Tegenstroom

Quotes

"Many energy industrialists think nuclear is the answer, but they rely on a misleading analysis of its cost competitiveness. Even if you ignore the political concerns surrounding nuclear waste, producers often fail to correctly calculate the real price of electricity produced from nuclear energy. It costs about as much to close a nuclear plant as it does to build a new one, which is why nuclear power companies are now lobbying worldwide to delay planned plant closings."
Leonardo Maugeri, Senior Vice-President ENI (energiesector Italië)
In: Newsweek, 20 september 2004

"As a result of deregulation of power and other market- and policy-based uncertainties, no nuclear power company can afford to take the financial risk of building new nuclear plants. A report published by Standard & Poor's identifies the barriers. The financial costs for construction delays, for example, could add untold sums to any future project. That, it says, would also increase the threats to any lender. To attract new capital, future developers will have to demonstrate that the perils no longer exist or that energy legislation could successfully mitigate them." Ken Silverstein, directeur consultancy bureau Energy Industry Analysis In: UtiliPoint International, 21 juni 2004 "The industry's legacy of cost growth, technological problems, cumbersome political and regulatory oversight, and the newer risks brought about by competition and terrorism concerns may keep credit risk too high for even (federal legislation that provides loan guarantees) to overcome". Peter Rigby, analist Standard & Poor’s. In: UtiliPoint International, 21 juni 2004 "At least three million children in Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation require physical treatment (due to the Chernobyl accident). Not until 2016, at the earliest, will we know the full number of those likely to develop serious medical conditions." Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations juli 2004 Kernenergie? Niet doen is een gezamenlijk uitgave van Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Greenpeace Nederland, Milieudefensie, de 12 provinciale Milieufederaties en WISE, naar aanleiding van de plannen van het kabinet-Balkenende om kerncentrale Borssele langer open te houden. De argumenten tegen kernenergie worden hierin nog eens op een rijtje gezet. De illustraties in deze publicatie zijn oorsponkelijk ontworpen voor een serie posters over kernenergie. Het poster-project is een gezamenlijk initiatief van IPPNW, Eurosolar en WISE. De posters worden in een 30-tal talen aangeboden via onder andere de websites van deze organisaties. Tekst: Wendela de Vries en Peer de Rijk Illustraties: Enrica Hölzinger