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The objective is the abolition of all nuclear
weapons!
see
Mayors for Peace,
SolarPeace.org, 5.3.2005
see
www.MayorsForPeace.org
Quantity and risks of
radioactivity caused by nuclear weapons and produced in nuclear power plants
are not equal, but comparable.
The 5 Swiss nuclear
power plants contain radioactivity
in a quantity approximately
equivalent to 10'000 Hiroshima nuclear bombs!
Worldwide still about
440 nuclear power plants are in operation. They contain radioactivity
in a quantity
approximately equivalent to one Million Hiroshima nuclear bombs
(the production of two years).
Each nuclear power plant
can be misused to fabricate nuclear weapons. 2)
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«On January 20, 2009, twelve Nobel Prize
Laureates and a former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations
addressed US President Barack Obama. In an open letter they remind President
Obama of his promise to seek a world in which there are no nuclear weapons.
Pointing to the shortfalls of the existing international regime for nuclear
non-proliferation and disarmament, Sir Harold Kroto (Nobel Prize for
Chemistry), Member of the Advisory Board of INES, and his co-signers remind
Barack Obama of the recent suggestion by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to
use the existing Model Nuclear Weapons Convention as a starting point for
the path into a nuclear weapons free world.» 1)
The notabilities
write:
«Much hope has been created in
your nation and in the entire world due to your election as President of the
United States of America. We are inspired by your public statements, that
you will seek a world in which there are no nuclear weapons.»
1)
Here is a summary with the main points of this letter: 1)
The dangers of existing nuclear arsenals:
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More
than 100,000 Hiroshima bomb equivalents.
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Dramatically increasing
risks of nuclear proliferation to other states and terrorists.
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Nuclear weapons are inherently
inhumane because they can cause the extinction of all humankind.
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Nuclear weapons have long-term
genetic and ecological effects.
The objectives:
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To achieve a
Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, enshrined in international law.
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Start negotiations on a
Nuclear Weapons Convention now.
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A total ban.
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Complete disarmament of
nuclear weapons in all its aspects.
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Strict and effective
international control.
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Guarantee the irreversibility
of disarmament.
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Non-accessibility to
proliferation-prone nuclear materials and technology.
Statements:
«North Korea and other
countries should not be given an excuse by the nuclear-weapons-based
rationale of those countries that still maintain nuclear arsenals and
doctrines.»
«We recall the Advisory Opinion issued on 8 July 1996 by the International
Court of Justice on the illegality of the use or the threat of use of
nuclear weapons.»
«UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon gave a landmark speech, entitled “The United
Nations and Security in a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World”, in which he called on
governments to fulfil their nuclear disarmament obligations (24.10.2008,
United Nations Day).»
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This open letter to the President of the United States of America Barack
Obama at the same time explains important reasons presented to the Swiss
government in a recent SolarPeace-Letter, in which full public information
regarding the «Climate Change caused by
Radioactivity»
had been requested as a necessary prerequisite for an abolition of all
nuclear power plants, which in turn is a necessary step to realise a lasting
abolition of all nuclear weapons.
(see next chapter for details)
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1)
see
INESAP - International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against
Proliferation,
20.1.2009
see
Open Letter to the President of the United States of America
Barack Obama
 ,INESAP
- International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation,
International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility
(INES),
20.1.2009
see
International Physicians for
the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Peace Nobel Price 1985
see
The
Agenda • Defense, The White House President Barack Obama
see
The Agenda • Energy & Environment, The White House President Barack
Obama
Latest Update:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 awarded to President Barack Obama, Oslo,
9.10.2009
Obama: Nobel Peace Prize ‘a call to action’, NBC News, 9.10.2009
2)
see
«The spent
fuel from nuclear plants contains enough plutonium to fabricate about 30
nuclear weapons from a single year of operation of each power reactor.», Prof. Dr.
Richard L. Garwin (nuclear physicist), «The Future of Nuclear Energy,»,
Chicago, 25./26.9.2008 (Copy
)
see «The quantity of radioactivity, which is present in a reactor, is larger
than the quantity of radioactivity spread by a nuclear bomb - significantly
larger.» (Prof. Dr. C. F. von Weizsäcker,
nuclear physicist),
Atomkraftwerke und Jod-Tabletten: "Risiken und Nebenwirkungen ...", SolarPeace.org, 12.11.2004
see «Since a reactor in one day produces as much radioactivity as a 50-kt
nuclear explosion, and fuel in a reactor has typically been there for an
average of two years, a typical nuclear reactor has in its core the
long-lived radioisotopes from 30 megatons of fission.», Prof. Dr.
