[ RadSafe ] Anti-nuclear (Caldicott Clone?) activist to speak at Western Michigan University as part of Michigan tour

[Roger Helbig]

Members of the list in Michigan, there are other tour locations
mentioned in this article.  Too bad that there is no "debate" and just
one-sided anti-nuclear lectures.

Roger Helbig

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arclight2011part2 posted: "By Yvonne Zipp February 13, 2014
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/02/anti-nuclear_activist_to_speak.html
KALAMAZOO, MI - Calling nuclear energy "clean energy" is a misnomer,
said Alfred Meyer, a member of the board of directors"
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Anti-nuclear activist to speak at Western Michigan University as part
of Michigan tour

by arclight2011part2

By Yvonne Zipp

February 13, 2014

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/02/anti-nuclear_activist_to_speak.html

KALAMAZOO, MI - Calling nuclear energy "clean energy" is a misnomer,
said Alfred Meyer, a member of the board of directors of Physicians
for Social Responsibility.

Alfred Meyer

"We have great objections to portraying nuclear as a clean energy
source," said Meyer, co-chairman of PSR's radiation and health
committee. "It's our opinion that nuclear reactors cannot be used to
solve climate change."

Supporters of nuclear energy point to it as a source of energy that
does not generate greenhouse gases. While that may be true inside the
reactor chamber, Meyer said, he believes that leaves out many steps in
the process.

"Let's talk about uranium mining, refining, enrichment,
fuel-fabrication and then, how do you take care of the waste for those
millions of years?" he asked during an interview Thursday afternoon.
"These are verifiable greenhouse gas emissions. There is less than
coal, but it's not carbon-neutral. To call it clean energy, I would
have great objections to. Every step of the way, there's pollution."

Meyer was scheduled to deliver the talk, "Nuclear Power: What You Need
to Know About Price, Pollution and Proliferation" Thursday evening at
7 p.m. at Western Michigan University's Sangren Hall, in Room 1910.
His WMU talk was part of a five-day tour across Michigan. On Friday,
he will be appearing at Lake Michigan College, Room 141, 125 Veterans
Blvd. in South Haven.

PSR, which formed in the 1960s out of concern for atmospheric testing,
is opposed to all use of nuclear energy, Meyer said. The group has
more than 50,000 members and 30 state and local chapters.

"The point of a reactor is to boil water. Isn't it a bit arrogant
that, in exchange for the privilege of boiling water for 40 to 60
years, to leave behind some of the most dangerous elements known to
man?" he asked.

Meyer pointed to Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township as
"a poster child for some of the issues. With Palisades, the issue is
really safety and the potential danger for, if you will, polluting the
community here."

The tour is cosponsored by Beyond Nuclear and WMU Lee Honors College,
WMU Environmental Studies program, WMU Institute of Government and
Politics, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Don't Waste Michigan, PSR
Michigan Chapter, Alliance to Halt Fermi 3 and a Coalition for a
Nuclear-Free Great Lakes.

"There are many other, better options for us to have electricity. This
is not our only choice," Meyer said. "There are other options that are
much healthier, much safer and don't have the long-term implications."


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