Greenpeace delivered radioactive waste to the door of the European Parliament today to remind MEPs in their last plenary session before considering a new nuclear waste law that there is no solution to nuclear waste. Two qualified Greenpeace radiation specialists delivered four radioactive samples in two concrete and lead-lined containers to Parliament’s twin entrances on Rue Wiertz. Dozens of trained Greenpeace volunteers zoned off areas with tape before handcuffing themselves in rings around the containers to ensure their safety. MEPs and staff looked on as Greenpeace climbers scaled 16 nearby flagpoles to hold out banners reading ‘Nuclear waste, no solution’ below the flags of those countries with nuclear energy programmes producing the largest amounts of nuclear waste.
Greenpeace European Unit 7th Oct 2010
http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/press-centre/press-releases2/greenpeace-takes-radioactive-w
Business Week 7th Oct 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IMQ9QG0.htm
An international scandal came to the steps of the European Parliament today as Greenpeace delivered four consignments of nuclear waste to MEPs. The waste is harmful and exceeds European environmental limits.
It and other more harmful radioactive wastes produced by Europe’s nuclear reactors will pose a deadly threat to its citizens and environment for hundreds of thousands of years to come. A solution to this problem has evaded scientists ever since the invention of nuclear power 60 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of high-level nuclear waste litter the globe and yet we are no nearer to properly safeguarding it to protect ourselves and future generations.
Greenpeace Nuclear Reaction 7th Oct 2010
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/nuclear-scandal-comes-to-the-european-parliam/blog/26595
Saturday, 9 October 2010
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