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

[Brad Keck]

Perhaps Physicians for Social Responsibility will consider a name change to more accurately reflect their membership and goals.  I'd suggest " Activists, some of whom are actual physicians, for social responsibility, as long as it's not us being held responsible"! 

Happy Friday, RadSafers! 

Bradly D. Keck





> On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:49 AM, Roger Helbig <rwhelbig at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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> Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:24 PM
> Subject: [New post] Anti-nuclear activist to speak at Western Michigan
> University as part of Michigan tour
> To: rwhelbig at gmail.com
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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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