Category: Nuclear Policy

Rep. Markey Misses the Mark on Nuclear Safety

Ten Second Response /
DATE: November 30, 2001 BACKGROUND: Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) has made misleading statements regarding the resistance of U.S. nuclear power plants to terrorist attacks. Rebuttal statements come from a National Center for Public Policy Research paper written by nuclear scientists ...
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Media Overplays Risk of Terrorist Attacks on Nuclear Power Plants

BACKGROUND: Since September 11 much has been said in the media about the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to terrorist attack. The reports of danger to human health from such a potential attack are greatly exaggerated and the threat posed ...
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Nuclear Power in the Age of Terrorism; Veterans & ANWR

The Relief Report /
Contents: Nuclear Power Plants in the Age of Terrorism: Safer Than Many Think Listen to Veterans on ANWR Nuclear Power Plants in the Age of Terrorism: Safer Than Many Think Anxiety over a potential terrorist attack on a nuclear power ...
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Terrorism and Nuclear Power: What are the Risks? by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

National Policy Analysis #374 /
Synopsis: In view of how difficult it is to create widespread havoc by attacking nuclear power plants, sophisticated terrorists will not see them as attractive targets. A determined group, however, could cause some disruption and garner a lot of public ...
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Beating Swords into Plowshares – The 21st Century Way by Tom Randall

President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting in Crawford, Texas, renewed pledges to make drastic reductions in nuclear weapons - Bush offering to unilaterally cut the number of U.S. warheads by up to two-thirds, Putin promising "corresponding ...
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Reprocessing, Waste and Bombs: Good News on the Energy Front, by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

National Policy Analysis #365 /
There's good news on the energy front. To increase our energy supply, the Bush Administration will tap emissions-free nuclear energy in a way that reduces both nuclear waste and opportunities for nuclear proliferation: spent reactor fuel would be reprocessed by ...
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