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III. ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

B. Nuclear Issues

The Green Party recognizes that there is no such thing as nuclear waste "disposal." All six of the "low-level" nuclear waste dumps in the United States have leaked. There are no technological quick fixes that can effectively isolate nuclear waste from the biosphere for the duration of its hazardous life. Therefore, it is essential that generation of additional nuclear wastes be stopped.
The Green Party calls for the early retirement of nuclear power reactors as soon as possible (in no more than five years), and for a phase-out of other technologies that use or produce nuclear waste. These technologies include non-commercial nuclear reactors, reprocessing facilities, nuclear waste incinerators, food irradiators, and all commercial and military uses of depleted uranium.
Current methods of underground storage are a danger to present and future generations. Any nuclear waste management strategies must be above ground, continuously monitored, and they must minimize transportation of wastes.
Therefore the Green Party calls for the cancellation of the planned nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain on Shoshone lands in Nevada and also the closure and remediation of the Waste Isolation Plant in New Mexico.
The Green Party further opposes centralization of the waste for the purpose of creating the appearance of a nuclear waste "solution" in order to support continued and expanded production of more of this destructive waste.
The Green Party strongly opposes any shipment of high-level nuclear waste across the to the proposed Nevada waste repository at Yucca Mountain, or any other centralized facility. The Green Party believes that this proposal is part of a move to re-fire a fast-track, commercial nuclear industry by providing a means for "safe disposal." We deny there is such a thing as safe disposal of nuclear waste. We propose making spent reactor fuel and other high level wastes safer by vitrification at the site where it is produced or now stored.
The Green Party supports keeping irradiated reactor fuel in multiple congressional districts (not a central site) for temporary storage until further production of this waste has ceased, and a scientifically and environmentally sound, socially acceptable plan has been achieved.