Did You Know...

Did you know that one millionth of a gram of plutonium, if inhaled, is enough to cause cancer? Did you know that one thousandth of a gram of plutonium, inhaled, will cause fibrosis in the lungs and death within a few hours? Did you know that ten pounds of plutonium is enough to build an atomic bomb? And did you know that a 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant creates 400 to 500 pounds of plutonium each year? Plutonium will be radioactive and remain a danger to us for up to a half million years. So in one year a nuclear power plant produces waste that will remain around to potentially kill living organisms for a half million years.

Did you know that nuclear fuels have killed and sickened over 52,000 Americans costing taxpayers over $7 billion dollars in medical and death payment claims from over 200,000 claims of  which 148,000 have not been approved for payment, yet?


Did you know there is 7 million pounds of highly radioactive used nuclear fuel in the TVA area, over half is stored at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, Alabama?

Did you know that children have a much higher rate of Leukemia who live within 5 miles of a nuclear power plant?

Did you know that the Bellefonte nuclear site is located over porous limestone rock which contains caves and sinkholes, known by geologists as Karst Terrain?

Did you know the nuclear contracting industry has poured over $683 million dollars into lobbying Congress and public perceptions, and another $63 million into politicians campaign funds in the last 11 years?

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