reactor	O
9	construction	O
10	continue	COSTS
11	to	COSTS
12	soar	COSTS
13	and	O
14	are	O
15	unpredictable	COSTS
16	.	O

1	But	O
2	as	O
3	Michael	O
4	Grunwald	O
5	noted	O
6	in	O
7	Time	O
8	,	O
9	recent	COSTS
10	price	COSTS
11	estimates	COSTS
12	for	O
13	a	O
14	large	O
15	plant	O
16	in	O
17	Florida	O
18	came	O
19	in	O
20	at	O
21	$	O
22	12	O
23	billion	O
24	to	O
25	$	O
26	18	O
27	billion	O
28	,	O
29	and	O
30	that	O
31	'	O
32	s	O
33	before	O
34	you	O
35	consider	O
36	the	O
37	fact	O
38	that	O
39	the	O
40	nuclear	O
41	industry	O
42	has	O
43	a	O
44	history	O
45	of	O
46	250-percent	COSTS
47	cost	COSTS
48	overruns.Some	COSTS
49	analysts	COSTS
50	say	O
51	alternative	O
52	methods	O
53	would	O
54	yield	O
55	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
56	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
57	climate-saving	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
58	bang	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
59	for	O
60	our	O
61	buck	O
62	than	O
63	nuclear	O
64	power	O
65	.	O

1	A	COSTS
2	serious	COSTS
3	reactor	COSTS
4	accident	COSTS
5	could	COSTS
6	cost	COSTS
7	as	O
8	much	O
9	as	O
10	$	O
11	600	O
12	billion	O
13	,	O
14	the	O
15	balance	O
16	of	O
17	which	O
18	would	O
19	likely	O
20	be	O
21	paid	O
22	by	O
23	taxpayers	ENERGY POLICY
24	.	O

1	Building	O
2	new	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	stations	O
6	would	O
7	increase	O
8	the	WASTE
9	most	WASTE
10	toxic	WASTE
11	high	WASTE
12	level	WASTE
13	waste	WASTE
14	five-fold	O
15	.	O

1	Analysts	O
2	questioned	O
3	Korsnick	O
4	about	O
5	the	O
6	industry	O
7	'	COSTS
8	s	COSTS
9	high	COSTS
10	upfront	COSTS
11	capital	COSTS
12	costs	COSTS
13	for	O
14	new	O
15	reactors	O
16	and	O
17	reports	O
18	that	O
19	licensing	O
20	for	O
21	some	O
22	new	O
23	reactor	O
24	designs	O
25	could	O
26	reach	O
27	up	O
28	to	O
29	$	O
30	1	O
31	billion	O
32	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	should	O
4	be	O
5	banned	O
6	from	O
7	Austraila	O
8	if	O
9	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	happens	O
12	it	O
13	will	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	tens	O
16	of	O
17	thousands	O
18	of	O
19	people	O
20	.	O

1	Others	O
2	would	O
3	say	O
4	it	O
5	is	O
6	an	O
7	abomination	O
8	to	O
9	use	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	it	O
13	,	O
14	could	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	thousands	O
17	in	O
18	fact	O
19	it	O
20	could	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	destroy	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	all	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	Sydney	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	so	O
26	therefor	O
27	it	O
28	is	O
29	a	O
30	ridiculous	O
31	idea	O
32	.	O

1	If	O
2	Australia	O
3	had	O
4	a	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	plant	O
8	and	O
9	it	O
10	had	O
11	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	Australia	O
14	would	O
15	be	O
16	in	O
17	devastated	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	.	O

1	nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	should	O
4	be	O
5	banded	O
6	from	O
7	Australia	O
8	because	O
9	it	O
10	is	O
11	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	.	O

1	What	O
2	is	O
3	the	O
4	point	O
5	of	O
6	nuclear	O
7	power	O
8	in	O
9	Austraila	O
10	its	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	just	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	waist	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	space	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	.	O

1	The	ENERGY POLICY
2	Premier	ENERGY POLICY
3	,	ENERGY POLICY
4	Mr	ENERGY POLICY
5	Brian	ENERGY POLICY
6	Burke	ENERGY POLICY
7	,	ENERGY POLICY
8	said	ENERGY POLICY
9	that	ENERGY POLICY
10	the	ENERGY POLICY
11	Cabinet	ENERGY POLICY
12	had	ENERGY POLICY
13	reaffirmed	ENERGY POLICY
14	that	O
15	in	O
16	no	O
17	circumstances	O
18	would	O
19	a	O
20	nuclear	O
21	power	O
22	station	O
23	be	O
24	built	O
25	in	O
26	WA	O
27	.	O

1	She	O
2	said	O
3	her	O
4	party	O
5	rules	O
6	out	O
7	conceeding	O
8	this	O
9	issue	O
10	to	O
11	the	O
12	SNP	O
13	,	O
14	in	O
15	the	O
16	event	O
17	of	O
18	any	O
19	coalition	O
20	or	O
21	policy	O
22	negotiations	O
23	,	O
24	and	O
25	that	O
26	Labour	ENERGY POLICY
27	stands	O
28	by	O
29	its	O
30	pledge	O
31	made	O
32	in	O
33	the	ENERGY POLICY
34	last	ENERGY POLICY
35	government	ENERGY POLICY
36	that	O
37	new	O
38	nuclear	O
39	is	O
40	needed	O
41	to	O
42	help	O
43	the	ENERGY POLICY
44	UK	ENERGY POLICY
45	to	O
46	reduce	O
47	its	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
48	carbon	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
49	emissions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
50	and	O
51	meet	RELIABILITY
52	future	RELIABILITY
53	electricity	RELIABILITY
54	demand	RELIABILITY
55	.	O

1	Australia	O
2	should	O
3	use	O
4	nuclea	O
5	power	O
6	because	O
7	it	O
8	does	O
9	n't	O
10	release	O
11	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	gasses	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	,	O
15	this	O
16	is	O
17	good	O
18	for	O
19	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	enviroment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	.	O

1	I	OTHER
2	stongly	O
3	believe	O
4	that	O
5	Australia	O
6	should	O
7	use	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	.	O

1	Australia	ENERGY POLICY
2	has	ENERGY POLICY
3	most	ENERGY POLICY
4	of	ENERGY POLICY
5	the	ENERGY POLICY
6	worlds	ENERGY POLICY
7	uranium	ENERGY POLICY
8	and	O
9	if	O
10	Australia	O
11	has	O
12	that	O
13	much	O
14	they	ENERGY POLICY
15	should	ENERGY POLICY
16	start	ENERGY POLICY
17	using	ENERGY POLICY
18	it	ENERGY POLICY
19	or	O
20	selling	O
21	it.Therefore	O
22	I	O
23	think	O
24	that	O
25	is	O
26	enough	O
27	reasons	O
28	to	O
29	have	O
30	to	O
31	start	O
32	having	O
33	more	O
34	nuclear	O
35	plants	O
36	.	O

1	Australia	O
2	should	O
3	use	O
4	it	O
5	because	O
6	France	O
7	and	O
8	Germany	O
9	has	O
10	been	O
11	using	O
12	it	O
13	for	O
14	50	O
15	years	O
16	and	O
17	as	O
18	had	O
19	not	O
20	one	O
21	miner	O
22	issue	O
23	it	O
24	has	O
25	n't	O
26	blown	O
27	up	O
28	yet	O
29	We	O
30	will	O
31	not	O
32	have	O
33	as	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
35	green	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	house	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	gases	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	.	O

1	Secondly	O
2	,	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	is	O
6	a	O
7	backup	O
8	power	O
9	source	O
10	for	O
11	solar	RENEWABLES
12	power	RENEWABLES
13	if	O
14	it	O
15	is	O
16	a	O
17	cloudy	O
18	day	O
19	this	O
20	would	O
21	be	O
22	a	O
23	backup	O
24	power	O
25	source.Thirdly	O
26	,	O
27	Australia	O
28	is	O
29	a	O
30	stable	O
31	country	O
32	so	O
33	we	O
34	will	O
35	rarely	O
36	have	O
37	natural	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
38	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
39	and	O
40	that	O
41	'	O
42	s	O
43	why	O
44	I	O
45	want	O
46	nuclear	O
47	power	O
48	plants	O
49	in	O
50	Australia	O
51	.	O

1	It	O
2	should	O
3	be	O
4	band	O
5	from	O
6	Australia.If	O
7	terrorists	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	come	O
9	they	O
10	can	O
11	target	O
12	the	O
13	power	O
14	plant	O
15	and	O
16	it	O
17	would	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	heaps	O
20	of	O
21	people	O
22	.	O

1	Firstly	O
2	If	O
3	Australia	O
4	does	O
5	not	O
6	use	O
7	nuclear	O
8	energy	O
9	Australia	O
10	would	O
11	let	O
12	off	O
13	greenhouse	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	gasses	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	.	O

1	[	O
2	Answer	O
3	]	O
4	:	O
5	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	was	O
7	the	O
8	worst	O
9	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	9	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	/	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	11	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	atrocity	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	would	O
7	be	O
8	tiny	O
9	by	O
10	comparison	O
11	.	O

1	January	O
2	8	O
3	,	O
4	2008	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	Three	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	mile	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	Island	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	should	O
15	never	O
16	be	O
17	downplayed	O
18	.	O

1	The	O
2	risk	O
3	of	O
4	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	,	O
7	even	O
8	a	O
9	partial	O
10	one	O
11	,	O
12	is	O
13	extremely	O
14	low	O
15	.	O

1	Moreover	O
2	,	O
3	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	rate	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	in	O
7	the	O
8	Chernobyl	O
9	region	O
10	is	O
11	well	O
12	below	O
13	that	O
14	of	O
15	Australia	O
16	,	O
17	which	O
18	is	O
19	to	O
20	say	O
21	that	O
22	radiation	O
23	is	O
24	,	O
25	at	O
26	worst	O
27	,	O
28	a	HEALTH EFFECTS
29	very	HEALTH EFFECTS
30	weak	HEALTH EFFECTS
31	carcinogen	HEALTH EFFECTS
32	.	O

1	The	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	psychological	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	damage	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	alleged	O
6	by	O
7	PANE	O
8	is	O
9	no	O
10	closer	O
11	to	O
12	an	O
13	event	O
14	in	O
15	the	O
16	environment	O
17	or	O
18	to	O
19	environmental	O
20	concerns	O
21	.	O

1	Any	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	risk	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	of	O
4	another	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	or	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	Mile	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	High	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	is	O
10	intolerable	O
11	"	O
12	The	O
13	case	O
14	against	O
15	nuclear	O
16	power	O
17	"	O
18	.	O

1	The	O
2	conventional	O
3	,	O
4	but	O
5	false	O
6	,	O
7	claim	O
8	that	O
9	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	is	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	harmful	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	down	O
13	to	O
14	the	O
15	smallest	O
16	dose	O
17	and	O
18	the	O
19	slowest	O
20	rate	O
21	of	O
22	delivery	O
23	ignores	O
24	and	O
25	denies	O
26	this	O
27	evolutionary	O
28	principle	O
29	.	O

1	Just	O
2	last	O
3	month	O
4	,	O
5	a	O
6	study	O
7	was	O
8	published	O
9	that	O
10	found	O
11	thyroid	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	rates	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	among	O
15	children	O
16	in	O
17	the	O
18	Fukushima	O
19	Prefecture	O
20	were	O
21	20	O
22	to	O
23	50	O
24	percent	O
25	higher	O
26	than	O
27	children	O
28	outside	O
29	the	O
30	prefecture	O
31	.	O

1	The	O
2	number	O
3	of	O
4	firemen	O
5	,	O
6	those	O
7	most	O
8	heavily	O
9	exposed	O
10	during	O
11	the	O
12	first	O
13	few	O
14	days	O
15	after	O
16	the	O
17	onset	O
18	of	O
19	the	O
20	fire	O
21	(	O
22	it	O
23	was	O
24	not	O
25	a	O
26	nuclear	O
27	explosion	O
28	)	O
29	,	O
30	who	HEALTH EFFECTS
31	died	HEALTH EFFECTS
32	from	HEALTH EFFECTS
33	their	HEALTH EFFECTS
34	exposure	HEALTH EFFECTS
35	was	O
36	28	O
37	out	O
38	of	O
39	about	O
40	600	O
41	.	O

1	In	O
2	particular	O
3	,	O
4	there	O
5	is	O
6	evidence	O
7	of	O
8	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	clusters	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	linked	O
11	to	O
12	nuclear	O
13	power	O
14	production	O
15	.	O

1	One	O
2	of	O
3	the	O
4	interesting	O
5	things	O
6	about	O
7	modern	O
8	nuclear	O
9	power	O
10	in	O
11	the	O
12	US	O
13	is	O
14	that	O
15	few	PUBLIC DEBATE
16	really	PUBLIC DEBATE
17	understand	PUBLIC DEBATE
18	how	PUBLIC DEBATE
19	it	PUBLIC DEBATE
20	works	PUBLIC DEBATE
21	day	PUBLIC DEBATE
22	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
23	day	PUBLIC DEBATE
24	--	O
25	including	O
26	most	PUBLIC DEBATE
27	experts	PUBLIC DEBATE
28	who	PUBLIC DEBATE
29	are	PUBLIC DEBATE
30	commenting	PUBLIC DEBATE
31	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
32	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
33	media	PUBLIC DEBATE
34	on	PUBLIC DEBATE
35	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
36	topic	PUBLIC DEBATE
37	.	O

1	The	O
2	basis	O
3	is	O
4	a	O
5	belief	O
6	that	O
7	NPP	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	disasters	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	are	O
10	just	O
11	waiting	O
12	to	O
13	happen	O
14	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	immediate	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	loss	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	life	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	,	O
7	in	O
8	the	O
9	tens	O
10	of	O
11	thousands	O
12	,	O
13	coupled	O
14	with	O
15	the	O
16	invisible	O
17	and	O
18	long-term	O
19	effects	O
20	of	O
21	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	sickness	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
24	cancers	HEALTH EFFECTS
25	,	O
26	brought	O
27	the	O
28	world	O
29	up	O
30	against	O
31	the	O
32	sharp	O
33	razor	O
34	edge	O
35	of	O
36	the	O
37	nuclear	O
38	age	O
39	.	O

1	April	O
2	16th	O
3	,	O
4	2006	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	Three	O
8	Mile	O
9	Island	O
10	was	O
11	in	O
12	fact	O
13	a	O
14	success	O
15	story	O
16	:	O
17	The	O
18	concrete	O
19	containment	O
20	structure	O
21	did	O
22	just	O
23	what	O
24	it	O
25	was	O
26	designed	O
27	to	O
28	do	O
29	--	O
30	prevent	O
31	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	from	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	escaping	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
35	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
36	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
37	.	O

1	This	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	radioactivity	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	enters	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	human	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	body	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	through	O
8	breathing	O
9	and	O
10	the	O
11	food	O
12	chain	O
13	,	O
14	as	O
15	gases	O
16	and	O
17	tiny	O
18	metal	O
19	particles	O
20	.	O

1	In	O
2	it	O
3	we	O
4	explain	O
5	the	O
6	essentials	O
7	of	O
8	nuclear	O
9	reactors	O
10	and	O
11	radiation	O
12	biology	O
13	aimed	O
14	at	O
15	a	O
16	lay	O
17	public	O
18	and	O
19	show	O
20	,	O
21	among	O
22	other	O
23	things	O
24	,	O
25	that	O
26	contrary	O
27	to	O
28	the	O
29	anti-nuclear	O
30	mantra	O
31	,	O
32	nuclear	O
33	energy	O
34	has	O
35	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	best	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
38	record	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
39	over	O
40	the	O
41	last	O
42	several	O
43	decades	O
44	of	O
45	any	O
46	source	O
47	of	O
48	energy	O
49	–	O
50	by	O
51	orders	O
52	of	O
53	magnitude	O
54	.	O

