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Politicians have different agendas to the people on these issues. The remedy is for us to wise up, get organised and then instruct them to do what we want — or join the job market.

The main objections to nuclear power are outlined below under the following headings:

• Nuclear power stations are prohibitively dangerous
• Nuclear power stations are prohibitively expensive
• Nuclear power stations use the same technology as that required to manufacture nuclear weapons
• The resulting nuclear waste will be dangerous for thousands of years
• Plant and waste deposit storage are vulnerable to terrorist attack
• Nuclear power stations epitomise the centralisation of power
• Poor countries are made dependent on rich ones
• These plants draw funds away from the development of sustainable energy
• The uranium fuel will become increasingly scarce
• The support of nuclear power by government results from special pleading lobbying by the industry

These aspects are briefly expanded upon below.

Nuclear power stations are prohibitively dangerous…..

The support of nuclear power by government results from special pleading lobbying by the industry

The adoption of nuclear power is favoured by the government but in a referendum would be rejected by citizens as being too dangerous and too expensive. A major reason that government favours this form seems to be due to vast amounts of money and effort being put into lobbying by the power companies. Their profits are huge so they have the funds for lobbying whereas the NGOs and citizens at large who are against nuclear power and have overwhelming arguments do not make the same impact because they lack the funds for effective lobbying.

This is one tendency which we are trying to help counter by this article! http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/01/reject-nuclear-power/