I follow with this special discussion here in spain, concerning the closing
of a nuclear plant. This controversia is developing, at least, with three
interestings points:
1) Prime minister is in the tune to close Garoña central because it was in
their electoral agenda (Garoña has cumplised with all of their usefull life
hours), so he had electoral compromise, but it seems that he is going to
wait a couple of years to give the order (next 5th July ends the exploit
license).
2) Industrial minister: He says that "nuclear power is irreplaceable
nowadays" and, unless he said that nuclear plants must be closed with the
most social consensus, it seem that industrial sector has not same problems
and controversies with nuclear power.
3) There is social moviment aroun this topic. Some ecologic groups are
collecting signatures to promote the closing. They create a special
Manifesto. It is really interesting that lot of famous people from culture
are in this Manifesto. People from Cinema, from Music, Writers, ... .
One of the sentences that appears in some news (from Luis Gonzalez,
ecologistas en Acción) is (i put the original, and afterward try to
translate):
"Seguir jugando a la ruleta rusa o aplicar el principio de precaución?".
"Follow to play russian roulette or to put in practice precaution
principle?."
Here you have the manifesto (in spanish):
*Manifiesto por el cierre de la central nuclear de Garoña* *La central
nuclear de Santa Mª de Garoña (Burgos) es una instalación insegura y
totalmente prescindible gracias a la aportación de las energías renovables.*
*El próximo día 5 de julio finaliza su permiso de explotación. Esta central
está sobradamente amortizada desde hace años. No hay ningún obstáculo
económico que impida cerrarla, salvo los intereses económicos de las
compañías eléctricas propietarias, Iberdrola y Endesa, que quieren seguir
lucrándose con esta vieja central aunque sea a costa de exponer a la
población y al medio ambiente al riesgo de sufrir un accidente nuclear.* *Por
último, consideramos que el cierre de la planta no perjudicará al empleo
porque el desmantelamiento de una central es un proceso largo y generador de
puestos de trabajo. Además, el sector de las energías renovables tiene una
capacidad de creación de empleo muy superior al sector nuclear ya que, de
todas las formas de producir energía, es la que crea menos puestos de
trabajo.* *Razones para cerrar la nuclear de Garoña:*
*1.- Evitar el riesgo de un accidente nuclear en esta central, que tendría
consecuencias desastrosas.*
*2.- Acabar con las emisiones radiactivas que Garoña emite rutinariamente al
medio ambiente contaminando la atmósfera y el río Ebro, y que son nocivas
para la salud y el medio ambiente.*
*3.- Dejar de producir residuos radiactivos de baja, media y alta actividad,
con el objetivo de no agravar este problema sin solución que tienen todas
las centrales nucleares.*
*4.- Conseguir que la central nuclear de Garoña deje de ser un monocultivo
industrial en el Valle de Tobalina que impide un verdadero desarrollo
económico sostenible en la zona.*
*5.- Escuchar a la mayoría ciudadana que reclama su cierre, junto a
numerosas organizaciones sociales, ecologistas, sindicales, vecinales,
políticas e Instituciones.*
*6.- Eliminar el obstáculo que supone la energía nuclear para poder avanzar
y alcanzar un modelo energético 100% renovable y eficiente.*
*Por ello, pido al Gobierno que ordene el cierre inmediato y definitivo de
la central nuclear de Garoña, en cumplimiento de su compromiso electoral y
de investidura de abandonar la energía nuclear.*
I think this is a social event related to our discussion and i thought that
could be nice to share with you. We can evaluate which is the feeling from
society to nuclear power, what are the bussiness projections to the fision
energy, and what are the perception from society, from culture.
In my opinión, here in spain it seems that we have two sepparate cultures,
culture form bussines and culture form ecologics, and it is not clear that
this problem is builded in a dialogue atmosphere, as it seems a kind of
power and energy battle. At the same time cultural celebrity are engaged in
a ecologistic way and society are under consultation only with these special
"referendums" like this manifesto. I don´t know if all of these political
strategies really help to understand something or are only a way to do
things, for example to close a nuclear plant.
I think we can incorporate in our sicence communication group some nuclear
energy forum or activity, it really would be very nice to see how people
from differents "angles" react to this topic when we have alternative ways
to communicate this energy. Let´s see.
Guillermo.
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