1	Renewed	O
2	operation	O
3	of	O
4	[	O
5	TMI-1	O
6	]	O
7	would	O
8	cause	O
9	severe	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	psychological	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	distress	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	to	O
13	PANE	O
14	'	O
15	s	O
16	members	O
17	and	O
18	other	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	persons	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	living	O
21	in	O
22	the	O
23	vicinity	O
24	of	O
25	the	O
26	reactor	O
27	.	O

1	A	O
2	major	O
3	useful	O
4	source	O
5	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	correct	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	fear	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	mongering	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	and	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	distortions	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	surrounding	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	radiation	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	–	O
15	in	O
16	particular	O
17	exposing	O
18	the	O
19	erroneous	O
20	linear-no-threshold	O
21	(	O
22	LNT	O
23	)	O
24	assumption	O
25	used	O
26	by	O
27	all	O
28	regulatory	O
29	agencies	O
30	(	O
31	outside	O
32	of	O
33	France	O
34	)	O
35	as	O
36	the	O
37	basis	O
38	of	O
39	their	O
40	regulatory	O
41	policies	O
42	–	O
43	is	O
44	to	O
45	be	O
46	found	O
47	at	O
48	the	O
49	website	O
50	of	O
51	Scientists	PUBLIC DEBATE
52	for	PUBLIC DEBATE
53	Accurate	PUBLIC DEBATE
54	Radiation	PUBLIC DEBATE
55	Information	PUBLIC DEBATE
56	(	O
57	SARI	O
58	)	O
59	,	O
60	an	O
61	international	O
62	organization	O
63	of	O
64	some	O
65	80	O
66	scientists	O
67	,	O
68	physicians	O
69	,	O
70	and	O
71	others	O
72	from	O
73	14	O
74	different	O
75	countries	O
76	around	O
77	the	O
78	world	O
79	,	O
80	to	O
81	which	O
82	we	O
83	both	O
84	belong	O
85	.	O

1	If	O
2	a	O
3	large	O
4	plane	O
5	were	O
6	flown	O
7	into	O
8	a	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	station	O
12	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	would	O
15	be	O
16	immeasurably	O
17	worse	O
18	than	O
19	Chernobyl	O
20	.	O

1	When	O
2	necessary	O
3	,	O
4	design	O
5	changes	O
6	followed	O
7	and	O
8	extra	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	protocols	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	features	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	had	O
14	to	O
15	be	O
16	put	O
17	in	O
18	place	O
19	,	O
20	this	O
21	was	O
22	perceived	O
23	as	O
24	unexpected	COSTS
25	cost	COSTS
26	increases	COSTS
27	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	at	O
4	the	O
5	Fukushima	O
6	I	O
7	Nuclear	O
8	Power	O
9	Plant	O
10	was	O
11	the	O
12	worst	O
13	since	O
14	Chernobyl	O
15	in	O
16	Ukraine	O
17	,	O
18	25	O
19	years	O
20	earlier	O
21	.	O

1	All	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	us	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	are	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	exposed	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	to	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	natural	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	radioactivity	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	every	O
10	minute	O
11	,	O
12	mostly	O
13	from	O
14	rocks	O
15	and	O
16	soil	O
17	.	O

1	Yet	O
2	in	O
3	the	O
4	event	O
5	of	O
6	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	,	O
9	existing	O
10	evacuation	O
11	plans	O
12	have	O
13	been	O
14	found	O
15	to	O
16	be	O
17	unrealistic	O
18	.	O

1	Formal.standard	O
2	:	O
3	[	O
4	Opposition	O
5	argument	O
6	:]	O
7	Nuclear	O
8	reactors	O
9	are	O
10	likely	O
11	to	O
12	have	O
13	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	with	O
15	severe	O
16	consequences	O
17	for	O
18	humanity	O
19	.	O

1	A	O
2	recent	O
3	book	O
4	,	O
5	Chernobyl	O
6	:	O
7	Consequences	O
8	of	O
9	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	Catastrophe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	for	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	People	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	Environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	,	O
17	concludes	O
18	that	O
19	,	O
20	based	O
21	on	O
22	records	O
23	now	O
24	available	O
25	,	O
26	some	HEALTH EFFECTS
27	985,000	HEALTH EFFECTS
28	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
29	died	HEALTH EFFECTS
30	between	O
31	1986	O
32	and	O
33	2004	O
34	,	O
35	mainly	O
36	of	O
37	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
38	,	O
39	as	O
40	a	O
41	result	O
42	of	O
43	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
44	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
45	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
46	.	O

1	studies	O
2	worldwide	O
3	(	O
4	for	O
5	a	O
6	partial	O
7	listing	O
8	see	O
9	Charles	O
10	Sanders	O
11	’s	O
12	2009	O
13	book	O
14	Radiation	O
15	Hormesis	O
16	and	O
17	the	O
18	Linear-No-Threshold	O
19	Assumption	O
20	and	O
21	for	O
22	a	O
23	more	O
24	complete	O
25	,	O
26	though	O
27	more	O
28	dated	O
29	,	O
30	listing	O
31	see	O
32	T.D	O
33	.	O
34	Luckey	O
35	’s	O
36	1991	O
37	book	O
38	Radiation	O
39	Hormesis	O
40	)	O
41	to	O
42	be	O
43	false	O
44	at	O
45	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
46	low-dose	HEALTH EFFECTS
47	ranges	HEALTH EFFECTS
48	to	O
49	which	O
50	most	HEALTH EFFECTS
51	nuclear	HEALTH EFFECTS
52	workers	HEALTH EFFECTS
53	,	O
54	accident	HEALTH EFFECTS
55	responders	HEALTH EFFECTS
56	,	O
57	and	O
58	nearby	HEALTH EFFECTS
59	residents	HEALTH EFFECTS
60	have	O
61	been	O
62	exposed	O
63	.	O

1	For	O
2	his	O
3	part	O
4	,	O
5	Gundersen	O
6	has	O
7	successively	O
8	raised	O
9	his	O
10	estimates	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	number	O
14	of	O
15	cancers	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	that	O
17	will	O
18	result	O
19	from	O
20	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	’s	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	after	O
24	the	O
25	quake	O
26	and	O
27	tsunami	O
28	from	O
29	a	O
30	few	O
31	hundred	O
32	thousand	O
33	to	O
34	,	O
35	again	O
36	,	O
37	the	O
38	round	O
39	figure	O
40	of	O
41	a	O
42	million	O
43	.	O

1	Renewed	O
2	operation	O
3	of	O
4	TMI	O
5	1	O
6	would	O
7	cause	O
8	severe	ENERGY POLICY
9	harm	ENERGY POLICY
10	to	ENERGY POLICY
11	the	ENERGY POLICY
12	stability	ENERGY POLICY
13	,	ENERGY POLICY
14	cohesiveness	ENERGY POLICY
15	and	ENERGY POLICY
16	well	ENERGY POLICY
17	being	ENERGY POLICY
18	of	ENERGY POLICY
19	the	ENERGY POLICY
20	communities	ENERGY POLICY
21	in	ENERGY POLICY
22	the	ENERGY POLICY
23	vicinity	ENERGY POLICY
24	of	O
25	the	O
26	reactor	O
27	.	O

1	But	O
2	a	O
3	risk	O
4	of	O
5	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	is	O
8	not	O
9	an	O
10	effect	O
11	on	O
12	the	O
13	physical	O
14	environment	O
15	.	O

1	In	O
2	fact	O
3	,	O
4	national	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	protection	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	standards	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	fall	O
9	short	O
10	of	O
11	protecting	O
12	those	O
13	most	O
14	vulnerable	O
15	to	O
16	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	harmful	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	effects	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	,	O
22	basing	O
23	their	O
24	evaluation	O
25	on	O
26	impacts	O
27	to	O
28	a	O
29	“	O
30	standard	O
31	”	O
32	healthy	O
33	,	O
34	young	O
35	,	O
36	white	O
37	adult	O
38	male	O
39	.	O

1	[	O
2	Footnote	O
3	9	O
4	]	O
5	The	O
6	NRC	O
7	concluded	O
8	that	O
9	the	O
10	risk	O
11	of	O
12	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	had	O
15	not	O
16	changed	O
17	significantly	O
18	since	O
19	the	O
20	EIS	O
21	for	O
22	TMI-1	O
23	was	O
24	prepared	O
25	in	O
26	1972	O
27	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	awesome	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	destructiveness	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	seen	O
5	at	O
6	Hiroshima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	is	O
8	one	O
9	of	O
10	the	O
11	products	O
12	of	O
13	nuclear	O
14	fission	O
15	.	O

1	We	OTHER
2	will	O
3	also	O
4	guarantee	O
5	a	O
6	riskier	O
7	future	O
8	for	O
9	us	O
10	all	O
11	.	O

1	Each	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	was	O
4	unique	O
5	,	O
6	and	O
7	each	O
8	was	O
9	supposed	O
10	to	O
11	be	O
12	impossible	O
13	.	O

1	For	O
2	the	O
3	hundreds	O
4	of	O
5	thousands	O
6	of	O
7	Japanese	O
8	moved	O
9	into	O
10	temporary	O
11	shelters	O
12	either	O
13	because	O
14	their	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	homes	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	were	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	washed	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	away	O
19	in	O
20	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	tsunami	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	or	O
23	because	O
24	of	O
25	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	emergency	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	evacuation	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	caused	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	by	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	crisis	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	,	O
34	there	O
35	is	O
36	very	O
37	little	O
38	prospect	O
39	of	O
40	moving	O
41	back	O
42	.	O

1	Risk	OTHER
2	is	O
3	a	O
4	pervasive	O
5	element	O
6	of	O
7	modern	O
8	life	O
9	;	O
10	to	O
11	say	O
12	more	O
13	would	O
14	belabor	O
15	the	O
16	obvious	O
17	.	O

1	Although	O
2	the	O
3	casualties	O
4	were	O
5	not	O
6	that	O
7	high	O
8	,	O
9	but	O
10	it	O
11	caused	O
12	serious	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	concerns	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	.	O

1	If	O
2	the	O
3	Fukushima	O
4	reactors	O
5	were	O
6	automatically	O
7	flooded	O
8	as	O
9	soon	O
10	as	O
11	the	O
12	earthquake	O
13	was	O
14	detected	O
15	,	O
16	not	O
17	manually	O
18	and	O
19	only	O
20	several	O
21	hours	O
22	after	O
23	the	O
24	tsunami	O
25	hit	O
26	,	O
27	there	O
28	would	O
29	have	O
30	been	O
31	no	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	that	O
5	occurred	O
6	on	O
7	26	O
8	April	O
9	1986	O
10	at	O
11	the	O
12	Chernobyl	O
13	Nuclear	O
14	Power	O
15	Plant	O
16	in	O
17	Ukraine	O
18	was	O
19	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	worst	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	in	O
24	the	O
25	history	O
26	.	O

1	It	O
2	’s	O
3	quite	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	,	O
6	but	O
7	thanks	O
8	to	O
9	obviousness	O
10	of	O
11	the	O
12	danger	O
13	,	O
14	precautions	O
15	are	O
16	taken	O
17	.	O

1	It	O
2	can	O
3	cause	O
4	genetic	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	mutations	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	which	O
7	lead	O
8	to	O
9	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	.	O

1	At	O
2	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	we	O
4	have	O
5	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	worst	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	industrial	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	ever	O
10	.	O

1	A	O
2	September	O
3	2004	O
4	study	O
5	by	O
6	Dr.	O
7	Ed	O
8	Lyman	O
9	of	O
10	the	O
11	Union	O
12	of	O
13	Concerned	O
14	Scientists	O
15	,	O
16	using	O
17	the	O
18	NRC	O
19	’s	O
20	own	O
21	analysis	O
22	method	O
23	,	O
24	found	O
25	that	O
26	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	worst-case	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	or	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	at	O
32	the	O
33	Indian	O
34	Point	O
35	nuclear	O
36	plant	O
37	35	O
38	miles	O
39	north	O
40	of	O
41	New	O
42	York	O
43	City	O
44	could	O
45	cause	O
46	up	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
47	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
48	43,700	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
49	immediate	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
50	fatalities	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
51	and	O
52	up	HEALTH EFFECTS
53	to	HEALTH EFFECTS
54	518,000	HEALTH EFFECTS
55	long-term	HEALTH EFFECTS
56	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
57	deaths	HEALTH EFFECTS
58	.	O

1	The	O
2	authors	O
3	arrived	O
4	in	O
5	part	O
6	at	O
7	their	O
8	imaginary	O
9	figure	O
10	by	O
11	attributing	O
12	every	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	death	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	that	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	occurred	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	to	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	from	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	Chernobyl	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	,	O
22	as	O
23	though	O
24	suddenly	O
25	all	O
26	other	O
27	causes	O
28	of	O
29	death	O
30	stopped	O
31	for	O
32	the	O
33	time	O
34	being	O
35	.	O

1	Organizations	O
2	like	O
3	the	O
4	Sierra	O
5	Club	O
6	forcefully	O
7	argue	O
8	against	O
9	the	O
10	"	O
11	numerous	O
12	issues	O
13	"	O
14	that	O
15	dog	O
16	nuclear	O
17	energy	O
18	—	O
19	despite	O
20	the	O
21	fact	O
22	that	O
23	,	O
24	as	O
25	backers	O
26	point	O
27	out	O
28	,	O
29	there	O
30	has	O
31	n't	O
32	been	O
33	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	on	O
36	U.S.	O
37	soil	O
38	since	O
39	Three	O
40	Mile	O
41	Island	O
42	'	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
43	s	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
44	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
45	in	O
46	1979	O
47	.	O

1	The	O
2	potential	O
3	for	O
4	a	O
5	reoccurrence	O
6	of	O
7	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	will	O
10	further	O
11	stress	O
12	the	O
13	community	O
14	infrastructure	O
15	,	O
16	causing	O
17	increased	O
18	loss	O
19	of	O
20	confidence	O
21	and	O
22	a	O
23	breakdown	O
24	of	O
25	the	O
26	social	O
27	and	O
28	political	O
29	order	O
30	.	O

1	People	O
2	around	O
3	the	O
4	world	O
5	stood	O
6	aghast	O
7	at	O
8	the	O
9	apocalyptic	O
10	destruction	O
11	wreaked	O
12	on	O
13	Japan	O
14	during	O
15	a	O
16	few	O
17	hellish	O
18	minutes	O
19	when	O
20	the	O
21	United	O
22	States	O
23	dropped	O
24	the	WEAPONS
25	nuclear	WEAPONS
26	bombs	WEAPONS
27	Little	O
28	Boy	O
29	and	O
30	Fat	O
31	Man	O
32	on	O
33	the	O
34	cities	O
35	of	O
36	Hiroshima	O
37	and	O
38	Nagasaki	O
39	.	O

1	The	O
2	radiation	O
3	has	O
4	even	O
5	caused	O
6	genetic	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	mutations	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	in	O
9	children	O
10	whose	O
11	parents	O
12	were	O
13	exposed	O
14	to	O
15	the	O
16	radiation	O
17	.	O

