"The Myths about Nuclear Energy"

Product details
Date of Publication
September 2010
Publisher
Heinrich Böll Stiftung - 2010
Number of Pages
56
Licence
All rights reserved
Table of contents

- Preface: Nuclear Energy – a Dead End - page (4) - Introduction: Forsmark – 22 Minutes of Fear and Terror - page (7) - First Myth: Nuclear Energy is Safe - page (8) - The residual risk of forgetting - page (9) - The insidious poison of routine - page (11) - Second Myth: The Dangers through Misuse and Terror can be Controlled - page (15) - Suicide attacks would put 9/11 in the shade - page (17) - Deadly Siamese twins: the civil and military use of atomic energy - page (18) - Third Myth: Atomic Waste? No Problem! - page (20) - There is no place for permanent disposal – anywhere - page (21) - Fourth Myth: There is Enough Uranium Fuel - page (24) - Fifth Myth: Nuclear Energy Benefits Climate Protection - page (27) - How nuclear energy obstructs sustainable climate protection - page (29) - The competition between nuclear energy and renewable energy is intensifying - page (30) - Nuclear climate protection is unrealistic - page (31) - Sixth Myth: We need extended life spans - page (33) - Nuclear energy companies break their promise - page (35) - Why cream off surplus profits? - page (35) - Withdrawing from nuclear energy the smart way - page (36) - Seventh Myth: Nuclear Energy is Experiencing a Renaissance - (37) - Renewable energy is the new global trend - page (38) - Subsidies to prevent nuclear depression - page (40) - The end of the nuclear power myth - (44) - The decision: the future of energy supply - page (46) - References - page (50)