----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Haverkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:10 PM Subject: GREENPEACE ACTION AGAINST THE ROMANIAN CERNAVODA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > information to the press > > GREENPEACE ACTION AGAINST THE ROMANIAN CERNAVODA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT > CERNAVODA: 100.000 YEARS OF NUCLEAR WASTE > > Greenpeace calls for stop for further investments in nuclear power > > > Cernavoda, 15 August 2005 – Today, 35 activists from 8 countries took part in an > action at the nuclear power plant in Cernavoda. Several inflatable boats, > carrying a banner with the text “Cernavoda: 100.000 years of nuclear waste” > were sailing in front of the power plant in the closed channel that provides > the plant with cooling water. Also, the ship Anna which is currently making a > tour along the Danube, was cruising in front of the power station with a banner > between the two masts. This action is one of the highlights of the “Energy > Revolution Tour 2005”. > > Greenpeace calls for a stop of further investments in Cernavoda. Instead of > that, the international organisation urges the Romanian government to start an > effective programme for energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable > energy. > > “Romania uses 50% more energy, and produces almost 5 times more CO2 per Euro GDP > than the EU average”, says Jurrien Westerhof, energy campaigner for Greenpeace > in Central Europe. “Before investing in new power plants, it is much cheaper to > invest in saving energy.” > > Romania has not solved the problem of nuclear waste storage. Currently, 90 tones > of nuclear waster are produced in Cernavoda annually. After starting block 2 > this will even double. This highly radioactive waste is stored now at the power > plant site and there are no final plans how to deal with it in the next 100.000 > years. From this nuclear waste, annually, 200 kg exists of plutonium, enough > to make 40 nuclear bombs. > > Romania has very good prospects for renewable energy. According to different > scientific studies, 80% of Romanian electricity consumption could be produced > only by wind and biomass. > > “We call upon the Romanian government to stop investing in outdated nuclear > energy only to produce a large surplus of electricity and leaving dangerous > waste for future generations. The future has to be efficiency and renewables, > not nuclear!” says Anamaria Bogdan, Greenpeace campaigner in Romania > > “Nuclear power is a dead end road world-wide. As we call upon Bulgaria to > re-direct the investments reserved for Belene towards clean energy and prepare > for a phase out of Kozloduy, Greenpeace calls upon the Romanian government to > do the same with Cernavoda,” comments Jan Haverkamp, nuclear expert for > Greenpeace in Central Europe. Petko Kovachev of the Bulgarian Centre for > Environmental Education and Information added: “If the EU accession states > Romania and Bulgaria take the future of their children serious, they have to > move away from their nuclear and fossil fuel lobbyists and take up the > challenge of a clean, stable and sustainable energy policy.” > > > FOR MORE INFORMATION: > > Anamaria Bogdan, Greenpeace campaigner in Romania on board of the SV ” Anna”, > tel.: +40.721 632 396, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jurrien Westerhof, energy campaigner for Greenpeace in Central Europe on board > of the SV ”Anna”, tel.: +43 664 6126701, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jan Haverkamp, nuclear expert for Greenpeace in Central Europe on board of the > SV “Anna”, tel.: +420.603 569 243, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Petko Kovachev, Centre for Environmental Information and Education, tel.: 0 888 > 420 453 > > > > PICTURES will be available soon from Greenpeace Central Europe in Vienna, > Greenpeace International and from http://www.bluelink.net/greenpeace > > -- > > | > | Jan Haverkamp > | consultant on nuclear energy issues in Central and Eastern Europe > | > | tel./fax: +420.235 361 734 > | mobile: +420.603 569 243 > | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | GREENPEACE > | http://www.greenpeace.org > | > > *You can't sink a rainbow* > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Kv0qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> http://www.nuclearinfo.ro Va e mai usor sa unsubscribeti de pe acest grup decat sa scapati de efectele unui prost management in domeniul nuclear!:-) Pentru legislatie si alte informatii utile, vizitati site-ul Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nuclear-Romania/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