1	The	O
2	total	O
3	figures	O
4	for	O
5	deaths	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	found	O
7	by	O
8	UNSCEAR	O
9	and	O
10	other	O
11	international	O
12	medical	O
13	investigatory	O
14	organizations	O
15	was	O
16	around	O
17	60	O
18	,	O
19	which	O
20	included	O
21	15	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	deaths	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	over	O
24	the	O
25	ensuing	O
26	years	O
27	from	O
28	thyroid	HEALTH EFFECTS
29	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
30	among	O
31	those	O
32	residents	O
33	exposed	O
34	as	O
35	children	O
36	and	O
37	a	O
38	number	O
39	of	O
40	delayed	HEALTH EFFECTS
41	deaths	HEALTH EFFECTS
42	among	O
43	clean-up	O
44	workers	O
45	whose	O
46	causes	O
47	of	O
48	death	O
49	could	O
50	in	O
51	any	O
52	way	O
53	be	O
54	related	O
55	to	O
56	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
57	exposure	HEALTH EFFECTS
58	.	O

1	High	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	risks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	:	O
4	Despite	O
5	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	generally	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	high	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	security	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	standard	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	,	O
11	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	can	O
13	still	O
14	happen	O
15	.	O

1	While	O
2	experts	O
3	disagree	O
4	over	O
5	the	O
6	definition	O
7	of	O
8	'	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	low	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	dose	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	,	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	'	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	protection	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	measures	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	are	O
17	based	O
18	on	O
19	an	O
20	assumption	O
21	that	O
22	even	O
23	small	O
24	amounts	O
25	of	O
26	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
27	exposure	HEALTH EFFECTS
28	may	O
29	pose	O
30	some	O
31	small	O
32	risk	O
33	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	does	O
3	not	O
4	take	O
5	a	O
6	physicist	O
7	to	O
8	come	O
9	to	O
10	some	O
11	understanding	O
12	and	O
13	approval	O
14	of	O
15	nuclear	O
16	energy	O
17	,	O
18	just	O
19	some	O
20	open-minded	O
21	investigation	O
22	.	O

1	October	O
2	,	O
3	2001	O
4	:	O
5	"	O
6	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	plant	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	explosion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	released	O
11	radiation	O
12	into	O
13	the	O
14	surrounding	O
15	area	O
16	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	tragedy	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	exhibits	O
5	the	ENERGY POLICY
6	failure	ENERGY POLICY
7	of	ENERGY POLICY
8	government	ENERGY POLICY
9	planners	ENERGY POLICY
10	,	O
11	not	O
12	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	inherent	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	danger	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	of	O
16	nuclear	O
17	power	O
18	.	O

1	Low	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	levels	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	comparable	O
6	to	O
7	those	O
8	received	O
9	naturally	O
10	in	O
11	some	O
12	places	O
13	are	O
14	not	O
15	harmful	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	.	O

1	The	O
2	Japanese	O
3	thought	O
4	that	O
5	Fukushima	O
6	Dai’ichi	O
7	was	O
8	invincible	O
9	;	O
10	now	O
11	,	O
12	the	O
13	wreck	O
14	of	O
15	Fukushima	O
16	Dai’ichi	O
17	(	O
18	i.e.	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	triple	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	meltdowns	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	where	O
22	the	O
23	coriums	O
24	have	O
25	now	O
26	bored	O
27	though	O
28	the	O
29	primary	O
30	containment	O
31	into	O
32	the	O
33	ground	O
34	via	O
35	their	O
36	own	O
37	lava	O
38	tubes	O
39	,	O
40	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	reach	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
43	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
44	table	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
45	in	O
46	the	O
47	coming	O
48	years	O
49	)	O
50	is	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
51	destroying	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
52	all	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
53	life	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
54	in	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
55	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
56	Pacific	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
57	Ocean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
58	;	O
59	billions	O
60	of	O
61	years	O
62	of	O
63	biological	O
64	evolution	O
65	in	O
66	Pacific	O
67	Ocean	O
68	is	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
69	being	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
70	wrecked	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
71	in	O
72	a	O
73	course	O
74	of	O
75	a	O
76	few	O
77	years	O
78	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	the	O
4	truth	O
5	is	O
6	that	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	plants	O
10	are	O
11	a	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	miniscule	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	source	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	.	O

1	Respondent	PUBLIC DEBATE
2	People	PUBLIC DEBATE
3	Against	PUBLIC DEBATE
4	Nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
5	Energy	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	(	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	PANE	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	)	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	,	O
10	an	O
11	association	O
12	of	O
13	residents	O
14	of	O
15	the	O
16	Harrisburg	O
17	area	O
18	who	O
19	are	O
20	opposed	O
21	to	O
22	further	O
23	operation	O
24	of	O
25	either	O
26	TMI	O
27	reactor	O
28	,	O
29	responded	O
30	to	O
31	this	O
32	invitation	O
33	,	O
34	contending	O
35	that	O
36	restarting	O
37	TMI-1	O
38	would	O
39	cause	O
40	both	O
41	severe	O
42	psychological	O
43	damage	O
44	to	O
45	persons	O
46	living	O
47	in	O
48	the	O
49	vicinity	O
50	,	O
51	and	O
52	serious	O
53	damage	O
54	to	O
55	the	O
56	stability	O
57	,	O
58	cohesiveness	O
59	,	O
60	and	O
61	well-being	O
62	of	O
63	neighboring	O
64	communities	O
65	.	O

1	In	O
2	this	O
3	case	O
4	,	O
5	however	O
6	,	O
7	virtually	O
8	the	O
9	entire	O
10	communities	O
11	engaged	O
12	in	O
13	radiation	O
14	protection	O
15	,	O
16	radiology	O
17	,	O
18	or	O
19	health	O
20	physics	O
21	agree	O
22	that	O
23	either	HEALTH EFFECTS
24	zero	HEALTH EFFECTS
25	excess	HEALTH EFFECTS
26	cancers	HEALTH EFFECTS
27	will	O
28	arise	O
29	from	O
30	Fukushima	O
31	,	O
32	or	O
33	at	O
34	worst	O
35	the	O
36	number	O
37	will	O
38	be	O
39	undetectable	O
40	against	O
41	the	O
42	background	O
43	of	O
44	cancers	HEALTH EFFECTS
45	from	O
46	all	O
47	other	O
48	causes	O
49	.	O

1	There	O
2	’s	O
3	a	O
4	subtext	O
5	that	O
6	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	(	O
10	like	O
11	Deepwater	O
12	Horizon	O
13	)	O
14	will	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	devastate	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	the	O
17	arctic	O
18	.	O

1	A	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	weak	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	'	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	culture	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	'	O
7	within	O
8	the	O
9	NRC	O
10	itself	O
11	prevents	O
12	effective	O
13	oversight	O
14	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	catastrophe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	in	O
5	Chernobyl	O
6	(	O
7	in	O
8	today	O
9	’s	O
10	Ukraine	O
11	)	O
12	in	O
13	April	O
14	1986	O
15	caused	O
16	widespread	O
17	fear	O
18	of	O
19	nuclear	O
20	power	O
21	and	O
22	strengthened	O
23	the	O
24	anti-nuclear	O
25	sentiment	O
26	.	O

1	Radiation	OTHER
2	is	O
3	like	O
4	virtually	O
5	all	O
6	other	O
7	agents	O
8	,	O
9	both	O
10	chemical	O
11	and	O
12	physical	O
13	,	O
14	to	O
15	which	O
16	life	O
17	has	O
18	been	O
19	exposed	O
20	during	O
21	the	O
22	3	O
23	billion	O
24	or	O
25	so	O
26	years	O
27	of	O
28	life	O
29	on	O
30	earth	O
31	.	O

1	Similar	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	future	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	catastrophes	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	could	O
5	be	O
6	the	O
7	result	O
8	of	O
9	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	,	O
12	sabotage	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	by	O
14	disgruntled	O
15	employees	O
16	or	O
17	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	.	O

1	Like	O
2	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	had	O
4	50	O
5	deaths	O
6	.	O

1	The	O
2	additional	O
3	contribution	O
4	from	O
5	all	O
6	man-made	O
7	sources	O
8	of	O
9	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	is	O
11	much	O
12	smaller	O
13	.	O

1	Possibly	O
2	the	O
3	largest	O
4	hurdle	O
5	of	O
6	all	O
7	is	O
8	the	O
9	fact	O
10	that	O
11	some	O
12	wealthy	O
13	and	O
14	powerful	O
15	interest	O
16	groups	O
17	have	O
18	invested	O
19	a	O
20	great	O
21	deal	O
22	of	O
23	time	O
24	and	O
25	money	O
26	into	O
27	building	O
28	the	O
29	myth	O
30	that	O
31	there	O
32	is	O
33	“	O
34	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
35	safe	HEALTH EFFECTS
36	dose	HEALTH EFFECTS
37	”	HEALTH EFFECTS
38	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
39	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
40	because	O
41	they	O
42	know	O
43	that	O
44	the	O
45	truth	O
46	will	O
47	enable	O
48	nuclear	O
49	energy	O
50	to	O
51	flourish	O
52	at	O
53	their	O
54	expense	O
55	in	O
56	the	O
57	energy	O
58	supply	O
59	market	O
60	.	O

1	Renewed	O
2	operation	O
3	of	O
4	TMI-1	O
5	may	O
6	well	O
7	cause	O
8	psychological	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	problems	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	for	O
12	these	O
13	people	O
14	.	O

1	Fistly	O
2	if	O
3	its	O
4	not	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	properly	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	secured	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	something	O
8	bad	O
9	could	O
10	happen	O
11	and	O
12	lots	O
13	of	O
14	people	O
15	could	O
16	die	O
17	.	O

1	Compare	O
2	that	O
3	to	O
4	the	O
5	4,000	O
6	people	O
7	the	O
8	World	O
9	Health	O
10	Organization	O
11	estimates	O
12	were	O
13	victimized	O
14	by	O
15	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	(	O
20	and	O
21	that	O
22	number	O
23	includes	O
24	those	O
25	born	O
26	with	O
27	genetic	HEALTH EFFECTS
28	mutations	HEALTH EFFECTS
29	following	O
30	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	)	O
33	,	O
34	and	O
35	nuclear	O
36	seems	O
37	like	O
38	much	O
39	less	O
40	of	O
41	a	HEALTH EFFECTS
42	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
43	risk	HEALTH EFFECTS
44	.	O

1	Perhaps	O
2	it	O
3	'	O
4	s	O
5	because	O
6	she	O
7	was	O
8	born	O
9	after	O
10	Three	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	Mile	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	Island	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	(	O
14	and	O
15	was	O
16	n't	O
17	old	O
18	enough	O
19	to	O
20	watch	O
21	the	O
22	news	O
23	during	O
24	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	)	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	,	O
27	but	O
28	the	O
29	Lantern	O
30	does	O
31	n't	O
32	find	O
33	herself	O
34	particularly	O
35	freaked	O
36	out	O
37	by	O
38	atomic	O
39	energy	O
40	.	O

1	A	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	similar	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	happened	O
5	in	O
6	Japan	O
7	in	O
8	2011	O
9	after	O
10	a	O
11	tsunami	O
12	hit	O
13	the	O
14	Fukushima	O
15	Nuclear	O
16	Power	O
17	Plant	O
18	.	O

1	The	O
2	Cleaning	O
3	power	O
4	of	O
5	Ionizing	O
6	radiation	O
7	will	O
8	even	O
9	help	O
10	remove	O
11	DNA	O
12	damaged	O
13	by	O
14	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	“	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	free	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	”	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	radicals	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	that	O
20	may	O
21	have	O
22	caused	O
23	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
24	genetic	HEALTH EFFECTS
25	damage	HEALTH EFFECTS
26	in	O
27	the	O
28	first	O
29	place	O
30	and	O
31	still	O
32	be	O
33	in	O
34	place	O
35	in	O
36	the	O
37	DNA	O
38	molecule	O
39	.	O

1	Of	O
2	course	O
3	,	O
4	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	are	O
6	not	O
7	the	O
8	only	O
9	measure	O
10	of	O
11	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	,	O
13	and	O
14	the	O
15	absence	O
16	of	O
17	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	does	O
19	not	O
20	necessarily	O
21	indicate	O
22	that	O
23	there	O
24	are	O
25	no	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	problems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	also	O
4	the	O
5	potential	O
6	for	O
7	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	reactor	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	,	O
12	such	O
13	as	O
14	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	explosion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	that	O
19	occurred	O
20	at	O
21	Chernobyl	O
22	in	O
23	the	O
24	Soviet	O
25	Union	O
26	in	O
27	1986	O
28	or	O
29	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	partial	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
31	core	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	at	O
34	Three	O
35	Mile	O
36	Island	O
37	in	O
38	the	O
39	United	O
40	States	O
41	in	O
42	1979	O
43	.	O

1	The	O
2	government	O
3	'	O
4	s	O
5	Nuclear	O
6	Regulatory	O
7	Commission	O
8	has	O
9	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	set	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	goal	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	for	O
14	every	O
15	reactor	O
16	in	O
17	the	O
18	country	O
19	:	O
20	The	O
21	chance	O
22	of	O
23	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	that	O
26	results	O
27	in	O
28	radioactivity	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	being	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	released	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	must	O
35	be	O
36	no	O
37	more	O
38	than	O
39	one	O
40	in	O
41	a	O
42	million	O
43	,	O
44	as	O
45	determined	O
46	by	O
47	probabilistic	O
48	risk	O
49	assessment	O
50	.	O

1	The	O
2	Chernobyl	O
3	plant	O
4	lacked	O
5	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	fundamental	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	structure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	found	O
10	in	O
11	western	O
12	plants	O
13	,	O
14	a	O
15	steel-reinforced	O
16	concrete	O
17	shell	O
18	that	O
19	completely	O
20	encapsulates	O
21	the	O
22	nuclear	O
23	reactor	O
24	vessel	O
25	.	O

1	If	O
2	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	were	O
5	to	O
6	occur	O
7	in	O
8	either	O
9	the	O
10	reactor	O
11	or	O
12	the	O
13	spent	O
14	fuel	O
15	pool	O
16	,	O
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	could	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	kill	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	injure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	tens	O
24	of	O
25	thousands	O
26	of	O
27	people	O
28	,	O
29	cost	COSTS
30	billions	O
31	of	O
32	dollars	O
33	in	O
34	damages	O
35	and	O
36	leave	O
37	large	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
38	regions	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
39	uninhabitable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	.	O

1	With	O
2	a	O
3	lot	O
4	of	O
5	hard	O
6	work	O
7	*	O
8	hopefully	O
9	*	O
10	we	O
11	will	O
12	land	O
13	somewhere	O
14	between	O
15	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	catastrophe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	loss	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	most	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	web	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	life	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	as	O
27	we	O
28	know	O
29	it	O
30	.	O

1	The	O
2	chances	O
3	of	O
4	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	is	O
7	as	O
8	low	O
9	as	O
10	it	O
11	ever	O
12	could	O
13	be	O
14	and	O
15	about	O
16	the	RELIABILITY
17	uranium	RELIABILITY
18	we	O
19	do	O
20	n't	O
21	need	O
22	to	O
23	worry	O
24	we	RELIABILITY
25	have	RELIABILITY
26	one	RELIABILITY
27	third	RELIABILITY
28	of	RELIABILITY
29	the	RELIABILITY
30	world	RELIABILITY
31	'	RELIABILITY
32	s	RELIABILITY
33	.	O

1	Despite	O
2	assurances	O
3	from	O
4	U.S.	O
5	politicians	O
6	and	O
7	the	O
8	nuclear	O
9	industry	O
10	that	O
11	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	similar	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	“	O
15	could	O
16	n’t	O
17	happen	O
18	here	O
19	,	O
20	”	O
21	the	O
22	possibility	O
23	of	O
24	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	in	O
28	the	O
29	United	O
30	States	O
31	is	O
32	very	O
33	real	O
34	.	O

