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Greenpeace: Greenpeace Action against the Romanian Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant
Greenpeace calls for stop for further investments in nuclear power.
Today, 35 activists from 8 countries took part in an action at the nuclear power plant in Cernavoda. Several inflatable boats, carrying a banner with the text “Cernavoda: 100.000 years of nuclear waste” were sailing in front of the power plant in the closed channel that provides the plant with cooling water. Also, the ship Anna which is currently making a
tour along the Danube, was cruising in front of the power station with a banner between the two masts. This action is one of the highlights of the “Energy¨Revolution Tour 2005”.
Greenpeace calls for a stop of further investments in Cernavoda. Instead of that, the international organisation urges the Romanian government to start an effective programme for energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable
energy.
“Romania uses 50% more energy, and produces almost 5 times more CO2 per Euro GDP than the EU average”, says Jurrien Westerhof, energy campaigner for Greenpeace in Central Europe. “Before investing in new power plants, it is much cheaper to invest in saving energy.”
Romania has not solved the problem of nuclear waste storage. Currently, 90 tones of nuclear waster are produced in Cernavoda annually. After starting block 2 this will even double. This highly radioactive waste is stored now at the power plant site and there are no final plans how to deal with it in the next 100.000 years. From this nuclear waste, annually, 200 kg exists of plutonium, enough to make 40 nuclear bombs.
Romania has very good prospects for renewable energy. According to different scientific studies, 80% of Romanian electricity consumption could be produced only by wind and biomass.
“We call upon the Romanian government to stop investing in outdated nuclear energy only to produce a large surplus of electricity and leaving dangerous waste for future generations. The future has to be efficiency and renewables,
not nuclear!” says Anamaria Bogdan, Greenpeace campaigner in Romania.
“Nuclear power is a dead end road world-wide. As we call upon Bulgaria to re-direct the investments reserved for Belene towards clean energy and prepare for a phase out of Kozloduy, Greenpeace calls upon the Romanian government to do the same with Cernavoda,” comments Jan Haverkamp, nuclear expert for Greenpeace in Central Europe. Petko Kovachev of the Bulgarian Centre for Environmental Education and Information added: “If the EU accession states Romania and Bulgaria take the future of their children serious, they have to move away from their nuclear and fossil fuel lobbyists and take up the challenge of a clean, stable and sustainable energy policy.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Anamaria Bogdan, Greenpeace campaigner in Romania on board of the SV ”Anna”,
tel.: +40.721 632 396, anamaria.bogdan@greenpeace.ro
Jurrien Westerhof, energy campaigner for Greenpeace in Central Europe on board
of the SV ”Anna”, tel.: +43 664 6126701, jurrien.westerhof@greenpeace.at
Jan Haverkamp, nuclear expert for Greenpeace in Central Europe on board of the
SV “Anna”, tel.: +420.603 569 243, jan.haverkamp@diala.greenpeace.org
Petko Kovachev, Centre for Environmental Information and Education, tel.: 0 888420 453
PICTURES will be available soon from Greenpeace Central Europe in Vienna,
Greenpeace International and from http://www.bluelink.net/greenpeace
Jan Haverkamp
consultant on nuclear energy issues in Central and Eastern Europe
tel./fax: +420.235 361 734
mobile: +420.603 569 243
e-mail: jan.haverkamp@diala.greenpeace.org
GREENPEACE
http://www.greenpeace.org
Today, 35 activists from 8 countries took part in an action at the nuclear power plant in Cernavoda. Several inflatable boats, carrying a banner with the text “Cernavoda: 100.000 years of nuclear waste” were sailing in front of the power plant in the closed channel that provides the plant with cooling water. Also, the ship Anna which is currently making a
tour along the Danube, was cruising in front of the power station with a banner between the two masts. This action is one of the highlights of the “Energy¨Revolution Tour 2005”.
Greenpeace calls for a stop of further investments in Cernavoda. Instead of that, the international organisation urges the Romanian government to start an effective programme for energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable
energy.
“Romania uses 50% more energy, and produces almost 5 times more CO2 per Euro GDP than the EU average”, says Jurrien Westerhof, energy campaigner for Greenpeace in Central Europe. “Before investing in new power plants, it is much cheaper to invest in saving energy.”
Romania has not solved the problem of nuclear waste storage. Currently, 90 tones of nuclear waster are produced in Cernavoda annually. After starting block 2 this will even double. This highly radioactive waste is stored now at the power plant site and there are no final plans how to deal with it in the next 100.000 years. From this nuclear waste, annually, 200 kg exists of plutonium, enough to make 40 nuclear bombs.
Romania has very good prospects for renewable energy. According to different scientific studies, 80% of Romanian electricity consumption could be produced only by wind and biomass.
“We call upon the Romanian government to stop investing in outdated nuclear energy only to produce a large surplus of electricity and leaving dangerous waste for future generations. The future has to be efficiency and renewables,
not nuclear!” says Anamaria Bogdan, Greenpeace campaigner in Romania.
“Nuclear power is a dead end road world-wide. As we call upon Bulgaria to re-direct the investments reserved for Belene towards clean energy and prepare for a phase out of Kozloduy, Greenpeace calls upon the Romanian government to do the same with Cernavoda,” comments Jan Haverkamp, nuclear expert for Greenpeace in Central Europe. Petko Kovachev of the Bulgarian Centre for Environmental Education and Information added: “If the EU accession states Romania and Bulgaria take the future of their children serious, they have to move away from their nuclear and fossil fuel lobbyists and take up the challenge of a clean, stable and sustainable energy policy.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Anamaria Bogdan, Greenpeace campaigner in Romania on board of the SV ”Anna”,
tel.: +40.721 632 396, anamaria.bogdan@greenpeace.ro
Jurrien Westerhof, energy campaigner for Greenpeace in Central Europe on board
of the SV ”Anna”, tel.: +43 664 6126701, jurrien.westerhof@greenpeace.at
Jan Haverkamp, nuclear expert for Greenpeace in Central Europe on board of the
SV “Anna”, tel.: +420.603 569 243, jan.haverkamp@diala.greenpeace.org
Petko Kovachev, Centre for Environmental Information and Education, tel.: 0 888420 453
PICTURES will be available soon from Greenpeace Central Europe in Vienna,
Greenpeace International and from http://www.bluelink.net/greenpeace
Jan Haverkamp
consultant on nuclear energy issues in Central and Eastern Europe
tel./fax: +420.235 361 734
mobile: +420.603 569 243
e-mail: jan.haverkamp@diala.greenpeace.org
GREENPEACE
http://www.greenpeace.org
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