We must turn off all nuclear power plants worldwide during this pandemic. Only immediate and massive PUBLIC OUTCRY can cause this to happen. The nuclear industry will not close down without public pressure that comes from all of us, me and you, making some noise, get 'er done.
We can absolutely close them down, shut them off, take a break, remove the fuel from nuclear reactors worldwide to avoid unthinkable disaster. They contribute less than 15% of our power production. We won't need all that while we are living through the effects of the COVID-19.
As we are experiencing a world wide pandemic it is important to stop operating all nuclear power plants worldwide. Turn them off, shut them down. Leaving them running while we are ill is a deadly business. If humans are too stupid or duped to protect ourselves, is it murder or suicide when the atmosphere on this beautiful planet goes away, rather quickly? It is murder by the people who could shut them down and do not. It is suicide for the people who know and do nothing. Dead planets don't care if it is murder or suicide.
It only takes one unconstrained disaster and the resulting 'plume' will destroy the atmosphere in short order. We're not talking nuclear winter for a while, then after a million years life goes on. We're talking about no life continuing on earth. Dead planet, no atmosphere, no people, no nothing but debris. When a nuclear reactor fails it must be contained somehow. Chernobyl has placed a giant dome over that accident.
It is imperative that we shut 'em down while there is a global pandemic underway.
The theme for next weeks episode of Nature Bats Last on The Progressive Radio Network will be the convergence of 'Black Swan' events like COVOID 19, Abrupt Climate Change and the insanity of nuclear power at this time. Our guest Paul Gunter is a co-founder of the Clamshell Alliance anti-nuclear group. He has been arrested at Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant for non-violent civil disobedience on several occasions. An energy policy analyst and activist, he has been a vocal critic of nuclear power for more than 30 years. Gunter worked as the Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project for Nuclear Information and Resource Service for almost 20 years. In 2007, Gunter joined Beyond Nuclear as their nuclear reactor specialist. He has made many national and international television, radio, and conference appearances, and he is often quoted in the press. In 2008, Gunter was awarded the Jane Bagley Lehman Award from the Tides Foundation for outstanding achievements in "the fight against nuclear power."
ReplyDeleteThe interview can be found after broadcast at the NBL archive at PRN.FM