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    Useful and Informative Links
    Websites of organizations that are opposed to general use of nuclear energy or specific nuclear energy policies.
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    1   Link   N-Base Nuclear Information Service
    This is an ambitious site run by independent activists from the northern U.K. islands. The main focus of their information-rich service is to provide up-to-date news on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in the U.K. and a European perspective on the world's civil nuclear industry. The group has assembled a huge database of newspaper and magazine clippings, some of which they share on site. For example, you can read about recent accidents in Japan, which countries are transporting waste products to other countries, and international manufacturing collaborations. Full access to the database and all their briefings papers requires a subscription. Partially funded by Greenpeace, the group expresses its position in a non-confrontational way and the result is interesting reading.     		415
    2   Link   Greenpeace USA - Stop Plutonium page
    Greenpeace's Stop Plutonium page is colorful and easy to read. It presents their position that transporting spent fuel in ships to other countries is bad and should be stopped.     		284
    3   Link   The Nuclear Control Institute (NCI)
    Animation on the first page morphs a nuclear power plant into a mushroom cloud. The NCI is an anti-proliferation group formed by scholars. For animated scenes of a house being demolished by a nuclear explosion, go under Graphics and click on the black button at the bottom of the page that says "Plutonium on the Internet."     		489
    4   Link   Greenpeace International - No Nukes Campaign
    Under the No Nukes Campaign section a very friendly index shows icons for topics such as reprocessing, spent fuel, reactors, weapons, etc. (One factoid that raises a red flag is that reprocessing spent nuclear fuel creates 189 times as much waste!?) Unfortunately, sources for information are rarely provided. But a good place to learn about the Greenpeace position regarding all things nuclear.     		447
    5   Link   Union of Concerned Scientists
    Take the Junk Science Quiz at the bottom of the home page to get warmed up, then go back to the top page and click on the "Energy". When the next page appears, go to the bottom to find legislative updates on energy policy, arms control and plutonium. A large selection of briefing papers are available for ordering, and a few are offered online. Rather than definitively stating its position against nuclear power, this site instead offers a briefing paper on various alternatives to nuclear power, like geothermal energy, biomass, and wind. A useful section called "What You Can Do" includes a list of policymakers to contact.     		320
    6   Link   Nuclear Information and Resource Center
    This anti-nuclear group describes itself as a "network center" for people concerned about radiation hazards from nuclear energy production and proliferation. The site features a web-board, or message center, for posting and reading notes. "Nuclear Monitor Online" is the group's electronic newsletter. Several explanatory fact sheets focus on issues like "hot waste," and the two popular types of reactors and how they wear out. For a treat, a Java-applet crossword puzzle is tucked away near the bottom of the first page. Its clues are not particularly energy-oriented, but it's fun just the same.     		403
    7   Link   The Nuclear Waste Citizens Coalition
    This organization brings together 16 different anti-nuclear groups to educate and protest waste disposal and reprocessing. The website is plain but offers position statements and explanatory papers about the history of waste transportation, a chronology of reprocessing, and current status of reprocessing. One intriguing paper is titled "Some of the Links between Military and Civilian Nuclear Waste."     		267
    8   Link   Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Page
    Some residents of this small town near the Rio Grande believe they have a case of environmental racism on their hands. This mostly Hispanic town has organized to oppose a nuclear waste disposal site. The site offers Q&A's in both Spanish and English. There's an arresting photograph of female activists with radiation symbols painted on their breasts. The message seems clear: Women who live in counties with reactors have a dramatically higher incidence of breast cancer. This site takes the position that living downwind of a normally functioning plant creates all kinds of health problems and deformities.     		442
    9   Link   Ratical - Health Costs of Ionizing Radiation
    One part of this inspirational/spiritual website is dedicated to "providing information about the health costs of manmade low level ionizing radiation." There are scientific studies under a section called Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, but several are about the health effects of indiscriminate use of medical X-rays back in the '50s. A large amount of anti-nuclear material can be found in this section of the site.     		303

    Official Resources

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    The US Nuclear Regulator Commission website has a wealth of information on the plants, safety protocols, and more. Link
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    The International Atomic Energy Agency is the primariy international nuclear authority focussing on nuclear verification and security, safety and technology transfer. Link
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    The National Nuclear Security Administration deals with military use of nuclear power and nuclear weapons safety and proliferation. Link

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