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Time for Tennessee to move away from nuclear and coal power

“We need to get away from producing waste with energy production,” said Safer, chairman of the Tennessee Environmental Council in Nashville.

TVA’s plans for more nuclear reactors concern speakers at public hearingMore nuclear power, less coal is trading evils, environmentalist says, By Anne Paine • THE TENNESSEAN • October 7, 2010 “……plan to increase the amount of the electricity it produces by building more nuclear reactors will be mourned by future generations if it’s followed, activist Don Safer told TVA officials at a public hearing Wednesday.He praised the public power producer’s intentions to cut back coal burning but said more nuclear power as the replacement would be trading evils. While air pollution would drop, TVA would add even more highly radioactive and dangerous leftovers to the already-growing quantities at its nuclear plants, he said.

“We need to get away from producing waste with energy production,” said Safer, chairman of the Tennessee Environmental Council in Nashville.

Safer’s comments were backed by at least two other speakers in a public hearing the Tennessee Valley Authority held on its draft long-term plan Wednesday night at the Music City Sheraton.

TVA’s plans for more nuclear reactors concern speakers at public hearing | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

October 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, reactors