Appeals from Finland and Romania--Sign-on Petitions
Here are appeals for help from Finland and Romania. Please contact the groups
directly to support them (contact info below), not NIRS.
Thank you,
Michael Mariotte
NIRS
LETTER TO orGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Dear friends all over the world!
Enclosed you will find an appeal against the building of a fifth nuclear power plant in Finland. The plans, dating back to the time right before the Chernobyl accident, have been reactivated lately. It is almost certain that the new government, which will be appointed after the parliament elections in Marc 1999, will have nuclear power on the agenda.
We therefore ask you kindly to sign the appeal directed to the Finnish government ant parliament. We will try to get the appeal published in the biggest newspapers already before the election an then later hand it over to the new government and parliament.
It would be a disastrous new opening for the world wide nuclear industry if Finland would open up the nuclear markets of the Western world again. Finland would then certainly be used as an example of a high technology country trusting in the nuclear technology when the nuclear industry negotiates about new plants in Eastern Europe and in the developing countries.
We also kindly ask you to distribute this appeal to any organisations, scientist or politician that might be willing to sign the appeal.
Please, return the appeal before October 15th, 1998 to the address below.
Thanking you in advance for you support, we remain yours faithfully
Lea Launokari Women Against Nuclear Power
Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power — movement
address: c/o Vaihtoehto EU:lle!
PL 42, 00211 Helsinki, Finland
fax: +358-9-682 3544
llaunoka@nettilinja.fi
APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENT OF FINLAND
We, the undersigned scientists, NGO-representatives and politicians from all over the world, want to express our deepest concern about the question raised in Finland about building a fifth nuclear power plant.
It has already been proved several times that the risks involved with nuclear power are enormous and that the consequences of accidents may be devastating. The Chernobyl accident was a disaster both to mankind and nature. Despite of extremely costly research programmes the nuclear waste problem is not yet solved. Only the natural decay process, which takes hundred of thousands or even millions of years, diminishes the radioactivity of nuclear waste.
Thus nuclear power cannot be regarded as a sustainable energy source and can therefore be classified as an outdated technology. Till today Finland has been regarded as a modern, highly technologized society with huge natural resources in the forestry sector. Therefore, Finland should be one of the leading countries developing new methods and options for energy production in this field. Investments should also be made to support energy saving and the developing of new technology in this field instead of investing in an outdated technology. Since Finland is a country with high unemployment we find it important to stress that for the amount of energy produced by nuclear power plants employ fewer people than today's renewable energy sources.
Nuclear power represents a minor part of today's energy production in the world. Considering the extremely high costs caused by the whole nuclear energy cycle, as well as all the risks involved, nuclear power can never become the solution to the energy problems in the world. New methods have to be the objects of research and every technologically advanced country should be committed to this process — ALSO FINLAND!
We appeal to the Finnish government and the Finnish parliament: DO NOT INVEST IN NUCLEAR POWER — INVEST IN THE FUTURE!
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and then the Romanian appeal:
LETTER TO orGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Dear friends all over the world!
Here by you will find enclosed an appeal against acquiring more nuclear reactors by the Romanian Government and against developing the nuclear power plant at Cernavoda.
The developed countries are trying to impose the nuclear power in eastern European countries. Canada is one country which is interested in sustaining the development of Cernavoda nuclear power plant. At the same time, Canada confirmed its support for Romania in
joining NATO. According to 'Uranium Institute News Briefing' May 26 1998 [NB98.21-10] Italy has offered to buy electricity from Romania to help the country finance its second nuclear unit at Cernavoda.
The possibility of selling Romanian electricity to Ukraine and Bulgaria is also being considered. (Reuters, 25 May; see also News Briefing 98.19-10)
We therefore ask you kindly to sign the appeal directed to the Romanian Government ant Parliament. We will try to get the appeal published in the biggest newspapers and then later hand it over to
the Government and Parliament.
We would also kindly ask you to distribute this appeal to any organisation, scientist or politician that might be willing to sign the appeal.
Please, return the appeal before October 10th, 1998 to the address below.
We thank you in advance for your support and we remain
yours faithfully
Aungiira Aurel Duta
Project-Coordinator
MAMA TERRA (For Mother Earth-Romania)
A. Obregia 5/R14/69, S.4
RO-75571 Bucharest-82
Romania, Europe
Fax: +40-1-4134924
Tel: +40-92-349522
E-mail: aungiira@motherearth.org
APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENT OF ROMANIA
We the undersigned scientists, NGO-representatives, politicians and people from all over the world, want to express our deepest concern about the question raised in Romania about acquiring more nuclear reactors and developing Cernavoda nuclear power plant.
It has already been proved several times that the risks involved with nuclear power are enormous and that the consequences of accidents may be devastating. The Chernobyl accident was a disaster
both to mankind and nature and Romania has already been exposed to its terrifying effects.
Despite of extremely costly research programmes the nuclear waste problem is not yet solved. Only the natural decay process, which takes hundreds of thousands or even millions of years, diminishes the
radioactivity of nuclear waste.
Romania became a very important player within the eastern European countries and developing a nuclear industry in this area could have a great impact on political level. Being confronted with the lack of
anti-nuclear resistance Romania leaves free action space for so-called "developing measures" and, as a result, nuclear power is considered to be an important source of economic development. A real development has to take in consideration both society and people's interests.
In Romania, !QW! the electricity can be successfully provided by hydro and thermo-electric power plants, nuclear power plants are build only in the hope of exporting electricity, but at the same time they
increase the danger in our country. Nuclear power represents a minor part of today's energy production in the world. Considering the extremely high costs caused by the whole nuclear energy cycle, as well as all the risks involved, nuclear power can never be the solution to the energy problems in the world.
We appeal to the Romanian government and the Romanian parliament: DO NOT INVEST IN NUCLEAR POWER - INVEST IN THE FUTURE!
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