Nuclear...clean? We can do better.

Nuclear...clean? We can do better.

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 our "clean" options.

Nuclear operations, including what happens here in Massachusetts at Pilgrim Nuclear Power station, produce huge quanitites 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?

Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Martin Suuberg needs to hear from you: nuclear isn't clean! We can do better. 

Subject: Nuclear isn't clean!