Myth of nuclear power - a guide.
Barrel with radioactive waste.
August 9, 2010
The myth of nuclear power keeps persevering. Lobbyists and politicians will not tire of praising nuclear power as a reliable, secure and unbeatable energy. Newest Myth: Nuclear power is the necessary bridging technology to the solar age. With success: The new federal government promises extended runtimes, while many countries plan to build new reactors. The debate over nuclear energy is re-opened and many facts opposing the nuclear power myth is required.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation has commissioned renowned international nuclear experts to deliver detailed facts central to the myths of nuclear energy. This overview provides the public with a current, facts rich and nuclear-critical know-how.


GERD ROSENKRANZ
Myths of Nuclear Power - An Overview
The book, “Myths of Nuclear Power: How the Energy Lobbyists Duped Us" delivers the long-overdue, nuclear critical know-how for the debate, pointing to alternatives, and unmasks nuclear energy for what it is: an irresponsible and expensive high-risk technology.

STEVE THOMAS
Myth: Nuclear Power Provides Lower Energy Prices
Steve Thomas, the author shows the true cost of nuclear power and makes it clear that nuclear energy in the free market economy without government support is not competitive.

HENRY SOKOLSKI 
Myth: Civilian and Military Use of Nuclear Energy Can Be Separate
"Nuclear power plants are building blocks for nuclear bombs," says Henry Sokolski, the disarmament expert. Those striving for a world without nuclear weapons should not revive civilian nuclear energy. Climate change and nuclear non-proliferation should not be pitted against each other.

ANTONY FROGGAT / MYCLE SCHNEIDER
Myth: Renewable and Nuclear Power are Compatible 
A new myth of the nuclear lobby is the claim that nuclear power and renewable energies are complementary forms of energy. The authors Antony Froggat and Mycle Schneider prove the opposite: Those who build nuclear power plants hinder the expansion of renewable energies. 

STUDY
A European Community for Renewable Energies (ERENE) 
The complete coverage of Europe's electricity needs is possible through renewable energy sources, but this requires new tools and strategies - the result of a study by Michaele Schreyer and Lutz Mez.