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This is a list of some of the world's most controversial nuclear facilities and related sites.  Citations provided typically discuss mass protests (eg., Seabrook, Diablo Canyon, Lawrence Livermore, Brokdorf), accidents which have rated highly on the [[International Nuclear Event Scale]] (eg., Chernobyl, TMI, Windscale, Mayak), and/or environmental concerns (eg., Belene, Hanford, Ranger) which have occurred in relation to the particular nuclear facilities/ sites listed.
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This is a list of some of the world's most controversial nuclear facilities and related sites.  Citations provided typically discuss mass protests (eg., Seabrook, Diablo Canyon, Lawrence Livermore, Brokdorf), accidents which have rated highly on the [[International Nuclear Event Scale]] (eg., Chernobyl, TMI, Windscale, [[Kyshtym Disaster|Mayak]]), and/or environmental concerns (eg., Belene, Hanford, Ranger).  
  
 
* Belene Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf  The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007] pp. 31-32.</ref>
 
* Belene Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf  The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007] pp. 31-32.</ref>
 
* Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,2306337,00.html Nuclear Power in Germany: A Chronology]</ref>
 
* Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,2306337,00.html Nuclear Power in Germany: A Chronology]</ref>
 
* Chernobyl disaster<ref>[http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/Chernobyl/index.shtml In Focus: Chernobyl]</ref>
 
* Chernobyl disaster<ref>[http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/Chernobyl/index.shtml In Focus: Chernobyl]</ref>
* Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station<ref>{{cite_web | author=[[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] | date=[[2004-09-16]] | title=Davis-Besse preliminary accident sequence precursor analysis | format=PDF | url=http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/vessel-head-degradation/news/2004/09-16-04-ml0426005320.pdf| accessdate=2006-06-14}} and {{cite_web | author=[[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] | date=[[2004-09-20]] | title=NRC issues preliminary risk analysis of the combined safety issues at Davis-Besse | url=http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2004/04-117.html | accessdate=2006-06-14}}</ref>
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* Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station  
 
* Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.nvbooks.nevada.edu/books.asp?ID=2426 Conservation Fallout: Nuclear Protest at Diablo Canyon]</ref>
 
* Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.nvbooks.nevada.edu/books.asp?ID=2426 Conservation Fallout: Nuclear Protest at Diablo Canyon]</ref>
* Gorleben<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/jun2001/grns-j26.shtml The German Greens and the nuclear industry]</ref>
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* [[Gorleben]]<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/jun2001/grns-j26.shtml The German Greens and the nuclear industry]</ref>
 
* Hanford Site<ref>[http://www.downwinders.com Hanford Downwinders Litigation Website]</ref>
 
* Hanford Site<ref>[http://www.downwinders.com Hanford Downwinders Litigation Website]</ref>
* Indian Point Energy Center<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_terrorism/impacts-of-a-terrorist-attack-at-indian-point-nuclear-power-plant.html|title=Chernobyl on the Hudson?: The Health and Economic Impacts of a Terrorist Attack at the Indian Point Nuclear Plant|date=September 2004|author=Edwin S. Lyman, PhD|publisher=[[Union of Concerned Scientists]]}}</ref>
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* Indian Point Energy Center  
* Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://cnic.jp/english/topics/safety/earthquake/kkscientist24feb08.html Close Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant]</ref>
 
 
* Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<ref>[http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2003/Livermore-Lab-Protest11aug03.htm Hundreds Protest at Livermore Lab]</ref>
 
* Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<ref>[http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2003/Livermore-Lab-Protest11aug03.htm Hundreds Protest at Livermore Lab]</ref>
 
* Los Alamos National Laboratory<ref>[http://www.nuclearactive.org/CCNS/ccnsindex.html About CCNS]</ref>
 
* Los Alamos National Laboratory<ref>[http://www.nuclearactive.org/CCNS/ccnsindex.html About CCNS]</ref>
* Mayak<ref>[http://www.logtv.com/films/chelyabinsk/ The Most Contaminated Spot on the Planet]</ref>
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* [[Kyshtym Disaster|Mayak]]<ref>[http://www.logtv.com/films/chelyabinsk/ The Most Contaminated Spot on the Planet]</ref>
 
* Mihama Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3548192.stm Japan's shaky nuclear record]</ref>
 
* Mihama Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3548192.stm Japan's shaky nuclear record]</ref>
 
* Monju Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/industry/Monju_enters_extended_testing_310807.shtml Monju enters extended testing]</ref>  
 
* Monju Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/industry/Monju_enters_extended_testing_310807.shtml Monju enters extended testing]</ref>  
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* Nevada Test Site<ref name=nev>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DD153DF933A2575BC0A96F948260 22 Arrested in Nuclear Protest]</ref>
 