1	The	O
2	potential	O
3	for	O
4	another	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	,	O
7	should	O
8	TMI	O
9	1	O
10	be	O
11	allowed	O
12	to	O
13	operate	O
14	,	O
15	would	O
16	compound	O
17	and	O
18	make	O
19	permanent	O
20	the	O
21	damage	O
22	,	O
23	trapping	ENERGY POLICY
24	the	ENERGY POLICY
25	residents	ENERGY POLICY
26	in	ENERGY POLICY
27	disintegrating	ENERGY POLICY
28	and	ENERGY POLICY
29	dying	ENERGY POLICY
30	communities	ENERGY POLICY
31	and	ENERGY POLICY
32	discouraging	ENERGY POLICY
33	.	O
34	.	O
35	.	O
36	essential	O
37	growth	O
38	.	O
39	"	O

1	Finally	O
2	,	O
3	we	O
4	consider	O
5	ourselves	O
6	fortunate	O
7	to	O
8	be	O
9	in	O
10	the	O
11	company	O
12	of	O
13	many	O
14	of	O
15	the	O
16	aforementioned	O
17	nuclear	O
18	engineers	O
19	and	O
20	scientists	O
21	and	O
22	biological	O
23	hormesis	O
24	researchers	O
25	who	O
26	have	O
27	also	O
28	been	O
29	accelerating	O
30	their	O
31	attempts	O
32	to	O
33	reach	O
34	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
35	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
36	with	O
37	the	O
38	truth	O
39	about	O
40	nuclear	O
41	energy	O
42	and	O
43	radiation	O
44	,	O
45	in	O
46	order	O
47	to	PUBLIC DEBATE
48	educate	PUBLIC DEBATE
49	and	PUBLIC DEBATE
50	mitigate	PUBLIC DEBATE
51	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
52	public	PUBLIC DEBATE
53	’s	PUBLIC DEBATE
54	phobic	PUBLIC DEBATE
55	response	PUBLIC DEBATE
56	,	O
57	and	O
58	to	O
59	combat	O
60	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
61	anti-nuclear	PUBLIC DEBATE
62	disinformation	PUBLIC DEBATE
63	campaign	PUBLIC DEBATE
64	.	O

1	As	O
2	U.S.	O
3	government	O
4	nuclear	O
5	experts	O
6	are	O
7	arguing	O
8	that	O
9	Japanese	O
10	authorities	O
11	extend	O
12	the	O
13	current	O
14	12-mile	O
15	evacuation	O
16	and	O
17	exclusion	O
18	zone	O
19	around	O
20	Fukushima	O
21	to	O
22	50	O
23	miles	O
24	,	O
25	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	serious	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	at	O
29	Indian	O
30	Point	O
31	would	O
32	mean	O
33	relocating	O
34	17	O
35	million	O
36	people	O
37	.	O

1	The	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	is	O
5	perhaps	O
6	one	O
7	of	O
8	the	O
9	worst	O
10	in	O
11	human	O
12	history	O
13	.	O

1	Moreover	O
2	,	O
3	scientific	O
4	studies	O
5	have	O
6	shown	O
7	that	O
8	the	O
9	full	O
10	consequences	O
11	of	O
12	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	could	O
16	top	O
17	a	O
18	quarter	O
19	of	O
20	a	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	million	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	cases	HEALTH EFFECTS
24	and	O
25	nearly	HEALTH EFFECTS
26	100,000	HEALTH EFFECTS
27	fatal	HEALTH EFFECTS
28	cancers	HEALTH EFFECTS
29	.	O

1	They	O
2	may	O
3	suffer	O
4	"	O
5	anxiety	O
6	,	O
7	tension	O
8	and	O
9	fear	O
10	,	O
11	a	O
12	sense	O
13	of	O
14	helplessness	O
15	,	O
16	"	O
17	and	O
18	accompanying	O
19	physical	O
20	disorders	O
21	,	O
22	n	O
23	.	O
24	2	O
25	,	O
26	supra	O
27	,	O
28	because	O
29	of	O
30	the	O
31	risk	O
32	that	O
33	their	O
34	relatives	O
35	may	O
36	be	O
37	harmed	O
38	in	O
39	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
40	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
41	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
42	.	O

1	The	O
2	40-year-old	O
3	Indian	O
4	Point	O
5	nuclear	O
6	plant	O
7	,	O
8	less	O
9	than	O
10	30	O
11	miles	O
12	from	O
13	New	O
14	York	O
15	City	O
16	,	O
17	has	O
18	a	O
19	history	O
20	of	O
21	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	problems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	and	O
24	sits	O
25	on	O
26	two	O
27	fault	O
28	lines	O
29	.	O

1	The	ENERGY POLICY
2	U.S.	ENERGY POLICY
3	department	ENERGY POLICY
4	that	ENERGY POLICY
5	would	ENERGY POLICY
6	be	ENERGY POLICY
7	in	ENERGY POLICY
8	charge	ENERGY POLICY
9	of	ENERGY POLICY
10	such	ENERGY POLICY
11	an	ENERGY POLICY
12	operation	ENERGY POLICY
13	is	O
14	the	O
15	same	O
16	one	O
17	that	O
18	brought	O
19	us	O
20	the	O
21	chaotic	O
22	and	O
23	ineffective	O
24	evacuation	O
25	of	O
26	the	O
27	much	O
28	smaller	O
29	city	O
30	of	O
31	New	O
32	Orleans	O
33	during	O
34	the	O
35	2005	O
36	Hurricane	O
37	Katrina	O
38	debacle	O
39	:	O
40	the	ENERGY POLICY
41	Department	ENERGY POLICY
42	of	ENERGY POLICY
43	Homeland	ENERGY POLICY
44	Security	ENERGY POLICY
45	.	O

1	Three	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	Mile	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	Island	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	,	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	top	O
9	the	O
10	list	O
11	of	O
12	its	O
13	negatives	O
14	.	O

1	Reeling	O
2	from	O
3	a	O
4	9.0	O
5	earthquake	O
6	and	O
7	a	O
8	devastating	O
9	tsunami	O
10	,	O
11	Japan	O
12	is	O
13	now	O
14	several	O
15	weeks	O
16	into	O
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	crisis	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	at	O
21	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	,	O
23	and	O
24	desperate	O
25	measures	O
26	are	O
27	all	O
28	that	O
29	’s	O
30	left	O
31	.	O

1	To	O
2	others	O
3	,	O
4	it	O
5	is	O
6	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	waiting	O
9	to	O
10	happen	O
11	,	O
12	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	terrorism	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	risk	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	,	O
16	a	O
17	reckless	O
18	use	O
19	of	O
20	technology	O
21	than	O
22	can	O
23	permanently	O
24	scar	O
25	our	O
26	planet	O
27	,	O
28	leaving	O
29	vast	O
30	swathes	O
31	uninhabitable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	for	O
33	thousands	O
34	of	O
35	years	O
36	.	O

1	However	O
2	,	O
3	serious	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	problems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	continue	O
7	to	O
8	arise	O
9	because	O
10	the	O
11	NRC	O
12	does	O
13	not	O
14	adequately	O
15	enforce	O
16	those	O
17	standards	O
18	.	O

1	Open	O
2	the	O
3	castors	O
4	and	O
5	die	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	?	O

1	Of	O
2	course	O
3	it	O
4	is	O
5	possible	O
6	that	O
7	each	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	system	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	in	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	this	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	series	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	back-ups	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	might	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	fail	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	one	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	after	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	other	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	,	O
21	but	O
22	the	O
23	probability	O
24	for	O
25	that	O
26	is	O
27	exceedingly	O
28	small	O
29	.	O

1	Even	O
2	if	O
3	you	O
4	lived	O
5	right	O
6	next	O
7	door	O
8	to	O
9	a	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	plant	O
13	,	O
14	you	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	would	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	still	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	receive	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	less	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	each	O
21	year	O
22	than	O
23	you	O
24	would	O
25	receive	O
26	in	O
27	just	O
28	one	O
29	round-trip	O
30	flight	O
31	from	O
32	New	O
33	York	O
34	to	O
35	Los	O
36	Angeles	O
37	.	O
38	"	O

1	(	O
2	b	OTHER
3	)	OTHER
4	NEPA	OTHER
5	does	O
6	not	O
7	require	O
8	agencies	O
9	to	O
10	evaluate	O
11	the	O
12	effects	O
13	of	O
14	risk	O
15	,	O
16	qua	O
17	risk	O
18	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	remaining	OTHER
3	facilities	OTHER
4	might	O
5	be	O
6	so	O
7	limited	O
8	or	O
9	so	O
10	expensive	O
11	that	O
12	[	O
13	460	O
14	U.S.	O
15	766	O
16	,	O
17	774	O
18	]	O
19	many	O
20	ill	O
21	people	O
22	would	O
23	be	O
24	unable	O
25	to	O
26	afford	O
27	medical	O
28	care	O
29	and	O
30	would	O
31	suffer	O
32	severe	O
33	health	O
34	damage	O
35	.	O

1	Three	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	simultaneous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	ongoing	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	complete	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	meltdowns	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	have	O
7	proven	O
8	impossible	O
9	to	O
10	stop	O
11	or	O
12	contain	O
13	since	O
14	they	O
15	started	O
16	almost	O
17	2	O
18	years	O
19	ago	O
20	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	UK	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	’s	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	National	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	Radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	Protection	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	Board	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	,	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	doses	O
12	from	O
13	the	O
14	entire	O
15	nuclear	O
16	industry	O
17	amount	O
18	to	O
19	less	O
20	than	O
21	one	O
22	percent	O
23	of	O
24	our	O
25	total	O
26	exposure	O
27	.	O

1	Hundreds	O
2	of	O
3	thousands	O
4	people	O
5	had	O
6	to	O
7	be	O
8	evacuated	O
9	,	O
10	and	O
11	millions	O
12	more	O
13	were	O
14	left	O
15	to	O
16	live	O
17	in	O
18	areas	O
19	that	O
20	were	O
21	dangerous	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	to	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	their	HEALTH EFFECTS
24	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
25	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
26	lives	HEALTH EFFECTS
27	.	O

1	Retrieved	O
2	1.23.08	O
3	-	O
4	"	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	High	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	risks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	:	O
8	Despite	O
9	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	generally	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	high	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	security	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	standard	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	,	O
15	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	can	O
17	still	O
18	happen	O
19	.	O

1	There	O
2	would	O
3	be	O
4	environmentalism	O
5	in	O
6	the	O
7	USSR	O
8	,	O
9	but	O
10	not	O
11	until	O
12	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	terrible	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	that	O
16	took	O
17	place	O
18	in	O
19	Chernobyl	O
20	in	O
21	1986	O
22	(	O
23	3	O
24	,	O
25	p4	O
26	)	O
27	.	O

1	People	O
2	exposed	O
3	to	O
4	high	O
5	levels	O
6	of	O
7	radiation	O
8	will	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	die	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	or	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	suffer	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	other	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	consequences	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	within	O
16	days	O
17	or	O
18	weeks	O
19	.	O

1	The	O
2	consequences	O
3	of	O
4	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	would	O
7	be	O
8	absolutely	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	devastating	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	both	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	for	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	human	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	being	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	as	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	for	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	nature	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	(	O
19	see	O
20	here	O
21	,	O
22	here	O
23	or	O
24	here	O
25	)	O
26	.	O

1	By	O
2	now	O
3	,	O
4	everybody	O
5	knows	O
6	what	O
7	happened	O
8	at	O
9	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	,	O
11	Three	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	Mile	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	Island	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	and	O
15	most	O
16	recently	O
17	-	O
18	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	.	O

1	10	OTHER
2	We	O
3	believe	O
4	that	O
5	the	O
6	element	O
7	of	O
8	risk	O
9	lengthens	O
10	the	O
11	causal	O
12	chain	O
13	beyond	O
14	the	O
15	reach	O
16	of	O
17	NEPA	O
18	.	O

1	The	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	bombarding	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	us	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	goes	O
6	up	O
7	10	O
8	percent	O
9	when	O
10	we	O
11	sleep	O
12	next	O
13	to	O
14	another	O
15	human	O
16	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	authoritative	O
4	UN	O
5	figures	O
6	,	O
7	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	death	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	toll	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	is	O
12	56	O
13	(	O
14	31	O
15	workers	O
16	at	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	time	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	,	O
20	more	O
21	since	O
22	and	O
23	nine	O
24	from	O
25	thyroid	HEALTH EFFECTS
26	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
27	)	O
28	.	O

1	Neither	O
2	the	O
3	language	O
4	nor	O
5	the	O
6	history	O
7	of	O
8	NEPA	O
9	suggests	O
10	that	O
11	it	O
12	was	O
13	intended	O
14	to	O
15	give	O
16	citizens	O
17	a	O
18	general	O
19	opportunity	O
20	to	O
21	air	O
22	their	ENERGY POLICY
23	policy	ENERGY POLICY
24	objections	ENERGY POLICY
25	to	ENERGY POLICY
26	proposed	ENERGY POLICY
27	federal	ENERGY POLICY
28	actions	ENERGY POLICY
29	.	O

1	This	O
2	could	O
3	result	O
4	in	O
5	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	level	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	destruction	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	hitherto	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	unenvisaged	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	.	O

1	Imagine	O
2	a	O
3	world	O
4	where	O
5	the	O
6	precautionary	O
7	principle	O
8	rules	O
9	because	O
10	any	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	NPP	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	is	O
14	seen	O
15	as	O
16	disastrous	O
17	(	O
18	millions	O
19	die	O
20	–	O
21	even	O
22	when	O
23	they	O
24	do	O
25	n’t	O
26	)	O
27	.	O

1	Because	O
2	of	O
3	their	O
4	advanced	O
5	design	O
6	and	O
7	sophisticated	O
8	containment	O
9	structures	O
10	,	O
11	U.S.	O
12	nuclear	O
13	plants	O
14	emit	O
15	a	O
16	negligible	O
17	amount	O
18	of	O
19	radiation	O
20	.	O
21	.	O
22	.	O
23	You	O
24	would	O
25	have	O
26	to	O
27	live	O
28	near	O
29	a	O
30	nuclear	O
31	power	O
32	plant	O
33	for	O
34	over	O
35	2,000	O
36	years	O
37	to	O
38	get	O
39	the	O
40	same	O
41	amount	O
42	of	O
43	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
44	exposure	HEALTH EFFECTS
45	that	O
46	you	O
47	get	O
48	from	O
49	a	O
50	single	O
51	diagnostic	O
52	medical	O
53	x-ray	O
54	.	O

1	On	O
2	a	O
3	day	O
4	when	O
5	one	O
6	plant	O
7	(	O
8	TMI-1	O
9	)	O
10	was	O
11	shut	O
12	down	O
13	for	O
14	refueling	O
15	,	O
16	the	O
17	other	O
18	plant	O
19	(	O
20	TMI-2	O
21	)	O
22	suffered	O
23	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	serious	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	that	O
27	damaged	O
28	the	O
29	reactor	O
30	and	O
31	caused	O
32	widespread	O
33	concern	O
34	.	O

1	That	O
2	element	O
3	of	O
4	risk	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	lengthens	O
6	the	O
7	causal	O
8	chain	O
9	beyond	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	NEPA	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	'	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	s	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	reach	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	.	O

