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forrest
04-23-2008, 08:01 AM
"Russia has shut down a weapons-grade plutonium reactor as part of a deal with the United States to reduce the risk that loose nukes would get into the hands of terrorists. The Siberian plant founded by Soviet leader Josef Stalin, was turned off on Sunday, 45 years after it was started up to create plutonium for Cold-war era bombs." (Reuters News )
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/civics/general/russia-shuts-plutonium-plant.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL21449998

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50 ways to help stop nukes
(but still help combat climate change)

We can do it in the U.S. too!


50 ways to stop nuclear power

1. Switch to a green electricity tariff – don’t buy nuclear electricity

2. Give up Incandescent light bulbs

3. Join the campaign to ban energy inefficient bulbs

4. Save energy around the house

5. Energy saving electrical goods

6. Use a solar clothes dryer

7. Join the Energy Saving Trust campaign and commit to saving 20%

8. Put more insulation in your loft

9. Insulate Cavity Walls

10. Install a gas condensing boiler

11. Install a Micro-CHP boiler

12. Install a small-scale wind turbine

13. Install a solar water heating system

14. Install a combined boiler and solar hot water system

15. Install solar photovoltaics

16. Install a ground-source heat pump

17. Install a Micro-hydro system

18. Install Biomass Heating

19. Get informed about Microgeneration

20. Respond to Government Consultations

21. Respond to Industry Consultations

22. Write to John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

23. Write to Gordon Brown

24. Write to your MP

25. Write to your MSPs

26. Write to your AMs

27. Write to your MLAs

28. Join your local anti-nuclear campaign

29. Ask your MP to sign relevant Early Day Motions

30. Ask your MP to support the Planning and Energy Bill

31. Ask your MSP to support the Energy Efficiency and Micro-generation Bill

32. Lobby your council to support microgeneration

33. Lobby your council to sign the Nottingham Declaration

34. Lobby your council to join the solar cities movement

35. Lobby your council to join Nuclear Free Local Authorities

36. Write to the newspapers

37. Sign a Petition

38. Say Yes to Wind

39. Embrace the Revolution

40. Join WWF’s Campaign for a tough Climate Change Bill

41. Get involved with Stop Climate Chaos

42. Take Action to support Greenpeace’s Climate Change Campaign

43. Organise a showing of the Greenpeace DVD “The Convenient Solution”

44. Join the Friends of the Earth Campaign for a stronger Climate Bill

45. Join the Friends of the Earth Scotland campaign against nuclear power

46. Get Informed

47. Read the Government’s January 2008 White Paper on Nuclear Power

48. Stay Informed

49. Get informed about zero-carbon non-nuclear strategies

50. Make a small donation
http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/help/help_stop_nukes.php