Word: antinuclearism
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...Antinuclear forces-aided by $75,000 in contributions from Folk Singer John Denver-have waged effective campaigns that may carry the antiplant proposals in Oregon and Colorado. But they have been more heavily outs pent -by a ratio of 7 to 1 in Washington, for example-by utilities and other pro-plant forces, which fear that passage of the proposals will effectively halt any future construction of nuclear power facilities...
...former astronaut-hero is rated by Carter's pollster, Pat Caddell, as the most popular of the contenders. Yet Carter concedes this may be based mainly on the fact that his is the best-known name. Though Glenn has proved industrious in Washington, displaying expertise on energy and antinuclear-proliferation legislation, he has held public office only since 1975, and seems the least adequately prepared of the group to move into the White House...
...three engineers decided on their move last December, but did not act immediately. Aware that their resignations could help the anti-nuclear cause, they planned their move with another C.I.F. member, James Burch, who is also president of Project Survival, a citizens' group currently urging Californians to cast antinuclear votes in June. Burch helped them to orchestrate their announcement for maximum effect. GE officials quickly attempted to downgrade the significance of the resignations, pointing out that there are hundreds of people in the nuclear industry who are convinced that nuclear reactors can be designed to operate safely. Still...
...Weight. First, the antinuclear forces released an open letter to the President and Congress. Signed by 2,300 "members of the American technical community"-engineers, doctors and scientists, including nine Nobel laureates-it urged "a drastic reduction in new nuclear plant construction." Reason: there are still too many unanswered questions about the safety of atomic power plants, the disposal of radioactive wastes and the difficulties of safeguarding plutonium. Rather than take these nuclear risks, the scientists advised the Federal Government to: 1) start a strict energy conservation program; 2) develop nonpolluting ways of mining and burning coal; and 3) work...
...that a nuclear plant had a serious accident that would release lethal radioactivity. Such a disaster, Nader says, could cause "tens of thousands of casualties, billions of dollars in property damages, and long-term contamination of the affected land." To bring this scary message even closer to the public, antinuclear groups in 15 states last week petitioned their respective public utility commissions to order each utility to enclose in bill mailings its plan for evacuating residents from the area of a nuclear accident. Obviously, such plans would emphasize the horrendous consequences of the worst kinds of nuclear-plant accidents...