1	The	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	from	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	a	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	reactor	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	is	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	tiny	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	:	O
9	about	O
10	as	O
11	much	O
12	as	O
13	that	O
14	from	O
15	our	O
16	own	O
17	bodies	O
18	.	O

1	Community	OTHER
2	institutions	OTHER
3	have	O
4	already	O
5	been	O
6	weakened	O
7	as	O
8	a	O
9	result	O
10	of	O
11	a	O
12	loss	O
13	of	O
14	citizen	O
15	confidence	O
16	in	O
17	the	O
18	ability	O
19	of	O
20	these	O
21	institutions	O
22	to	O
23	function	O
24	properly	O
25	and	O
26	in	O
27	a	O
28	helpful	O
29	manner	O
30	during	O
31	a	O
32	crisis	O
33	.	O

1	Then	O
2	there	O
3	was	O
4	another	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	that	O
7	happened	O
8	in	O
9	Fukushima	O
10	in	O
11	Japan	O
12	.	O

1	On	O
2	6	O
3	August	O
4	1945	O
5	a	WEAPONS
6	single	WEAPONS
7	nuclear	WEAPONS
8	bomb	WEAPONS
9	devastated	O
10	the	O
11	Japanese	O
12	city	O
13	of	O
14	Hiroshima	O
15	.	O

1	The	O
2	accident	O
3	at	O
4	[	O
5	TMI-2	O
6	]	O
7	has	O
8	already	O
9	impaired	O
10	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	sense	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	of	O
15	well	O
16	being	O
17	of	O
18	these	O
19	individuals	O
20	,	O
21	as	O
22	evidenced	O
23	by	O
24	their	O
25	feelings	O
26	of	O
27	increased	HEALTH EFFECTS
28	anxiety	HEALTH EFFECTS
29	,	HEALTH EFFECTS
30	tension	HEALTH EFFECTS
31	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
32	fear	HEALTH EFFECTS
33	,	O
34	a	O
35	sense	O
36	of	O
37	helplessness	O
38	and	O
39	such	HEALTH EFFECTS
40	physical	HEALTH EFFECTS
41	disorders	HEALTH EFFECTS
42	as	O
43	skin	O
44	rashes	O
45	,	O
46	aggravated	O
47	ulcers	O
48	,	O
49	and	O
50	skeletal	O
51	and	O
52	muscular	O
53	problems	O
54	.	O

1	We	O
2	emphasize	O
3	that	O
4	in	O
5	this	O
6	case	O
7	we	O
8	are	O
9	considering	O
10	effects	O
11	caused	O
12	by	O
13	the	O
14	risk	O
15	of	O
16	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	.	O

1	secondly	O
2	we	O
3	have	O
4	so	O
5	much	O
6	nuclear	O
7	energy	O
8	that	O
9	if	O
10	we	O
11	did	O
12	have	O
13	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	it	O
16	would	O
17	be	O
18	one	O
19	of	O
20	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	biggest	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	.	O

1	Nastya	O
2	,	O
3	from	O
4	Belarus	O
5	was	O
6	only	O
7	three	O
8	years	O
9	old	O
10	when	O
11	she	O
12	was	O
13	diagnosed	O
14	with	O
15	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	of	O
17	the	O
18	uterus	O
19	and	O
20	lungs	O
21	.	O

1	Estimates	O
2	conclude	O
3	that	O
4	somewhere	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	between	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	15	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	000	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	30	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	000	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	lost	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	their	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	lifes	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	in	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	Chernobyl	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	aftermath	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	and	O
20	more	O
21	than	O
22	2.5	O
23	million	O
24	Ukrainians	O
25	are	O
26	still	O
27	struggling	O
28	with	O
29	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
30	problems	HEALTH EFFECTS
31	related	O
32	to	O
33	nuclear	WASTE
34	waste	WASTE
35	.	O

1	Read	O
2	CND	O
3	'	O
4	s	O
5	summary	O
6	of	O
7	the	O
8	German	O
9	government-commissioned	O
10	research	O
11	that	O
12	shows	O
13	increases	O
14	in	O
15	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	in	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	children	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	under	O
19	five	O
20	living	O
21	near	O
22	nuclear	O
23	power	O
24	stations	O
25	.	O

1	We	O
2	know	O
3	what	O
4	the	O
5	errors	O
6	in	O
7	the	O
8	construction	O
9	of	O
10	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	and	O
12	the	O
13	1950s	O
14	design	O
15	in	O
16	Fukushima	O
17	are	O
18	.	O

1	Even	O
2	with	O
3	all	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	checks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	in	O
8	the	O
9	world	O
10	,	O
11	people	O
12	make	O
13	errors	O
14	and	O
15	the	O
16	slightest	O
17	error	O
18	could	O
19	be	O
20	very	O
21	costly	O
22	indeed	O
23	.	O

1	Claims	O
2	that	O
3	nuclear	O
4	energy	O
5	is	O
6	“	O
7	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	”	O
9	have	O
10	no	O
11	more	O
12	grounding	O
13	than	O
14	the	O
15	land	O
16	the	O
17	decimated	O
18	Fukushima	O
19	power	O
20	plant	O
21	sits	O
22	upon	O
23	.	O

1	One	O
2	of	O
3	Caldicott	O
4	’s	O
5	more	O
6	outrageous	O
7	contentions	O
8	–	O
9	that	O
10	she	O
11	calls	O
12	into	O
13	play	O
14	as	O
15	a	O
16	fallback	O
17	position	O
18	and	O
19	that	O
20	belies	O
21	her	O
22	claim	O
23	to	O
24	being	O
25	“	O
26	knowledgeable	O
27	,	O
28	”	O
29	or	O
30	to	O
31	being	O
32	“	O
33	truthful	O
34	and	O
35	honest	O
36	”	O
37	–	O
38	is	O
39	that	O
40	human-made	HEALTH EFFECTS
41	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
42	is	HEALTH EFFECTS
43	qualitatively	HEALTH EFFECTS
44	different	HEALTH EFFECTS
45	from	HEALTH EFFECTS
46	natural	HEALTH EFFECTS
47	background	HEALTH EFFECTS
48	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
49	.	O

1	Of	O
2	course	O
3	,	O
4	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	high-profile	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	1986	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	—	O
10	the	O
11	poster	O
12	child	O
13	for	O
14	catastrophic	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	—	O
18	together	O
19	with	O
20	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	Daiichi	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	(	O
26	a	O
27	consequence	O
28	of	O
29	the	O
30	2011	O
31	Tōhoku	O
32	earthquake	O
33	and	O
34	tsunami	O
35	)	O
36	have	O
37	done	O
38	little	O
39	to	O
40	increase	O
41	public	O
42	confidence	O
43	in	O
44	nuclear	O
45	power	O
46	.	O

1	We	O
2	all	O
3	remember	O
4	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	,	O
8	where	O
9	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	harmful	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	effects	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	nuclear	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	on	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	humans	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	can	O
18	even	O
19	be	O
20	witnessed	O
21	today	O
22	.	O

1	If	O
2	a	O
3	nuclear	O
4	factory	O
5	broke	O
6	down	O
7	lots	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	will	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	die	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	because	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	some	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	are	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	exposed	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	to	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	it	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	.	O

1	In	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	light	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	twin	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	towers	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	atrocity	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	this	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	is	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	completely	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	unacceptable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	risk	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	.	O

1	And	O
2	costs	COSTS
3	are	O
4	only	O
5	so	O
6	high	O
7	,	O
8	because	O
9	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	standards	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	have	O
12	been	O
13	forced	O
14	to	O
15	absurd	O
16	levels	O
17	by	O
18	greens	O
19	.	O

1	Operation	O
2	of	O
3	[	O
4	TMI-1	O
5	]	O
6	would	O
7	be	O
8	a	O
9	constant	O
10	reminder	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	terror	O
14	which	O
15	they	O
16	felt	O
17	during	O
18	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	,	O
21	and	O
22	of	O
23	the	O
24	possibility	O
25	that	O
26	it	O
27	will	O
28	happen	O
29	again	O
30	.	O

1	If	O
2	these	WEAPONS
3	weapons	WEAPONS
4	go	O
5	into	O
6	the	O
7	wrong	O
8	hands	O
9	,	O
10	that	O
11	could	O
12	be	O
13	the	O
14	end	O
15	of	O
16	this	O
17	world	O
18	.	O

1	PANE	O
2	contended	O
3	that	O
4	restarting	O
5	TMI-1	O
6	would	O
7	cause	O
8	both	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	severe	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	psychological	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	damage	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	to	O
14	persons	O
15	living	O
16	in	O
17	the	O
18	vicinity	O
19	,	O
20	and	O
21	serious	O
22	damage	O
23	to	O
24	the	O
25	stability	O
26	,	O
27	cohesiveness	O
28	,	O
29	and	O
30	well-being	O
31	of	O
32	the	O
33	neighboring	O
34	communities	O
35	.	O

1	Lower	O
2	radiation	O
3	levels	O
4	can	O
5	cause	O
6	cell	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	damage	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	that	O
9	will	O
10	eventually	O
11	lead	O
12	to	O
13	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	,	O
15	which	O
16	may	O
17	not	O
18	appear	O
19	for	O
20	years	O
21	or	O
22	even	O
23	decades	O
24	.	O

1	A	O
2	nuclear	O
3	station	O
4	broke	O
5	down	O
6	and	O
7	massive	O
8	amounts	O
9	of	O
10	radiation	O
11	leaked	O
12	out	O
13	,	O
14	killing	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	many	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	people	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	over	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	time	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	and	O
20	making	O
21	some	O
22	areas	O
23	uninhabitable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	.	O

1	But	O
2	in	O
3	the	O
4	31	O
5	years	O
6	since	O
7	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	partial	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	at	O
11	Three	O
12	Mile	O
13	Island	O
14	,	O
15	there	O
16	have	O
17	n't	O
18	been	O
19	any	O
20	emergencies	O
21	in	O
22	the	O
23	United	O
24	States	O
25	that	O
26	remotely	O
27	approached	O
28	the	O
29	severity	O
30	of	O
31	that	O
32	incidentâ	O
33	€	O
34	”	O
35	though	O
36	there	O
37	have	O
38	been	O
39	some	O
40	close	O
41	calls	O
42	.	O

1	Secondly	O
2	there	O
3	are	O
4	some	O
5	downs	O
6	the	O
7	downs	O
8	are	O
9	if	O
10	a	O
11	earthquake	O
12	happens	O
13	or	O
14	tsunami	O
15	happens	O
16	the	O
17	power	O
18	plant	O
19	will	O
20	have	O
21	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	explosion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	and	O
24	if	O
25	we	O
26	have	O
27	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	which	O
30	radiation	O
31	zone	O
32	.	O

1	People	O
2	may	O
3	need	O
4	to	O
5	be	O
6	permanently	O
7	evacuated	O
8	from	O
9	areas	O
10	contaminated	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	with	O
12	radiation	O
13	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	allied	OTHER
3	concept	OTHER
4	of	O
5	“	O
6	carpet	O
7	bombing	O
8	”	O
9	civilian	O
10	population	O
11	centers	O
12	(	O
13	two	O
14	days	O
15	of	O
16	incendiary	O
17	carpet	O
18	bombing	O
19	by	O
20	U.S.	O
21	pilots	O
22	killed	O
23	more	O
24	than	O
25	100,000	O
26	residents	O
27	of	O
28	Tokyo	O
29	during	O
30	the	O
31	war	O
32	)	O
33	had	O
34	now	O
35	advanced	O
36	to	O
37	the	O
38	next	O
39	level	O
40	:	O
41	total	O
42	annihilation	O
43	.	O

1	We	O
2	do	O
3	not	O
4	understand	O
5	how	O
6	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	at	O
9	TMI-2	O
10	transforms	O
11	PANE	O
12	'	O
13	s	O
14	contentions	O
15	into	O
16	"	O
17	environmental	O
18	effects	O
19	.	O
20	"	O

1	The	O
2	plaintiffs	O
3	in	O
4	these	O
5	cases	O
6	could	O
7	have	O
8	alleged	O
9	[	O
10	460	O
11	U.S.	O
12	766	O
13	,	O
14	777	O
15	]	O
16	that	O
17	the	O
18	risk	O
19	of	O
20	crime	O
21	(	O
22	or	O
23	their	O
24	dislike	O
25	of	O
26	the	O
27	occupants	O
28	of	O
29	the	O
30	facility	O
31	)	O
32	would	O
33	cause	O
34	severe	HEALTH EFFECTS
35	psychological	HEALTH EFFECTS
36	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
37	damage	HEALTH EFFECTS
38	.	O

1	While	O
2	the	O
3	casualties	O
4	were	O
5	not	O
6	as	O
7	high	O
8	as	O
9	with	O
10	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	,	O
14	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	effects	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	were	O
18	disasterous	O
19	.	O

1	Such	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	terrorist	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	act	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	would	O
6	have	O
7	catastrophic	O
8	effects	O
9	for	O
10	the	O
11	whole	O
12	world	O
13	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	Tetsuo	O
4	Iguchi	O
5	,	O
6	a	O
7	professor	O
8	in	O
9	the	O
10	department	O
11	of	O
12	quantum	O
13	engineering	O
14	at	O
15	Nagoya	O
16	University	O
17	,	O
18	if	O
19	further	O
20	complications	O
21	arise	O
22	and	O
23	the	O
24	situation	O
25	deteriorates	O
26	further	O
27	,	O
28	“	O
29	The	O
30	worst-case	O
31	scenario	O
32	is	O
33	that	O
34	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	makes	O
37	the	O
38	plant	O
39	’s	O
40	site	O
41	a	O
42	permanent	O
43	grave	O
44	.	O
45	”	O

1	If	O
2	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	containment	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	field	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	were	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	rupture	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	suddenly	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	,	O
10	the	O
11	resulting	O
12	leak	O
13	of	O
14	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	could	O
16	be	O
17	catastrophic	O
18	.	O

1	Disasters	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	•	O
3	One	O
4	of	O
5	the	O
6	biggest	O
7	disadvantages	O
8	of	O
9	nuclear	O
10	energy	O
11	is	O
12	the	O
13	occurrence	O
14	of	O
15	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	due	O
17	to	O
18	core	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	meltdown	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	.	O

1	Factoring	O
2	in	O
3	the	O
4	entire	O
5	dose	O
6	of	O
7	natural	O
8	background	O
9	radiation	O
10	accumulated	O
11	over	O
12	a	O
13	lifetime	O
14	,	O
15	the	O
16	risk	O
17	of	O
18	developing	O
19	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	as	O
21	a	O
22	result	O
23	of	O
24	this	O
25	exposure	O
26	is	O
27	estimated	O
28	to	O
29	be	O
30	roughly	O
31	1	O
32	in	O
33	100	O
34	.	O

1	With	O
2	the	O
3	nuclear	O
4	industry	O
5	’s	O
6	litany	O
7	of	O
8	smaller	O
9	radioactive	O
10	leaks	O
11	,	O
12	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	,	O
14	opaque	O
15	safety	O
16	plans	O
17	,	O
18	and	O
19	a	O
20	history	O
21	of	O
22	cover-ups	O
23	,	O
24	people	O
25	have	O
26	every	O
27	right	O
28	to	O
29	be	O
30	very	O
31	alarmed	O
32	at	O
33	the	O
34	potential	O
35	for	O
36	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	devastating	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
38	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
39	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
40	coming	O
41	to	O
42	a	O
43	plant	O
44	near	O
45	them	O
46	.	O

