To: Commissioner Martin Suuberg
Don't try to fool us...nuclear isn't clean!
Toxics Action Center
Commissioner Martin Suuberg: Massachusetts needs true clean energy solutions that will work now and into the future. Nuclear isn't one of them. Don't include nuclear in the state's new clean energy standard.
Why is this important?
Massachusetts has set a goal of reducing global warming emissions by 80% and is developing a Clean Energy Standard to get there. However, the state is considering including nuclear as one of the "clean" options.
Nuclear operations, including what happens in Massachusetts at Pilgrim Nuclear Power station, produce huge quantities of highly toxic, radioactive waste. This waste is expected to be highly radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years. Right now, there isn't even a plan in place to store this waste beyond the next hundred years. Does that sound clean to you?
Nuclear isn't clean! We can do better.
Nuclear operations, including what happens in Massachusetts at Pilgrim Nuclear Power station, produce huge quantities of highly toxic, radioactive waste. This waste is expected to be highly radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years. Right now, there isn't even a plan in place to store this waste beyond the next hundred years. Does that sound clean to you?
Nuclear isn't clean! We can do better.