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[cdn-nucl-l] The Future of Nuclear Power

Brent,
Current nuclear weapons proliferators prefer to separate U-235 from uranium 
(because its much easier to handle than plutonium).
This has nothing to do with nuclear power, but this argument will not sway 
anyone who is an anti-nuke.  Their minds are made up.
Jerry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WILLIAMS Brent(B) - BRUCE POWER" <Brent.Williams@brucepower.com>
To: <cdn-nucl-l@mailman1.cis.McMaster.CA>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:14 AM
Subject: [cdn-nucl-l] RE: The Future of Nuclear Power


>
> Hi,
>  Quote: "I recently had a discussion with a politician about nuclear power 
> via email. He found my responses totally unbelievable, and broke off the 
> exchange. I wasn't telling him what he wanted to hear, i.e. what he senses 
> will get votes."
>
>  This constitutes a failure for nuclear in Canada, regardless of how 
> closed this politician is. We need to phrase the solution in such a way 
> that the benefit to his voters is communicated in such a way that he 
> understands. I have seen this done.
>
>  We desperately need to develop methods of communicating that penetrate 
> organizations that we will need to work with.
>
>  These methods exist, and can be as simple as understanding the motivating 
> goals of the organizations and people therein.
>
>  In my recent experience, the top three reasons for being opposed to 
> nuclear are used fuel disposal, cost and safety [including weapons 
> proliferation]. Fuel disposal, cost and research / medical / power 
> applications safety are best dealt with by understanding the numbers, and 
> being knowledgeable in the relevant numbers for non-nuclear options. 
> Casting nuclear as part of a balanced energy mix is a hard argument to 
> fight.
>
>  From a weapons proliferation discussion standpoint, the most effective 
> arguments I have seen involve asking the opponent to please identify any 
> single technology that has not been directly or indirectly developed from 
> weapons, or else can not be used to develop weapons. This one gets into 
> dangerous water, so if you have effective arguments in this vein, please 
> let me know.
>
>
> Thanks
> Brent Williams
>
> Canadian National Representative
> North American Young Generation in Nuclear (www.na-ygn.org)
>
>