Campaign for Safe Energy

• Twenty-three of our nuclear plants nationwide have reactors of the same design as those that utterly failed in Fukushima, Japan — including the reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station, near Detroit.

• Michigan’s four active nuclear reactors are on average over 33 years old.

• U.S. nuclear reactor sites host 100 pools containing spent nuclear fuel. A fire in one of these pools would pose a serious risk of widespread radiation release, as shown by the Fukushima disaster.

• In the case of a major catastrophe, evacuation plans aren’t sufficient — population increases in the past decades, coupled with deteriorating and antiquated roadways, leaves millions at risk of being stuck in harm’s way.

NUCLEAR POWER IS INHERENTLY UNSAFE

For decades, PIRGIM has campaigned against nuclear power. It's inherently dangerous, potentially catastrophic, and a terrible investment for our country. The nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, Japan have become the most recent example of that troubling reality.

More than half of all Pennsylvanians live within the 50-mile evacuation zone of a nuclear power plant — that’s more than 5 million men, women and children who are one unlikely series of mishaps away from potential disaster.

There is no known safe level of exposure to radiation, and mortality rates from more than mild exposure are extremely high. The levels of radiation that could escape from our reactors in the event of an accident or natural disaster could dramatically harm human health.