Petition for Safe Energy

We, the undersigned petition that all proposed 
governmental financial and regulatory incentives for new 
nuclear plant construction - including loan guarantees, 
accelerated licensing, and inclusion in a “clean energy 
standard” - should be rejected, and no new reactors should 
be built.

Existing nuclear reactors should be phased out as rapidly as 
possible, beginning with the oldest and/or most unsafe, 
and no presently-licensed reactors should have their 
operating lives extended.

Safety standards for existing reactors should be 
substantially tightened while they continue to operate and 
federal nuclear funding should be redirected to the orderly 
phase-out of those reactors as well as the safe 
decommissioning of closed reactors and disposal of 
radioactive waste.

National energy policy and funding should be refocused on 
greatly improved energy efficiency and the rapid 
deployment of renewable energy sources which are far 
cleaner, safer, and cheaper than nuclear power.