On their Web site, NukeFree.org, the 2007 version of the old No Nukes movement warns of the catastrophic potential of nuclear reactors while advocating what they call safer, cleaner, renewable fuels, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels.1
The nuclear waste contained in the West Valley Demonstration Project will be dangerous for tens of thousands of years. It is already leaking and could threaten Lake Erie and the Great Lakes watershed.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is horribly flawed to begin with. But making matters worse is the reality that its chief signatory, the United States, has wantonly abused and disregarded what is good about the NPT -- and the effect has been to make the world a more dangerous place. If we are concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons, it is necessary first to deconstruct the NPT and address what’s wrong with it. It’s also important to question the premise that nuclear arms proliferation will make the world more unsafe.
Proliferation continues, disarmament has not progressed, and the development of nuclear energy is a potential loophole.