Richard L. Garwin (nuclear physicist), «Can the World Do Without Nuclear
Power? Can the World Live With Nuclear Power?»,
Nuclear Control Institute, 9.4.2001 (see
copy page 5
)
see
Hiroshima nuclear bomb à 12.5 kt (Copy
),
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW, Peace Nobel Price 1985)
vgl.
'Only 3,3% of the energy consumed world-wide is produced in the 440 nuclear
power plants', Internationale Energieagentur in Paris,
IEA, 01.07.2005; vgl. auch
Die Träume der Atomlobby, Dr. Franz Alt, 2004 |
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Change your electricity to renewable energies ...
Prof. Dr.
Richard L. Garwin (nuclear physicist)
3)
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Request for public information regarding radioactivity and its solution
Extract from
a letter to the Swiss government:
3)
(Wolfgang Rehfus, SolarPeace.org, 1.12.2008)
Please inform the population
of Switzerland regarding the «Climate
Change
caused by Radioactivity»:
• A nuclear power plant produces each day the same amount of radioactivity
than 4 nuclear bombs the size of Hiroshima!
• The 5 Swiss nuclear power plants contain radioactivity approximately the
size of 10'000 Hiroshima nuclear bombs! This in the production of 2 years.
• The usual Swiss mix of electricity contains an average of 40% nuclear
power,
in the canton of Zurich it is even 79% nuclear power, and causes accordingly
large amounts of radioactivity.
This inconceivable amount of radioactivity – this «Climate Change caused
by Radioactivity» – threatens and destroys the foundations of life for
our and all future generations. The physical half-lives are completely irrelevant,
as they are eternal from a human perspective. Also irrelevant is the
calculated probability for accidents, as the potential for damage is far too
gigantic. The nuclear physicist Garwin says: «Reactor accidents ... too
horrible to think about.» A trustworthy banker would advice: «We do not
buy these shares» and insurances don't cover this risk anyway.
Upon the
election of Barack Obama, it was the German politician Hans Dietrich Genscher,
who reminded strongly and multiple times to the global top priority: The
complete abolition of all nuclear weapons!
Beside the financial crises and despite the «Climate Change caused by CO2»,
we should not forget this. And we shouldn't forget as well, that this – the
abolition of all nuclear weapons – finally is only possible together with
the abolition of all nuclear power plants, therefore the switch to Natural
Power (electricity from renewable energies) is a pre-requisite. The nuclear
conflict in Iran is one but not the only example of this undividable
relation
between nuclear weapons and nuclear power. The change in Washington reveals
global opportunities, however we need to use and support them actively.
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Extract
from a SolarPeace-Letter to the members of the Swiss government,
1.12.2008. Please see the sources used in
«Natural Power
– Lifestyle and Necessity»
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3)
see also «Natural
Power – Lifestyle and Necessity», SolarPeace.org,
2.5.2008
see «The quantity of radioactivity, which is present in a reactor, is larger
than the quantity of radioactivity spread by a nuclear bomb - significantly
larger.», (Prof. Dr. C. F. von Weizsäcker, nuclear physicist),
Atomkraftwerke und Jod-Tabletten: "Risiken und Nebenwirkungen ...", SolarPeace.org, 12.11.2004
see «Since a reactor in one day produces as much radioactivity as a 50-kt
nuclear explosion, and fuel in a reactor has typically been there for an
average of two years, a typical nuclear reactor has in its core the
long-lived radioisotopes from 30 megatons of fission.», Prof. Dr.
Richard L. Garwin (nuclear physicist), «Can the World Do Without Nuclear
Power? Can the World Live With Nuclear Power?»,
Nuclear Control Institute, 9.4.2001 (see
copy page 5
)
see
Hiroshima nuclear bomb à 12.5 kt (Copy
), International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW,
1985 Nobel Peace Prize)
see
EKZ electricity mix (79% nuclear power), Elektrizitätswerke des
Kantons Zürich EKZ, 2007
see 15 %
of all Swiss households use Natural Power. The sale has increased by 63 % in
2007., Swiss Agency for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,
14.8.2008 (Copy
)
see
"Renewable Energy instead of Nuclear Energy",
Dr. Franz Alt, 2007
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