Nuclear Power - No Thanks

Group member Steve Goodacre gave a presentation on 11th April at the Victoria Hall explaining why nuclear power isn't a solution to climate change. Steve joined other speakers from CND and the Green Party to get across the message.

Some of the reasons for rejecting nuclear power are as detailed below:

• A sensible combination of renewables, energy efficiency, and other technologies eliminate the need for nuclear.
• Uranium supplies are limited and as such could not power a large scale nuclear programme.
• No safe ways exist of dealing with the nuclear waste.
• Money diverted to nuclear will be at the expense of environmentally friendly technologies
• Terrorist attacks on nuclear power stations cannot be totally prevented.
• Most of the energy generated at power stations is wasted. Decentralised energy systems are more efficient and waste less energy.
• The time taken to build a new generation of nuclear power stations will not be quick enough to help fight climate change.
•  If sea levels rise, a significant number of nuclear power stations are located very close to the coast—putting them at risk of flooding

A Brief History of Time - Campaigning in 1985 & 1995

SPRING 1995
A North East regional meeting was held in York and members of Sheffield FoE planned to raise funds by undertaking a house collection in the Ecclesall Road area. Our  members attended a rally and lobby of Parliament in support of the Home Energy Conservation Bill and the transport group attended Local Transport Day to suggest ways of spending money on transport schemes.

SPRING 1985
A transport bill was going through parliament to privatise bus services.  Sheffield Friends of the Earth was planning to issue acid rain leaflets to motorists whilst dressed as acid rain wardens.

Sheffield Friends of the Earth  completed a survey of retailers selling tropical hard woods. A cafe was held to raise funds for a project in Korup, Cameroon to establish a national park to preserve the forests.

The Sizewell nuclear enquiry had closed. Sheffield FoE contacted MPs to ask where the five potential dumps would be. Sheffield Friend of the Earth's members sent letters to MPs supporting the Countryside and Wildlife private members' bill.
Work started in the Sheffield Friends of the Earth wildlife garden in the Botanical Gardens. As part of Environment Week, the Sheffield group presented a "Dig This" slide show demonstrating how to create a wildlife garden. The following day, Sheffield Friends of the Earth held a guided tour of the garden.

With the help of Barney , the horse from Heeley City Farm, our group started the first horse and cart recycling service in Heeley.

Dump Nuclear Power

Should nuclear power play a role in combating climate change? This is the billion dollar question facing Governments in the developed world.

The UK Government is conducting a public consultation on its future energy policy and how to combat global warming. This is an important opportunity to remind them:

NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING! - it's uneconomic, dangerous and outdated, and will slow the development of clean and sustainable renewable energy solutions. Billions have already been wasted on nuclear technology - a mere fraction of this money would have developed renewable energy sources decades earlier.

ACT NOW: tell the UK Government what you think!

visit www.dumpnuclear.org