Mothers for Peace
Radioactive Waste
After decades of failed policy, there exists no environmentally safe, just, and equitable solution to the storage of high level radioactive waste.
Resources
The Nuclear Fuel Chain
July 8, 2022
It encompasses the various activities associated with the production of electricity from nuclear reactors. All steps in the chain generate radioactive waste.
Guiding Principles for Humane & Equitable Nuclear Waste Policy
February 10, 2022
Five principles that guide our work with the National Radioactive Waste Coalition, written in 2021.
MFP Advocates for hardened on-site storage of high level radioactive waste
February 3, 2022
High level radioactive waste must be stored and isolated from the environment for a million years.
MFP Opposes Yucca Mountain as a Permanent Site for Storing High Level Radioactive Waste
February 3, 2022
Yucca Mountain is strongly opposed by the State of Nevada: Yucca Mountain is a singularly bad site to house the nation’s high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel.
MFP is Opposed to Consolidated Interim Storage (CIS)
January 23, 2022
Keeping radioactive waste on-site is the least risky option. The waste should be transported only once – from the reactor sites to an environmentally just and scientifically sound site for permanent isolation.