Oregon PeaceWorks

Educating and Activating People to Work for Peace, Justice and Environmental Protection

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Nuclear Abolition Action
    • Strategy for Building a Nuclear Abolition Movement
    • Print ICAN Logo Stickers
    • For Your Enjoyment…
  • Nuclear Power
  • Contact OPW
  • Events
  • Donate

Nuclear Power

Oregon PeaceWorks emerged from the successful 1980 effort to pass a statewide ballot measure which stopped the development of new nuclear plants in Oregon. It required the existence of an operating federal repository for high-level nuclear waste and a vote of the people before new nuclear plants could be sited in Oregon. Because the nuclear industry, despite its claims, has not been able to meet these criteria, this ballot measure has protected Oregonians from the dangers and high costs of pursuing nuclear-generated electricity for the past forty years.

A recent OpEd article in the Portland Tribune heavily and erroneously promoted nuclear power. Former OPW Director Peter Bergel responded to this editorial with an OpEd of his own. See below. Reprints are welcome.

Zandecki-on-Nuclear-Power-Wrong-Information-Wrong-ConclusionsDownload

In 2021, three bills were introduced into the Oregon Legislature that threatened the provisions of this measure. Download a Legislative Alert about these threatening bills, a fact sheet about small nuclear reactors (SMRs) and/or an SMR talking-points analysis below. Please feel free to re-post, print and distribute this information.

Legislative Alert re: SB 360, HB 2332, HB 2692Download
Fact Sheet-about Small Nuclear ReactorsDownload
Small Nuclear Reactor Talking Points (by David Hupp)Download
Statement by Oregon PeaceWorks about these billsDownload

Widgets

Recent Posts

  • Read OPW Op-Ed
  • For your enjoyment…
  • Welcome to Oregon PeaceWorks’ Website

Recent Comments

  • John badgley on Welcome to Oregon PeaceWorks’ Website
  • on demand massage nyc on Welcome to Oregon PeaceWorks’ Website
  • oregonpeaceworks_5rwc05 on Nuclear Abolition Action
  • Clark A Shattuck on Nuclear Abolition Action
  • oregonpeaceworks_5rwc05 on Nuclear Abolition Action

Archives

  • January 2022
  • January 2019

Donate

Categories

  • Media
  • Uncategorized
  • Videos
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Illustratr by WordPress.com.