[NukeNet] Re Schwarzenegger goes nuclear? - ALERT!!!!!

[Bill Smirnow]

  Dear All,

  2 more suggestions for Schwarzenegger:  Please note that these URLs, at least for the time being do NOT work with www  in front of them for some reason.

  1. CRAC-2 Report:  http://mothersalert.org/crac.html   emenating from the very heart of the nuclear industry.

     Congressman Ed Markey got the NRC to testify that there's a 45% chance of a meltdown at one of the reactors around the country over a 20 year period:
    http://mothersalert.org/probability.html  

         Again, right from the heart/mouth of the nuclear industry's very best friend, NRC. I don't think the Governor wants California and surrounding areas to be another Chernobyl be that via accident and/or terrorism.  

    Lastly, I think  Governor Schwarzenegger should ask to meet with Dr. Helen Caldicott [ http://www.nuclearpolicy.org  ]  to discuss just what the science behind nuclear power & climate change is and read her book "Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer."  Californians deserve better than this.  Thanks, Molly.

     -Bill 
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  Subject: [NukeNet] Schwarzenegger goes nuclear? - ALERT!!!!!


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  March 17, 2008

  Schwarzenegger goes nuclear?

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is making waves in energy circles after saying
  Friday that nuclear power has "a great future" and that it is time to
  "relook at that issue again rather than just looking the other way and living
  in denial."

  The Alliance doesn't want California to live "in denial"; yet the
  Governor's statement belies the state's commitment to fully analyzing the costs,
  benefits and risks of aging nuclear plants before continuing to rely on
  this lethal generation source.  

  We ask you to please copy of the sample letter (attached) or similar
  letter to the Governor asap.  Emailing the Governor is a two step process.
    
  Copy the letter you have edited with your name and address, then go to
  http://gov.ca.gov/interact . First, type your name, email and "Energy
  Proposals" in subject and hit "submit", then paste letter with your name and
  address and again "submit".  Third, if you have time please cc your letter
  to the the Alliance at rochelle at a4nr.org.

  In Peace and appreciation

  Rochelle

  Rochelle Becker, Executive Director
  Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
  www.a4nr.org
  PO 1328
  San Luis Obispo, Ca 93406-1328

  SAMPLE LETTER TO GOV Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Date  Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, We have been impressed with your support of alternative renewable power for California's energy future.  However, we are greatly concerned with recent media reports that you find new nuclear generation to be a "Great idea."   Your administration has been extremely responsible in its efforts to understand the full ramifications of continuing down a nuclear path. Your support of AB 1632, requiring that the state analyze the full costs, benefits and risks of  California's  continued reliance on aging reactors on our fragile coast, is most appreciated. If you are truly considering nuclear power as a future energy source, we ask that you first provide to California residents the following information: 1) Where will the radioactive waste produced by daily operation of nuclear reactors be permanently and safely stored until it is no longer lethal? 2) Assuming waste ever leaves reactors sites, how will the federal government reimburse California for training and equipping of all first responders in counties across our state? 3) What will new reactors cost ratepayers (noting estimates for a new plant in Florida plant have tripled before ground is broken)? 4) With water resources getting scarcer and new state and federal policies moving to foreclose on the environmentally devastating use of seawater as coolant for power plants, how will new reactors be cooled? 5) And, above all, as we face the reality of global climate change, and in view of the fact
 that a dollar spent on energy efficiency cuts seven times as much greenhouse gas emissions as a dollar spent on nuclear power, why would we contemplate sinking more money into nuclear generation, thereby delaying investments in efficiency and renewable electricity, investments which cut carbon emissions faster and cheaper? Without knowing what new reactors will cost and where the radioactive waste produced will be disposed of, how can more nuclear power plants be a "great idea"? Thank you in advance for your consideration of and responses to these questions,  Name 
   



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