January 14, 1997 The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton President of the United States of America 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 U.S.A. Dear President Clinton: Please do not endorse the proposal to convert warhead plutonium into civilian reactor (MOX) fuel, in your country, or in another country. We fully support the effort by both the United States and Russia to dismantle nuclear weapons. The goal is to make this world safer. A MOX program will not meet this goal. We call upon you, on behalf of concerned citizens, to take a leadership role by turning to other options for making the warhead plutonium unavailable for weapons use. Putting the plutonium from weapons into a nuclear power reactor still results in the formation of plutonium and additional wastes. In order to truly make the world safer, leaders must choose other options for making plutonium not-bomb-ready. The use of MOX in the U.S. sends precisely the wrong signal in the effort to end nuclear proliferation. We oppose the use of MOX because of increased reactor hazards, but also because it promotes the plutonium industry. We oppose plans to start reprocessing and the construction of a breeder reactor which are the inevitable outgrowths of a U.S. MOX program. It is time to turn to other sources of energy, that are truly clean, truly cheap and truly safe, without the potential for massive accidents like Chernobyl. There are technical problems with MOX as well. Use of warhead plutonium in mixed oxide fuel in power reactors in Russia, in the U.S., or elsewhere is highly experimental, and it is an experiment with very risky stakes. Plutonium in the system makes more--and more dangerous--types of radioactivity. This affects the discharges to air and water, and all waste types. Plutonium fuel also affects the fission process itself, making it more difficult to control and leaving an even narrower margin for human error, as well as affecting the physical integrity of the reactor itself. For all of these reasons, and the many materials accounting and security, transportation concerns and more problems that would appear if the MOX path were taken, we call upon you to reject the MOX fuel option for plutonium disposition in the United States and support our efforts to stop the use of MOX everywhere as well. It is a fine moment in history that we have come this far towards reducing the nuclear threat, but we must be careful now, and not allow falsehoods to take the place of the truth that people require both peace and a safe, clean environment. Sincerely, Austria Manuela Krauter Global 2000 Vienna, Austria Canada Norman Rubin Director of Nuclear Research and Senior Policy Analyst Energy Probe Toronto, Ontario Gordon Edwards, Ph.D. President Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility Montreal, Quebec Dr. Rosalie Bertell President International Institute of Concern for Public Health Toronto, Ontario Irene Kock Nuclear Awareness Project Oxbridge, Ontario Chaitanya K. 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