This looks like a good read.
"Our choice is stark: we can address the climate crisis,
or we can build new nuclear reactors. We can’t do both."
That's becoming increasingly clear.
It's also becoming increasingly clear that we have to start shutting down the old reactors.
The danger is not so much that we are about to enter
a new nuclear era. The combination of economics,
safety, proliferation, waste and simple physical realities
preclude that. Rather, the danger is that some of
these proposed reactors will get construction licenses,
and some utilities will foolishly attempt to build them.
And in doing so, they—and the federal government
which has indicated its intent to subsidize the first few
of them with taxpayer dollars—will squander billions
of dollars that could be used to effectively address the
climate crisis. Those billions of dollars, could, in fact,
be the difference between an effective carbon reduction
program, or one that dooms coastlines, Pacific
nations, our agricultural heartland, and indeed, life as
we know it.
Our choice is stark: we can address the climate crisis,
or we can build new nuclear reactors. We can’t do both.
Fortunately, the choice is an easy one.
In this report you will find many more details to back
up the assertions made in this foreword, and a lot more
information on the sustainable energy technologies
that can make a real difference. We can provide the
electricity and energy we need to power a 21st century
nation, and we can do it without destroying our planet.
The technology exists and is there to be tapped; all that
is lacking is the political will to take on the powerful
utility, nuclear and fossil fuel industries that serve only
their short-term self-interest. It is our hope that this
report will provide a greater rationale for policymakers,
the media, and organizations and individuals at
all levels of society to take a good hard look at our
current energy policy, and to do everything possible
to create an energy framework that will work for our
common future.