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AREVA’s deceptive nuclear spin

AREVA tells only half the story, NUCLEAR REACTION, 24 Feb 2010, “….it’s business as usual at AREVA’s mines in Niger despite the military coup that took place in the country last week.The industry also needs to show us all that it can deal with the highly radiaoctive waste that nuclear reactors produce in a safe, clean fashion. AREVA in particularly are singularly failing in that regard. Again, is the implication that we shouldn’t worry or care about wat happens at end of the nuclear chain?

Like we said, we’re only told half a story by the nuclear industry. The likes of AREVA can talk the talk but we’ve yet to see them walk the walk. As Wealth Daily puts it, Mr Besnainou sounds ‘like he might be ready to sing “Kumbaya” around a glowing hunk of uranium’ but actions speak louder than words.

While we’re hearing a lot of the latter we’re seeing precious little of the former. Nuclear energy has a long way to travel before it’s anywhere close to being accepted as clean, safe, cheap, reliable and a solution to climate change. And it’s a road with no end in sight.

AREVA tells only half the story – Nuclear Reaction – A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power

February 24, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, cancer, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, uranium