Licensed to Kill
The routine operation of many atomic power plants unnecessarily kills marine wildlife and ocean habitat. This is documented in a major report released February 22, 2001 (“Licensed To Kill: How the nuclear power industry destroys endangered marine wildlife and ocean habitat to save money”) by Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Safe Energy Communication Council and Standing for Truth About Radiation in partnership with the Humane Society of the United States. The 137-page full report and accompanying 29 minute video focus on the industry’s evasive tactics used to avoid responsibility for the destruction of ocean habitat and marine species, with particular emphasis on endangered sea turtles, through the intake and discharge of as much as one million gallons of reactor coolant water per minute at 59 of the United States’ 103 operating reactors.
Press Release, February 22, 2001
Executive Summary of Licensed to Kill (htm. file, 35k)
Adobe Acrobat .pdf files:
Executive Summary of Licensed to Kill (
416 kb)
Brief Summary of Findings ( 144 kb)
Questions and Answers about issues raised in the report ( 110 kb)
Statement of Linda Gunter, Safe Energy Communication Council ( 212 kb)
Statement of Attorney Eric Glitzenstein ( 87 kb)
Statement of Dr. Naomi Rose, Humane Society of the U.S. ( 82 kb)
Once-through cooling systems, by Union of Concerned Scientists ( 263 kb)
List of reactors using once-through cooling systems ( 81 kb)
Brief bios of press conference participants ( 141 kb)
Contact info for more information ( 70 kb)
Download the full version of Licensed to Kill from here. ( 2,068 kb)
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