1	The	O
2	Court	O
3	of	O
4	Appeals	O
5	for	O
6	the	O
7	District	O
8	of	O
9	Columbia	O
10	Circuit	O
11	held	O
12	that	O
13	the	O
14	NRC	O
15	improperly	O
16	failed	O
17	to	O
18	consider	O
19	whether	O
20	the	O
21	risk	O
22	of	O
23	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	at	O
26	TMI-1	O
27	might	O
28	cause	O
29	harm	O
30	to	O
31	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
32	psychological	HEALTH EFFECTS
33	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
34	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
35	community	HEALTH EFFECTS
36	well-being	HEALTH EFFECTS
37	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
38	residents	HEALTH EFFECTS
39	of	O
40	the	O
41	surrounding	O
42	area	O
43	.	O

1	If	O
2	you	O
3	lived	O
4	within	O
5	50	O
6	miles	O
7	of	O
8	a	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	plant	O
12	,	O
13	you	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	would	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	receive	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	an	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	average	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	dose	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	of	O
21	about	O
22	0.01	O
23	millirem	O
24	per	O
25	year	O
26	.	O

1	In	O
2	2	O
3	out	O
4	of	O
5	3	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	melt-downs	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	there	O
8	would	O
9	be	O
10	no	O
11	deaths	O
12	,	O
13	in	O
14	1	O
15	out	O
16	of	O
17	5	O
18	there	O
19	would	O
20	be	O
21	over	O
22	1,000	O
23	deaths	O
24	,	O
25	and	O
26	in	O
27	1	O
28	out	O
29	of	O
30	100,000	O
31	there	O
32	would	O
33	be	O
34	50,000	O
35	deaths	O
36	.	O

1	After	O
2	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	at	O
5	Three	O
6	Mile	O
7	Island	O
8	,	O
9	building	O
10	of	O
11	nuclear	O
12	power	O
13	generation	O
14	stopped	O
15	.	O

1	While	O
2	none	O
3	of	O
4	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	problems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	harmed	O
8	plant	O
9	employees	O
10	or	O
11	the	O
12	public	O
13	,	O
14	they	O
15	occurred	O
16	with	O
17	alarming	O
18	frequency	O
19	—	O
20	more	O
21	than	O
22	once	O
23	a	O
24	month	O
25	—	O
26	which	O
27	is	O
28	high	O
29	for	O
30	a	O
31	mature	O
32	industry	O
33	.	O

1	According	O
2	to	O
3	local	O
4	doctors	O
5	the	O
6	region	O
7	has	O
8	seen	O
9	a	O
10	huge	O
11	increase	O
12	in	O
13	childhood	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	cancer	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	cases	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	since	O
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	disaster	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	.	O

1	An	O
2	egregious	O
3	example	O
4	is	O
5	the	O
6	often	O
7	repeated	O
8	—	O
9	by	O
10	Caldicott	O
11	,	O
12	Gundersen	O
13	and	O
14	Hunziker	O
15	—	O
16	number	O
17	of	O
18	1	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	million	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	deaths	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	as	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	a	HEALTH EFFECTS
23	direct	HEALTH EFFECTS
24	result	HEALTH EFFECTS
25	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
26	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	.	O

1	Aided	O
2	by	O
3	a	O
4	corrupt	O
5	IAEA	O
6	,	O
7	the	O
8	world	O
9	has	O
10	been	O
11	subjected	O
12	to	O
13	a	O
14	massive	O
15	cover-up	O
16	and	O
17	deception	O
18	about	O
19	the	O
20	true	O
21	damages	O
22	caused	O
23	by	O
24	Chernobyl	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	.	O
26	”	O

1	There	O
2	were	O
3	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	deaths	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	or	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	serious	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	radiation	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	doses	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	from	O
10	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	Fukushima	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	.	O

1	In	OTHER
2	that	O
3	case	O
4	the	O
5	reactor	O
6	time	O
7	constants	O
8	are	O
9	long	O
10	and	O
11	so	O
12	the	O
13	reactor	O
14	is	O
15	relatively	O
16	easy	O
17	to	O
18	control	O
19	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	is	O
4	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	secure	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	.	O

1	In	O
2	all	O
3	countries	O
4	using	O
5	nuclear	O
6	energy	O
7	there	O
8	are	O
9	well	O
10	established	O
11	procedures	O
12	for	O
13	storing	O
14	,	O
15	managing	O
16	and	O
17	transporting	O
18	such	WASTE
19	wastes	WASTE
20	,	O
21	funded	O
22	from	O
23	electricity	O
24	users	O
25	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	nuclear	OTHER
3	industry	OTHER
4	is	O
5	heavily	O
6	regulated	O
7	.	O

1	Thirty-two	O
2	U.S.	O
3	reactors	O
4	have	O
5	fuel	O
6	pools	O
7	on	O
8	the	O
9	upper	O
10	levels	O
11	of	O
12	the	O
13	reactor	O
14	building	O
15	,	O
16	shielded	O
17	only	O
18	by	O
19	sheet	O
20	metal	O
21	and	O
22	an	O
23	open	O
24	invitation	O
25	to	O
26	air	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	attack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	mine	O
3	rehabilitation	O
4	ensures	O
5	that	O
6	these	O
7	are	O
8	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	,	O
10	stable	O
11	and	O
12	will	O
13	cause	O
14	no	O
15	harm	O
16	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	no	O
4	evidence	O
5	of	O
6	an	O
7	imminent	O
8	threat	O
9	to	O
10	bulk	O
11	reliability	O
12	to	O
13	justify	O
14	interim	ENERGY POLICY
15	subsidies	ENERGY POLICY
16	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	%	OTHER
3	of	O
4	Pa	O
5	that	O
6	would	O
7	absorb	O
8	extra	O
9	neutrons	O
10	in	O
11	the	O
12	blanket	O
13	salt	O
14	is	O
15	low	O
16	enough	O
17	to	O
18	ignore	O
19	.	O

1	And	O
2	even	O
3	if	O
4	a	O
5	jumbo	O
6	jet	O
7	did	O
8	crash	O
9	into	O
10	a	O
11	reactor	O
12	and	O
13	breach	O
14	the	O
15	containment	O
16	,	O
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	reactor	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	would	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	not	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	explode	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	.	O

1	While	O
2	no	O
3	technology	O
4	can	O
5	be	O
6	perfectly	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	,	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	is	O
12	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	inherently	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	risky	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	technology	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	,	O
17	and	O
18	minimizing	O
19	its	O
20	risks	O
21	requires	O
22	stringent	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	standards	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	practices	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	.	O

1	Power	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	reactors	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	are	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	well	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	equipped	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	survive	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	impact	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	that	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	kind	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	without	O
14	any	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	significant	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	radiological	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	hazard	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	locally	O
19	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	evidence	HEALTH EFFECTS
5	of	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	any	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	harm	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	below	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	about	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	100	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	mSv	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	/	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	yr	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	.	O

1	Uranium	O
2	mining	O
3	is	O
4	highly	O
5	regulated	O
6	in	O
7	most	O
8	countries	O
9	and	O
10	standards	O
11	ensure	O
12	that	O
13	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	adverse	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	effects	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	are	O
18	likely	O
19	.	O

1	The	O
2	industry	O
3	has	O
4	shown	O
5	that	O
6	it	O
7	can	O
8	safely	O
9	handle	O
10	,	O
11	transport	O
12	and	O
13	store	O
14	the	WASTE
15	radioactive	WASTE
16	wastes	WASTE
17	generated	O
18	by	O
19	nuclear	O
20	power	O
21	.	O

1	Any	O
2	car	O
3	bomb	O
4	would	O
5	n’t	O
6	work	O
7	,	O
8	as	O
9	the	O
10	several	O
11	meters	O
12	of	O
13	concrete	O
14	separating	O
15	the	O
16	reactor	O
17	core	O
18	from	O
19	the	O
20	outside	O
21	world	O
22	would	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	protect	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	it	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	from	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	such	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	explosion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	.	O

1	And	O
2	although	O
3	the	O
4	reactor	O
5	itself	O
6	was	O
7	crippled	O
8	,	O
9	there	O
10	was	O
11	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	injury	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	or	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	death	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	among	O
16	nuclear	O
17	workers	O
18	or	O
19	nearby	O
20	residents	O
21	.	O

1	Any	HEALTH EFFECTS
2	water	HEALTH EFFECTS
3	release	HEALTH EFFECTS
4	is	O
5	of	O
6	surface	O
7	run-off	O
8	and	O
9	is	O
10	close	O
11	to	O
12	drinking	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	standard	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	.	O

1	Both	O
2	of	O
3	these	O
4	plants	O
5	were	O
6	licensed	O
7	by	O
8	the	O
9	NRC	O
10	after	O
11	extensive	O
12	proceedings	O
13	,	O
14	which	O
15	included	O
16	preparation	O
17	of	O
18	Environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	Impact	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	Statements	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	(	O
22	EIS	O
23	'	O
24	s	O
25	)	O
26	.	O

1	Periodic	O
2	inspections	O
3	also	O
4	ensure	O
5	that	O
6	each	O
7	facility	O
8	operates	O
9	safely	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	.	O

1	The	WASTE
2	nuclear	WASTE
3	waste	WASTE
4	buried	O
5	in	O
6	pits	O
7	at	O
8	the	O
9	production	O
10	sites	O
11	is	O
12	no	O
13	threat	O
14	to	O
15	Gaia	O
16	and	O
17	dangerous	O
18	only	O
19	to	O
20	those	O
21	foolish	O
22	enough	O
23	to	O
24	expose	O
25	themselves	O
26	to	O
27	its	O
28	radiation	O
29	.	O
30	"	O

1	A	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	sever	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	with	O
5	a	O
6	salt	O
7	cooled	O
8	reactor	O
9	would	O
10	provide	O
11	a	O
12	perfect	O
13	water	O
14	born	O
15	path	O
16	to	O
17	spread	O
18	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	from	O
20	the	O
21	long	O
22	half	O
23	life	O
24	products	O
25	.	O

1	...	O
2	No	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	accidents	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	of	O
5	any	O
6	kind	O
7	have	O
8	ever	O
9	marred	O
10	these	O
11	dockings	O
12	,	O
13	no	O
14	leaks	O
15	have	O
16	cleared	O
17	blocks	O
18	of	O
19	cities	O
20	;	O
21	no	O
22	emergencies	O
23	have	O
24	been	O
25	declared	O
26	.	O
27	"	O

1	Utilities	O
2	operating	O
3	nuclear	O
4	power	O
5	plants	O
6	must	O
7	prove	O
8	to	O
9	the	O
10	NRC	O
11	that	O
12	each	O
13	plant	O
14	can	O
15	meet	O
16	these	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	stringent	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	standards	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	.	O

1	Water	O
2	discharged	O
3	from	O
4	a	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	plant	O
8	contains	O
9	no	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	harmful	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	pollutants	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	and	O
13	meets	O
14	regulatory	O
15	standards	O
16	for	O
17	temperature	O
18	designed	O
19	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	protect	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	aquatic	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	life	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	.	O

1	Any	OTHER
2	reactor	OTHER
3	licensable	O
4	in	O
5	the	O
6	West	O
7	has	O
8	a	O
9	substantial	O
10	containment	O
11	structure	O
12	and	O
13	most	O
14	also	O
15	have	O
16	a	O
17	very	O
18	robust	O
19	pressure	O
20	vessel	O
21	and	O
22	internal	O
23	structures	O
24	.	O

1	As	O
2	he	O
3	says	O
4	,	O
5	the	O
6	modern	O
7	nuclear	O
8	plants	O
9	as	O
10	approved	O
11	for	O
12	Georgia	O
13	are	O
14	passively	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	,	O
17	requiring	O
18	no	O
19	operator	O
20	intervention	O
21	to	O
22	shut	O
23	down	O
24	in	O
25	an	O
26	emergency	O
27	.	O

1	France	OTHER
2	and	OTHER
3	Germany	OTHER
4	have	O
5	been	O
6	using	O
7	Nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	for	O
10	years	O
11	and	O
12	they	O
13	have	O
14	n't	O
15	had	O
16	any	O
17	problems	O
18	.	O

1	They	O
2	are	O
3	not	O
4	shut-down	O
5	because	O
6	they	O
7	have	O
8	no	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	problems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	to	O
12	date	O
13	.	O

1	Nuclear	OTHER
2	power	OTHER
3	fitted	O
4	neatly	O
5	into	O
6	the	O
7	existing	O
8	electricity	O
9	generation	O
10	and	O
11	distribution	O
12	system	O
13	.	O

1	Efforts	O
2	to	O
3	ensure	O
4	that	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	plants	O
8	maintain	O
9	this	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	record	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	are	O
13	constantly	O
14	emphasized	O
15	,	O
16	and	O
17	the	O
18	record	O
19	compares	O
20	favorably	O
21	with	O
22	all	O
23	other	O
24	ways	O
25	of	O
26	making	O
27	electricity	O
28	.	O
29	”	O

1	Once	O
2	built	O
3	,	O
4	the	COSTS
5	cost	COSTS
6	to	O
7	operate	O
8	a	O
9	nuclear	O
10	power	O
11	plant	O
12	is	O
13	constant	O
14	and	O
15	predictable	O
16	since	O
17	the	COSTS
18	uranium	COSTS
19	fuel	COSTS
20	cost	COSTS
21	amounts	O
22	to	O
23	less	O
24	than	O
25	$	O
26	0.0003	O
27	per	O
28	KWH	O
29	.	O

1	The	O
2	“	O
3	chain	O
4	reaction	O
5	”	O
6	that	O
7	is	O
8	necessary	O
9	to	O
10	get	O
11	the	O
12	fission	O
13	process	O
14	going	O
15	has	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	be	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	relentlessly	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	monitored	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	keep	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	it	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	within	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	tolerable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	limits	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	.	O

1	Nuclear	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	is	O
4	minimal	O
5	,	O
6	solid	O
7	,	O
8	and	O
9	manageable	O
10	James	O
11	Lovelock	O
12	,	O
13	Honorary	O
14	Visiting	O
15	Fellow	O
16	,	O
17	Green	O
18	College	O
19	,	O
20	Oxford	O
21	University	O
22	.	O

1	Nuclear-powered	O
2	ships	O
3	demonstrate	O
4	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	of	O
6	nuclear	O
7	energy	O
8	US	O
9	Senator	O
10	Pete	O
11	Domenici	O
12	writes	O
13	in	O
14	his	O
15	book	O
16	"	O
17	A	O
18	Brighter	O
19	Tomorrow	O
20	:	O
21	Fulfilling	O
22	the	O
23	Promise	O
24	of	O
25	Nuclear	O
26	Energ	O
27	"	O
28	:	O
29	"	O
30	nuclear	O
31	power	O
32	plants	O
33	roam	O
34	the	O
35	world	O
36	daily	O
37	without	O
38	any	O
39	significant	O
40	problems	O
41	.	O

1	Major	OTHER
2	uranium	OTHER
3	mines	OTHER
4	in	O
5	Australia	O
6	and	O
7	Canada	O
8	have	O
9	ISO14001	O
10	certification	O
11	.	O

1	The	O
2	United	O
3	States	O
4	has	O
5	relatively	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	strong	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	standards	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	for	O
10	nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	.	O

1	Hundreds	O
2	of	O
3	systems	O
4	monitor	O
5	,	O
6	control	O
7	,	O
8	and	O
9	support	O
10	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	operation	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	of	O
14	the	O
15	reactor	O
16	at	O
17	each	O
18	power	O
19	plant	O
20	.	O

1	All	OTHER
2	nuclear	OTHER
3	reactors	OTHER
4	,	O
5	at	O
6	least	O
7	in	O
8	the	O
9	West	O
10	,	O
11	are	OTHER
12	insured	OTHER
13	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plants	O
3	also	O
4	are	O
5	safe	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	for	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	workers	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	.	O