* Nevada Test Site<ref name=nev>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DD153DF933A2575BC0A96F948260 22 Arrested in Nuclear Protest]</ref>
 
* Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf  The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007] p. 26.</ref>
 
* Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/topics/dokbin/206/206749.pdf  The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007] p. 26.</ref>
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* Pelindaba nuclear research facility<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121901857.html Washington Post, Dec 20, 2007, Op-Ed by Micah Zenko].</ref>
 
* Ranger Uranium Mine<ref name="NTMC">John Carroll v Energy Resources of Australia [2005] NTMC 067</ref>
 
* Ranger Uranium Mine<ref name="NTMC">John Carroll v Energy Resources of Australia [2005] NTMC 067</ref>
 
* Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant<ref>[http://stop-rokkasho.org/ Stop Rokkasho]</ref>
 
* Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant<ref>[http://stop-rokkasho.org/ Stop Rokkasho]</ref>
 
* Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918965,00.html The Siege of Seabrook - TIME]</ref>
 
* Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918965,00.html The Siege of Seabrook - TIME]</ref>
 
* Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant<ref name=shore>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Kn6YhNtyVigC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=shoreham+nuclear+power+plant+protests&source=web&ots=rmz3LVr6tR&sig=sHGK4uiUQ8KKAynuBqZa7NWqYzo  Social Protest and Policy Change: Ecology, Antinuclear, and Peace Movements] p. 44.</ref>
 
* Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant<ref name=shore>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Kn6YhNtyVigC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=shoreham+nuclear+power+plant+protests&source=web&ots=rmz3LVr6tR&sig=sHGK4uiUQ8KKAynuBqZa7NWqYzo  Social Protest and Policy Change: Ecology, Antinuclear, and Peace Movements] p. 44.</ref>
* SL-1<ref name=radiationworks>{{cite web
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* SL-1  
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* Three Mile Island<ref name=shore/>
 
* Three Mile Island<ref name=shore/>
 
* Tokai fuel fabrication facility<ref>[http://www.physicstoday.org/dec99/toka1.htm  In The Wake of Tokaimura, Japan Rethinks its Nuclear Picture]</ref>
 
* Tokai fuel fabrication facility<ref>[http://www.physicstoday.org/dec99/toka1.htm  In The Wake of Tokaimura, Japan Rethinks its Nuclear Picture]</ref>
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* Windscale fire<ref>[http://www.bbcactive.com/BroadCastLearning/asp/catalogue/productdetail.asp?productcode=21517 Disaster - Series 3]</ref>
 
* Windscale fire<ref>[http://www.bbcactive.com/BroadCastLearning/asp/catalogue/productdetail.asp?productcode=21517 Disaster - Series 3]</ref>
 
* Wyhl<ref name=chron>[http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,2306337,00.html Nuclear Power in Germany: A Chronology]</ref>
 
* Wyhl<ref name=chron>[http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,2306337,00.html Nuclear Power in Germany: A Chronology]</ref>
* Yucca Mountain<ref> {{cite web
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* Yucca Mountain  
| url= http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/7/12/165520.shtml
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| title= Delay on Yucca Mountain Waste Site Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
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| date= July 12, 2004 |work= | publisher= [[Associated Press]]
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==See also==
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*[[Anti-nuclear movement in France]]
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*[[Anti-nuclear movement in Germany]]
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*[[Anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom]]
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*[[List of anti-nuclear groups]]
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*[[Non-nuclear future]]
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==References==
 
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[[Category: Nuclear Facility]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 28 September 2012

This is a list of some of the world's most controversial nuclear facilities and related sites. Citations provided typically discuss mass protests (eg., Seabrook, Diablo Canyon, Lawrence Livermore, Brokdorf), accidents which have rated highly on the International Nuclear Event Scale (eg., Chernobyl, TMI, Windscale, Mayak), and/or environmental concerns (eg., Belene, Hanford, Ranger).

  • Belene Nuclear Power Plant[1]
  • Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant[2]
  • Chernobyl disaster[3]
  • Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
  • Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant[4]
  • Gorleben[5]
  • Hanford Site[6]
  • Indian Point Energy Center
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory[7]
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory[8]
  • Mayak[9]
  • Mihama Nuclear Power Plant[10]
  • Monju Nuclear Power Plant[11]
  • Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant[12]
  • Nevada Test Site[13]
  • Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant[14]
  • Pelindaba nuclear research facility[15]
  • Ranger Uranium Mine[16]
  • Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant[17]
  • Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant[18]
  • Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant[19]
  • SL-1
  • Three Mile Island[19]
  • Tokai fuel fabrication facility[20]
  • Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant[21]
  • Wackersdorf[22]
  • Windscale fire[23]
  • Wyhl[24]
  • Yucca Mountain


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