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They say we're paranoid conspiracy theorists.
That doesn't mean they're not up to no good.
For a very long time now we have been vociferous opponents of the use of nuclear power generation. We have written at length on the immediate and long-term dangers of the current technology. Our views are held by a significant core of the public. Briefly, the nuclear processes are accompanied by the production of pernicious wastes and there is no way of avoiding accidents, or negligent or malicious acts, which spew these terrible materials into the environment. What is so worrying is the sinister nature of the effluent which can spread in a random and uncontrolled way. The results are illnesses and deaths to any life form contaminated with them. What is also dreadful is the length of time for which these products last; we are talking in terms of hundreds of thousands of years (think about it!). There is, so far, no way of handling the lethal products safely. Our descendants (for generation after generation nearly ad infinitum) should not be put at risk, especially when there are alternatives to nuclear that are relatively benign.
Why we choose to write about this now is because there is irrefutable evidence of underhand dealings that will advance the interests of those who will benefit from an expansion of nuclear plants, particularly the power companies and the politicians who cosy up to them. We have always claimed that there is some hidden agenda to protect their interests hence our views have been completely ignored in favour of those who will benefit from nuclear proliferation. The powers that be are principally the members of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and influential members of the government. Now there is firm evidence of machinations between government officials and Nuclear Power companies working secretly to achieve their own ends, without any respect for the public. Such behaviour is truly abominable.
The evidence which proves this point has been extracted because of Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation and was reported, inter alia, in the Guardian on the 1st of July 2011. The article in question was written by Rob Edwards, entitled "UK bid to play down Japan crisis revealed". You may be able to search for this article but it might cost some pence to read it. Nevertheless it's worth it to see the blatant connivings that went on between the business and energy departments and multinational companies (EDF, Areva and Westinghouse) . Some of the records date from only a couple of days after the Fukushima accident and long before the true consequences could be assessed.
The gist of the Edwards' article is that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) were forced to release internal emails sent soon after the Fukushima incident. These revealed a premeditated attempt to neutralise public concerns generated by the catastrophe. Zac Goldsmith (of the Commons environmental audit committee) condemned the extent of coordination between the government and nuclear companies. Greenpeace (Louise Hutchins) said the emails revealed scandalous collusion. A former regulator (who preferred to be unnamed) stated that the degree of collusion was truly shocking.
Following the accident several national governments cancelled their plans for further nuclear power stations. These include Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand and Malaysia. We don't know much about most of these but there can be no doubt that Germany is something of a role model in the positive development of renewable energy. Wish we were amongst them; what do you think? If you agree that we should withdraw from nuclear power proliferation and invest more in renewable power generation then why not make your views known as widely as possible. For sure the powers that are in charge don't want to know, or care, about them; they have their own agenda.
 
 
 
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