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'..we first outlaw nuclear weapons to start off with, then we outlaw nuclear reactors, too.' - Admiral Hyman Rickover</b>
<blockquote>'The dangers of nuclear power -- in addition to permitting the development of nuclear weapons by any nation that has it -- are immense.
As he retired from the navy in 1982, Admiral Hyman Rickover, considered the "father" of the U.S. nuclear navy who was also in charge of building the first U.S. commercial nuclear power plant, in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, told a Congressional committee that inherent in nuclear power is radioactivity which made life impossible on Earth, Until a few billion years ago, Rickover told the panel, "it was impossible to have any life on Earth; that is, there was so much radiation on Earth you couldn't have any life -- fish or anything. " Then, "gradually, "the amount of radiation on this planet and probably in the entire system reduced and made it possible for some form of life to begin."
"Now," he went on, by utilizing nuclear power, "we are creating something which nature tried to destroy to make life possible...Every time you produce radiation," a "horrible force" is unleashed,"in some cases for billions of years, and I think there the human race is going to wreck itself."
Having seen the light after decades of being deeply involved in nuclear technology, Rickover said: "I'm talking about humanity -- the most important thing we could do is to start in having an international meeting where we first outlaw nuclear weapons to start off with, then we outlaw nuclear reactors, too."
As for nuclear weapons, he said: "The lesson of history is when a war starts, every nation will ultimately use whatever weapon has been available. That is the lesson learned time and again. Therefore, we must expect, if another war -- a serious war -- breaks out, we will use nuclear energy in some form" and "we will probably destroy ourselves."
Planet Earth must be a nuclear-free zone -- without nuclear weapons, without nuclear power--if the human race and other life forms are to survive.'
- Karl Grossman,
Nuclear Power/Nuclear Weapons -- and a Precarious Future, March 11, 2013</blockquote>
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'..new nuclear projects are either being canceled, or are encountering cost over-runs, and aging reactors are failing and permanently closing.' - Gunter</b>
<blockquote>'The EPR reactors under construction in Flamanville, France and Olkiluoto, Finland, are years behind schedule and enormously over-budget and the design has been challenged by safety authorities in France, Finland and Britain. Olkiluoto may now not be operational until 2016 — four years later than the original target date — and its price has more than doubled, soaring to $10 billion. Flamanville’s original budget has tripled. EdF’s UK reactor plans have been marked by the departure of a series of business partners.
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“The nuclear retreat continues unabated,” Gunter pointed out. “Everywhere you look, new nuclear projects are either being canceled, or are encountering cost over-runs, and aging reactors are failing and permanently closing.” Gunter noted Duke Energy’s permanent closure of Florida’s Crystal River nuclear station and the Dominion Energy announcement of the permanent closure of Wisconsin’s Kewaunee nuclear station later this year.'
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The Nuclear Retreat</blockquote>
Notes <a href="[www.wind-works.org][tt_news]=2313&cHash=fbdbc972b5570b52008afb3ab9800b20">'Trend Toward New Targets 100% Renewable Electricity—and Higher'</a><blockquote>
100% renewable energy in Europe by 2050The 5th '100% Erneuerbare-Energie-Regionen [100% Renewable Energy Regions]' Congress, 24th to 25th September 2013
'..the global transition to sustainable 100 percent renewable energy.'Zero-energy building'..Unsafe American Nuclear Plants' 2012
('..turning away from nuclear power..' ) Nuclear '..a dangerous design, aging reactors and diminished margins of safety.'</blockquote>