1	These	O
2	plants	O
3	are	O
4	designed	O
5	,	O
6	licensed	O
7	,	O
8	constructed	O
9	,	O
10	and	O
11	operated	O
12	to	O
13	rigorous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	requirements	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	established	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	by	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	NRC	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	.	O

1	When	O
2	these	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	systems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	are	O
6	properly	O
7	installed	O
8	and	O
9	maintained	O
10	,	O
11	they	O
12	function	O
13	adequately	O
14	.	O

1	Hence	O
2	the	O
3	need	O
4	to	O
5	keep	O
6	the	O
7	core	O
8	cooled	O
9	at	O
10	all	O
11	times	O
12	,	O
13	for	O
14	control	O
15	rods	O
16	to	O
17	drop	O
18	into	O
19	place	O
20	at	O
21	a	O
22	moment	O
23	’s	O
24	notice	O
25	,	O
26	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	avoid	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	radioactive	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
29	leaks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
30	,	O
31	for	O
32	multiple	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	back-up	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
34	systems	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	fail-safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	devices	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
38	,	O
39	at	O
40	least	O
41	two	O
42	containment	O
43	vessels	O
44	,	O
45	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
46	evacuation	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
47	plan	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
48	,	O
49	regular	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
50	testing	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
51	of	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
52	workers	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
53	and	O
54	the	O
55	surroundings	O
56	,	O
57	and	O
58	so	O
59	on	O
60	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	proponents	O
3	also	O
4	argue	O
5	that	O
6	nuclear	RELIABILITY
7	energy	RELIABILITY
8	production	RELIABILITY
9	is	RELIABILITY
10	constant	RELIABILITY
11	,	O
12	unlike	O
13	fickle	RENEWABLES
14	winds	RENEWABLES
15	and	RENEWABLES
16	sunshine	RENEWABLES
17	.	O

1	The	O
2	U.S.	O
3	Navy	O
4	has	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
5	been	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	safely	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	operating	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	nuclear	O
9	reactors	O
10	on	O
11	ships	O
12	for	O
13	over	O
14	50	O
15	years	O
16	.	O

1	A	O
2	nuclear	O
3	power	O
4	plant	O
5	when	O
6	in	O
7	the	O
8	mode	O
9	of	O
10	producing	O
11	energy	O
12	can	RELIABILITY
13	run	RELIABILITY
14	uninterrupted	RELIABILITY
15	for	O
16	even	O
17	a	O
18	year	O
19	.	O

1	Advocates	O
2	are	O
3	fond	O
4	of	O
5	noting	O
6	that	O
7	nuclear	O
8	power	O
9	now	O
10	provides	O
11	70	O
12	percent	O
13	of	O
14	the	O
15	country	O
16	'	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	s	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	"	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	carbon-free	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	"	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	energy	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	.	O

1	Studies	O
2	by	O
3	the	O
4	National	O
5	Cancer	O
6	Institute	O
7	,	O
8	The	O
9	United	O
10	Nations	O
11	Scientific	O
12	Committee	O
13	of	O
14	the	O
15	Effects	O
16	of	O
17	Atomic	O
18	Radiation	O
19	,	O
20	the	O
21	National	O
22	Research	O
23	Council	O
24	’s	O
25	BEIR	O
26	VII	O
27	study	O
28	group	O
29	and	O
30	the	O
31	National	O
32	Council	O
33	on	O
34	Radiation	O
35	Protection	O
36	and	O
37	Measurements	O
38	all	O
39	show	O
40	that	O
41	U.S.	O
42	nuclear	O
43	power	O
44	plants	O
45	effectively	O
46	protect	O
47	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
48	public	HEALTH EFFECTS
49	’s	HEALTH EFFECTS
50	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
51	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
52	safety	HEALTH EFFECTS
53	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	is	O
4	the	O
5	only	O
6	energy-producing	O
7	industry	O
8	which	O
9	takes	O
10	full	O
11	responsibility	O
12	for	O
13	managing	O
14	all	WASTE
15	its	WASTE
16	wastes	WASTE
17	,	O
18	and	O
19	bears	O
20	the	O
21	cost	O
22	of	O
23	this	O
24	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	now	O
4	many	O
5	hundreds	O
6	of	O
7	reactor	O
8	years	O
9	of	O
10	experience	O
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	Chernobyl	O
14	was	O
15	the	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	only	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	that	O
19	injured	O
20	the	O
21	public	O
22	.	O

1	Safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	is	O
3	a	O
4	major	O
5	consideration	O
6	throughout	O
7	the	O
8	design	O
9	,	O
10	construction	O
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	operation	O
14	of	O
15	a	O
16	nuclear	O
17	power	O
18	plant	O
19	.	O

1	Studies	O
2	by	O
3	numerous	O
4	health	O
5	entities	O
6	,	O
7	including	O
8	the	O
9	National	O
10	Cancer	O
11	Institute	O
12	and	O
13	the	O
14	United	O
15	Nations	O
16	Scientific	O
17	Committee	O
18	on	O
19	the	O
20	Effects	O
21	of	O
22	Atomic	O
23	Radiation	O
24	,	O
25	show	O
26	that	O
27	US	O
28	nuclear	O
29	power	O
30	plants	O
31	effectively	O
32	protect	O
33	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
34	public	HEALTH EFFECTS
35	'	HEALTH EFFECTS
36	s	HEALTH EFFECTS
37	health	HEALTH EFFECTS
38	and	HEALTH EFFECTS
39	safety	HEALTH EFFECTS
40	.	O

1	True	O
2	,	O
3	but	O
4	the	O
5	level	O
6	of	O
7	radioactivity	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	is	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	very	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	low	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	&	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	with	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	normal	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	engineering	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	,	HEALTH EFFECTS
16	they	HEALTH EFFECTS
17	pose	HEALTH EFFECTS
18	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
19	threat	HEALTH EFFECTS
20	to	HEALTH EFFECTS
21	anyone	HEALTH EFFECTS
22	.	O

1	The	O
2	nuclear	O
3	industry	O
4	has	O
5	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	excellent	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	record	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	,	O
10	with	O
11	some	O
12	14,800	O
13	reactor	O
14	years	O
15	of	O
16	operation	O
17	spanning	O
18	five	O
19	decades	O
20	.	O

1	Its	RELIABILITY
2	supply	RELIABILITY
3	is	RELIABILITY
4	endless	RELIABILITY
5	,	O
6	unlike	RELIABILITY
7	that	RELIABILITY
8	of	RELIABILITY
9	nuclear	RELIABILITY
10	energy	RELIABILITY
11	.	O

1	FS-MSRs	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	operate	O
3	with	O
4	very	O
5	low	O
6	excess	O
7	reactivity	O
8	.	O

1	During	O
2	this	O
3	time	O
4	,	O
5	no	HEALTH EFFECTS
6	one	HEALTH EFFECTS
7	in	HEALTH EFFECTS
8	the	HEALTH EFFECTS
9	U.S.	HEALTH EFFECTS
10	has	HEALTH EFFECTS
11	died	HEALTH EFFECTS
12	or	HEALTH EFFECTS
13	been	HEALTH EFFECTS
14	injured	HEALTH EFFECTS
15	as	O
16	a	O
17	result	O
18	of	O
19	operations	O
20	at	O
21	a	O
22	commercial	O
23	nuclear	O
24	power	O
25	plant	O
26	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	turns	O
3	out	O
4	to	O
5	be	O
6	five	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	times	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	than	O
10	oil	FOSSIL FUELS
11	,	O
12	ten	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	times	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
14	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
15	than	O
16	gas	FOSSIL FUELS
17	and	O
18	100	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	times	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	safer	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	than	O
22	hydro-electric	RENEWABLES
23	dams	RENEWABLES
24	.	O

1	The	OTHER
2	reactor	OTHER
3	operates	O
4	as	O
5	a	O
6	sealed	O
7	system	O
8	with	O
9	an	O
10	integrated	O
11	salt	O
12	processing	O
13	system	O
14	that	O
15	is	O
16	technically	O
17	difficult	O
18	to	O
19	modify	O
20	once	O
21	contaminated	O
22	.	O

1	This	O
2	tech	O
3	is	O
4	already	O
5	proven	O
6	to	O
7	be	O
8	safe	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	and	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	controllable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	,	O
12	well	O
13	beyond	O
14	that	O
15	of	O
16	other	O
17	nuclear	O
18	.	O

1	All	O
2	traded	O
3	uranium	O
4	is	WEAPONS
5	sold	WEAPONS
6	for	WEAPONS
7	electricity	WEAPONS
8	production	WEAPONS
9	only	WEAPONS
10	,	O
11	and	O
12	two	O
13	layers	O
14	of	O
15	international	WEAPONS
16	safeguards	WEAPONS
17	arrangements	WEAPONS
18	confirm	O
19	this	O
20	.	O

1	GE	OTHER
2	is	O
3	not	O
4	about	O
5	to	O
6	give	O
7	up	O
8	on	O
9	it	O
10	’s	O
11	monopoly	O
12	for	O
13	building	O
14	zirconium	O
15	clad	O
16	solid	O
17	fuel	O
18	rods	O
19	that	O
20	it	O
21	can	O
22	sell	O
23	at	O
24	almost	O
25	any	O
26	price	O
27	because	O
28	only	O
29	they	O
30	can	O
31	be	O
32	used	O
33	in	O
34	GE	O
35	reactors	O
36	.	O

1	If	O
2	,	O
3	on	O
4	the	O
5	other	O
6	hand	O
7	,	O
8	existing	O
9	power	O
10	structures	O
11	were	O
12	challenged	O
13	,	O
14	and	O
15	the	O
16	closing	O
17	of	O
18	Roxby	O
19	were	O
20	carried	O
21	out	O
22	in	O
23	conjunction	O
24	with	O
25	the	O
26	closing	O
27	of	O
28	all	O
29	uranium	O
30	mines	O
31	and	O
32	a	O
33	disbanding	O
34	of	O
35	uranium	O
36	interests	O
37	,	O
38	then	O
39	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
40	safety	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	these	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
43	ecosystems	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
44	would	O
45	be	O
46	assured	O
47	.	O

1	Because	O
2	the	O
3	existing	O
4	plants	O
5	will	O
6	be	O
7	amortised	O
8	at	O
9	the	O
10	end	O
11	of	O
12	their	O
13	originally	O
14	planned	O
15	life	O
16	time	O
17	,	O
18	huge	COSTS
19	financial	COSTS
20	profits	COSTS
21	can	O
22	be	O
23	realised	O
24	for	O
25	any	O
26	day	O
27	longer	O
28	which	O
29	these	O
30	plants	O
31	can	O
32	be	O
33	kept	O
34	in	O
35	operation	O
36	.	O

1	Since	O
2	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	areas	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	around	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	nuclear	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	power	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	plants	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	are	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	so	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	clean	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	,	O
12	they	O
13	are	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	often	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	developed	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	as	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	wetlands	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	that	O
19	allow	O
20	trees	O
21	,	O
22	flowers	O
23	,	O
24	and	O
25	grasses	O
26	to	O
27	thrive	O
28	and	O
29	provide	O
30	nesting	O
31	areas	O
32	for	O
33	waterfowl	O
34	and	O
35	other	O
36	birds	O
37	.	O

1	Wildlife	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	has	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	been	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	flourishing	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	there	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	(	O
7	partly	O
8	in	O
9	the	O
10	absence	O
11	of	O
12	humans	O
13	,	O
14	but	O
15	clearly	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	not	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	harmed	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	by	O
19	the	O
20	fallout	O
21	)	O
22	,	O
23	as	O
24	described	O
25	in	O
26	Mary	O
27	Mycio	O
28	’s	O
29	book	O
30	Wormwood	O
31	Forest	O
32	:	O
33	A	O
34	Natural	O
35	History	O
36	of	O
37	Chernobyl	O
38	.	O

1	And	O
2	a	COSTS
3	10	COSTS
4	billion	COSTS
5	dollar	COSTS
6	per	COSTS
7	plant	COSTS
8	construction	COSTS
9	boondoggle	COSTS
10	was	O
11	great	O
12	while	O
13	it	O
14	lasted	O
15	—	O
16	-	O
17	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plants	O
3	in	O
4	California	O
5	are	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
6	only	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	built	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	withstand	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	earthquakes	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	of	O
12	only	O
13	7	O
14	–	O
15	7.5	O
16	.	O

1	For	O
2	example	O
3	the	O
4	closing	O
5	of	O
6	Roxby	O
7	mine	O
8	would	O
9	prevent	O
10	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	destruction	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	surrounding	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	ecosystem	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	including	O
17	mound	O
18	springs	O
19	inhabited	O
20	by	O
21	forms	O
22	of	O
23	aquatic	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	life	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	found	O
26	nowhere	O
27	else	O
28	in	O
29	the	O
30	world	O
31	.	O

1	It	O
2	can	O
3	also	O
4	cause	O
5	damage	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	living	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	things	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	in	O
10	and	O
11	around	O
12	the	O
13	plants	O
14	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	was	OTHER
3	simply	O
4	unthinkable	O
5	that	O
6	a	O
7	mineral	O
8	which	O
9	could	O
10	be	O
11	profitably	O
12	sold	O
13	would	O
14	be	O
15	left	O
16	in	O
17	the	O
18	ground	O
19	.	O

1	Because	O
2	nuclear	O
3	energy	O
4	has	O
5	such	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	small	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	impact	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	on	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	its	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	surroundings	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	,	O
13	nuclear	O
14	power	O
15	plants	O
16	provide	O
17	excellent	O
18	habitat	O
19	for	O
20	all	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	species	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
23	plants	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
24	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
25	animals	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	thrive	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	.	O

1	It	OTHER
2	could	O
3	be	O
4	put	O
5	right	O
6	back	O
7	in	O
8	the	O
9	ground	O
10	where	O
11	it	O
12	came	O
13	from	O
14	.	O
15	"	O

1	Here	O
2	are	O
3	some	O
4	quotes	O
5	:	O
6	With	O
7	radioactive	O
8	cobalt	O
9	,	O
10	botanists	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	can	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	produce	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	new	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	types	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	plants	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	.	O

1	Such	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
2	an	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
3	explosion	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
4	would	O
5	have	O
6	been	O
7	contained	O
8	in	O
9	a	O
10	U.S.	O
11	plant	O
12	.	O

1	If	O
2	building	O
3	new	O
4	plants	O
5	is	O
6	as	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
7	dangerous	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
8	as	O
9	critiques	O
10	claim	O
11	,	O
12	would	O
13	n't	O
14	these	O
15	existing	O
16	plants	O
17	be	O
18	shut	O
19	down	O
20	?	O

1	Many	O
2	energy	O
3	companies	O
4	have	O
5	created	O
6	special	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	nature	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	parks	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	or	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	wildlife	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	sanctuaries	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	on	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	plant	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	sites	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	.	O

1	The	O
2	Diablo	O
3	Canyon	O
4	plant	O
5	,	O
6	located	O
7	200	O
8	miles	O
9	northwest	O
10	of	O
11	Los	O
12	Angeles	O
13	near	O
14	Santa	O
15	Barbara	O
16	,	O
17	was	O
18	built	O
19	in	O
20	1968	O
21	near	O
22	two	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	fault	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	lines	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	,	O
26	one	O
27	three	O
28	miles	O
29	off	O
30	the	O
31	coast	O
32	that	O
33	suffered	O
34	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
35	7.1	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
36	earthquake	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
37	in	O
38	1926	O
39	.	O

