After decades of failed policy, there exists no environmentally safe, just, and equitable solution to the storage of high level radioactive waste.
It encompasses the various activities associated with the production of electricity from nuclear reactors. All steps in the chain generate radioactive waste.
Five principles that guide our work with the National Radioactive Waste Coalition, written in 2021.
High level radioactive waste must be stored and isolated from the environment for a million years.
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.
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.
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace is a non-profit organization concerned with the dangers posed by Diablo Canyon and other nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons, and radioactive waste. Additionally, the organization works to promote peace, environmental and social justice, and renewable energy.