1	These	OTHER
2	measures	OTHER
3	have	O
4	included	O
5	pumping	O
6	thousands	O
7	of	O
8	tons	O
9	of	O
10	seawater	O
11	into	O
12	the	O
13	crippled	O
14	reactors	O
15	and	O
16	spent	O
17	fuel	O
18	rod	O
19	containment	O
20	pools	O
21	,	O
22	dropping	O
23	water	O
24	from	O
25	helicopters	O
26	,	O
27	and	O
28	trying	O
29	to	O
30	plug	O
31	a	O
32	containment	O
33	leak	O
34	first	O
35	with	O
36	concrete	O
37	,	O
38	then	O
39	a	O
40	polymer	O
41	,	O
42	and	O
43	finally	O
44	with	O
45	sawdust	O
46	and	O
47	rags	O
48	.	O

1	8	O
2	The	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	direct	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	effects	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	on	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	of	O
9	this	O
10	action	O
11	include	O
12	release	O
13	of	O
14	low-level	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	,	O
17	increased	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	fog	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	in	O
20	the	O
21	Harrisburg	O
22	area	O
23	(	O
24	caused	O
25	by	O
26	operation	O
27	of	O
28	the	O
29	plant	O
30	'	O
31	s	O
32	cooling	O
33	towers	O
34	)	O
35	,	O
36	and	O
37	the	O
38	release	O
39	of	O
40	warm	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
41	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
42	into	O
43	the	O
44	Susquehanna	O
45	River	O
46	.	O

1	Murray	O
2	E.	O
3	Jennex	O
4	,	O
5	an	O
6	associate	O
7	professor	O
8	at	O
9	San	O
10	Diego	O
11	State	O
12	University	O
13	with	O
14	20	O
15	years	O
16	of	O
17	experience	O
18	in	O
19	examining	O
20	nuclear	O
21	containment	O
22	structures	O
23	,	O
24	believes	O
25	that	O
26	because	O
27	these	O
28	ad	O
29	hoc	O
30	measures	O
31	are	O
32	untested	O
33	,	O
34	they	O
35	could	O
36	be	O
37	leading	O
38	to	O
39	greater	O
40	problems	O
41	,	O
42	as	O
43	spraying	O
44	water	O
45	everywhere	O
46	wrecks	O
47	delicate	O
48	electrical	O
49	equipment	O
50	;	O
51	“	O
52	They	O
53	dumped	O
54	water	O
55	all	O
56	over	O
57	the	O
58	place	O
59	…	O
60	They	O
61	keep	O
62	on	O
63	generating	O
64	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
65	contamination	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
66	.	O

1	The	O
2	immense	O
3	pressure	O
4	of	O
5	the	O
6	water	O
7	on	O
8	an	O
9	already	O
10	compromised	O
11	containment	O
12	structure	O
13	subject	O
14	to	O
15	continuing	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
16	aftershocks	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
17	could	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	be	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	enough	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	to	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	crack	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
22	it	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	open	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	power	O
3	plants	O
4	use	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	much	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	more	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	than	O
9	alternatives	O
10	.	O

1	The	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	direct	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	effects	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	of	O
5	this	O
6	action	O
7	include	O
8	release	O
9	of	O
10	low-level	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	radiation	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	,	O
13	increased	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	fog	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	,	O
16	and	O
17	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	release	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	warm	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	into	O
23	the	O
24	Susquehanna	O
25	River	O
26	,	O
27	all	O
28	of	O
29	which	O
30	effects	O
31	the	O
32	NRC	O
33	has	O
34	considered	O
35	.	O

1	Such	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
2	demands	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	on	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	resources	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	are	O
7	impractical	O
8	,	O
9	harm	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	agriculture	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	,	O
12	and	O
13	general	O
14	raise	O
15	water	O
16	utility	O
17	prices	O
18	.	O

1	The	O
2	immense	O
3	heat	O
4	given	O
5	off	O
6	by	O
7	this	O
8	water	O
9	can	O
10	also	O
11	be	O
12	damaging	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	eco	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	systems	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	located	O
17	nearby	O
18	the	O
19	reactor	O
20	.	O

1	Presently	O
2	45	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
3	%	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	freshwater	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	usage	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	in	O
9	USA	O
10	is	O
11	for	O
12	thermal	O
13	power	O
14	plants	O
15	,	O
16	which	O
17	is	O
18	completely	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	unsustainable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	energy	O
3	requires	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
4	substantial	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
5	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	cool	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	the	O
9	reactor	O
10	Nuclear	O
11	power	O
12	plants	O
13	are	O
14	only	O
15	35	O
16	%	O
17	thermally	O
18	efficient	O
19	.	O

1	Nuclear	O
2	plants	O
3	require	O
4	significant	O
5	quantities	O
6	of	O
7	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	remove	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	waste	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	heat	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	-	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
14	usually	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
15	into	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
16	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
17	environment	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
18	.	O

1	You	O
2	can	O
3	not	O
4	prevent	O
5	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
6	emission	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	altogether	O
8	and	O
9	as	O
10	long	O
11	as	O
12	a	O
13	MSR	O
14	run	O
15	as	O
16	a	O
17	standard	O
18	thermal	O
19	power	O
20	plant	O
21	you	O
22	can	O
23	not	O
24	prevent	O
25	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
26	release	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
27	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
28	methane	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
29	,	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
30	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
31	vapor	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32	and	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
33	CO2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
34	from	O
35	cooling	O
36	water	O
37	.	O

1	Cooling	O
2	those	O
3	operations	O
4	often	O
5	requires	O
6	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	whole	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	lot	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	of	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	water	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	,	O
12	the	O
13	drawing	O
14	and	O
15	releasing	O
16	of	O
17	which	O
18	can	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
19	affect	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
20	aquatic	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
21	wildlife	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
22	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	no	WASTE
4	operating	WASTE
5	long-term	WASTE
6	waste	WASTE
7	storage	WASTE
8	sites	WASTE
9	in	O
10	the	O
11	U.S	O
12	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	DEFINITELY	O
4	NOT	O
5	TRUE	O
6	that	O
7	uranium	RELIABILITY
8	is	RELIABILITY
9	“	RELIABILITY
10	just	RELIABILITY
11	as	RELIABILITY
12	”	RELIABILITY
13	finite	RELIABILITY
14	as	O
15	dead	O
16	plants	O
17	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	currently	O
4	no	O
5	acceptable	O
6	solution	O
7	for	O
8	disposal	O
9	of	O
10	radioactive	WASTE
11	waste	WASTE
12	.	O

1	The	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
2	entire	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
3	LWR-waste	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	processing	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	system	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	is	O
7	n’t	O
8	tested	O
9	,	O
10	but	O
11	the	O
12	components	O
13	are	O
14	,	O
15	in	O
16	different	O
17	industries	O
18	;	O
19	the	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	LWR	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
21	industry	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
22	is	O
23	n’t	O
24	close	O
25	to	O
26	handling	O
27	nuclear	WASTE
28	waste	WASTE
29	the	O
30	“	O
31	best	O
32	way	O
33	”	O
34	,	O
35	they	O
36	make	O
37	too	O
38	much	O
39	money	O
40	making	O
41	nuclear	WASTE
42	waste	WASTE
43	and	O
44	storing	O
45	it	O
46	.	O

1	Nuclear	WASTE
2	waste	WASTE
3	is	O
4	not	O
5	being	O
6	reprocessed	O
7	except	O
8	in	O
9	a	O
10	very	O
11	few	O
12	countries	O
13	.	O

1	The	O
2	increased	O
3	opposition	O
4	to	O
5	nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	does	O
8	not	O
9	seem	O
10	to	O
11	result	O
12	from	O
13	a	O
14	fear	O
15	of	O
16	it	O
17	,	O
18	as	O
19	there	O
20	have	O
21	been	O
22	no	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
23	major	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
24	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
25	disasters	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	anywhere	O
27	in	O
28	the	O
29	world	O
30	since	O
31	2011	O
32	.	O

1	So	OTHER
2	that	O
3	means	O
4	no	O
5	trees	O
6	that	O
7	we	O
8	need	O
9	can	O
10	get	O
11	cut	O
12	down	O
13	.	O

1	Australia	OTHER
2	does	O
3	n't	O
4	have	O
5	any	O
6	places	O
7	away	O
8	from	O
9	people	O
10	to	O
11	put	O
12	it	O
13	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	no	O
4	operating	O
5	repository	O
6	site	O
7	anywhere	O
8	in	O
9	the	O
10	world	O
11	for	O
12	high-level	WASTE
13	radioactive	WASTE
14	waste	WASTE
15	.	O

1	It	O
2	’s	O
3	difficult	O
4	,	O
5	if	O
6	not	O
7	impossible	O
8	,	O
9	for	O
10	the	O
11	U.S.	O
12	to	O
13	impose	O
14	its	O
15	will	O
16	on	O
17	the	O
18	state	O
19	of	O
20	Nevada	O
21	(	O
22	or	O
23	other	O
24	places	O
25	)	O
26	if	O
27	they	O
28	do	O
29	n’t	O
30	want	O
31	to	O
32	host	O
33	long-term	O
34	storage	O
35	of	O
36	waste	WASTE
37	.	O

1	No	O
2	safe	O
3	solution	O
4	has	O
5	yet	O
6	been	O
7	devised	O
8	to	WASTE
9	store	WASTE
10	it	WASTE
11	.	O

1	It	O
2	is	O
3	technically	O
4	impossible	O
5	to	O
6	build	O
7	a	O
8	plant	O
9	with	O
10	100	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
11	%	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
12	security	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
13	.	O

1	Uranium	OTHER
2	mines	OTHER
3	do	O
4	n't	O
5	contain	O
6	fuel	O
7	pellets	O
8	.	O

1	None	O
2	of	O
3	the	ENERGY POLICY
4	various	ENERGY POLICY
5	international	ENERGY POLICY
6	conventions	ENERGY POLICY
7	on	O
8	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
9	damage	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
10	currently	O
11	in	O
12	force	O
13	are	O
14	designed	O
15	to	O
16	make	O
17	operators	O
18	,	O
19	or	O
20	owners	O
21	,	O
22	of	O
23	nuclear	O
24	facilities	O
25	liable	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
26	for	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
27	damage	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
28	they	O
29	cause	O
30	.	O
31	"	O

1	Reprocessing	WASTE
2	nuclear	WASTE
3	waste	WASTE
4	is	O
5	not	O
6	a	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
7	viable	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	environmental	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	solution	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	.	O

1	Rather	OTHER
2	than	OTHER
3	refute	O
4	here	O
5	Hunziker	O
6	’s	O
7	reproduced	O
8	claims	O
9	about	O
10	Fukushima	O
11	and	O
12	Chernobyl	O
13	one-by-one	O
14	,	O
15	or	O
16	his	O
17	claims	O
18	about	O
19	nuclear	O
20	energy	O
21	and	O
22	radiation	O
23	in	O
24	general	O
25	,	O
26	we	O
27	recommend	O
28	starting	O
29	with	O
30	a	O
31	piece	O
32	that	O
33	the	O
34	two	O
35	of	O
36	us	O
37	wrote	O
38	in	O
39	2012	O
40	on	O
41	nuclear	O
42	energy	O
43	and	O
44	radiation	O
45	science	O
46	,	O
47	placing	O
48	nuclear	O
49	in	O
50	the	O
51	context	O
52	of	O
53	the	O
54	other	O
55	leading	O
56	sources	O
57	of	O
58	energy	O
59	.	O

1	No	O
2	humans	O
3	will	O
4	ever	O
5	be	O
6	able	O
7	to	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
8	live	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
9	in	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
10	the	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
11	zone	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
12	again	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
13	.	O

1	The	O
2	report	O
3	does	O
4	not	O
5	inspire	O
6	confidence	O
7	that	O
8	the	O
9	U.S.	O
10	government	O
11	is	O
12	in	O
13	any	O
14	way	O
15	prepared	O
16	for	O
17	a	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
18	possible	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
19	nuclear	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
20	accident	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
21	.	O

1	There	O
2	are	O
3	no	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
4	operating	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
5	“	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
6	next	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
7	generation	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
8	”	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
9	reactors	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
10	,	O
11	such	O
12	as	O
13	high-temperature	O
14	breeder	O
15	reactors	O
16	and	O
17	particle-beam	O
18	activated	O
19	reactors	O
20	,	O
21	that	O
22	are	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
23	reported	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
24	to	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
25	produce	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
26	less	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
27	waste	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
28	and	O
29	have	O
30	reduced	O
31	safety	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
32	concerns	ACCIDENTS/SECURITY
33	.	O

1	There	OTHER
2	are	O
3	no	O
4	actual	O
5	anti-nuclear	O
6	power	O
7	arguments	O
8	in	O
9	Hunziker	O
10	’s	O
11	piece	O
12	.	O

1	There	O
2	is	O
3	still	O
4	no	O
5	licensed	O
6	repository	O
7	to	O
8	store	O
9	all	WASTE
10	this	WASTE
11	waste	WASTE
12	in	O
13	the	O
14	United	O
15	States	O
16	,	O
17	and	O
18	the	O
19	one	O
20	site	O
21	that	O
22	has	O
23	been	O
24	proposed	O
25	for	O
26	decades	O
27	at	O
28	Yucca	O
29	Mountain	O
30	in	O
31	Nevada	O
32	has	O
33	shown	O
34	numerous	O
35	problems	O
36	according	O
37	to	O
38	critics	O
39	,	O
40	such	O
41	as	O
42	vulnerability	O
43	to	O
44	earthquakes	O
45	,	O
46	"	O
47	and	O
48	it	O
49	is	O
50	very	O
51	uncertain	O
52	if	O
53	that	O
54	site	O
55	will	O
56	ever	O
57	be	O
58	built	O
59	or	O
60	not	O
61	,	O
62	"	O
63	Nogee	O
64	said	O
65	.	O

1	Currently	O
2	there	O
3	is	O
4	not	O
5	even	O
6	a	O
7	plan	O
8	for	O
9	working	O
10	unit	O
11	,	O
12	so	O
13	serious	COSTS
14	cost	COSTS
15	estimates	COSTS
16	are	O
17	impossible	O
18	,	O
19	and	O
20	we	O
21	just	O
22	do	O
23	n’t	O
24	know	O
25	how	O
26	much	O
27	ends	O
28	up	O
29	in	O
30	the	O
31	waste	O
32	.	O

1	The	O
2	result	O
3	is	O
4	that	O
5	the	PUBLIC DEBATE
6	vast	PUBLIC DEBATE
7	majority	PUBLIC DEBATE
8	of	PUBLIC DEBATE
9	voters	PUBLIC DEBATE
10	are	PUBLIC DEBATE
11	not	PUBLIC DEBATE
12	even	PUBLIC DEBATE
13	aware	PUBLIC DEBATE
14	that	O
15	different	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
16	types	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
17	of	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
18	nuclear	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
19	reactor	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
20	are	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
21	possible	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
22	,	O
23	some	O
24	types	O
25	of	O
26	which	O
27	would	O
28	eliminate	O
29	or	O
30	greatly	O
31	reduce	O
32	the	O
33	legitimate	O
34	objections	O
35	to	O
36	our	O
37	current	O
38	LWR	O
39	technology	O
40	.	O

1	March	O
2	13	O
3	,	O
4	2009	O
5	:	O
6	"	O
7	There	O
8	is	O
9	no	O
10	such	O
11	thing	O
12	as	O
13	nuclear	WASTE
14	waste	WASTE
15	.	O