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Greenpeace opposes nuclear power not only because it is an expensive and hazardous way to produce electricity but also because it is also a key way for countries to gain access to the technology and materials needed to develop nuclear weapons.

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This Greenpeace response to options for dealing with the UK's nuclear waste focuses on key issues which we believe CoRWM must involve itself with as it proceeds on the current discussion on radioactive waste management. These are the:

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This submission focuses on the key environmental principles necessary for safe management of radioactive wastes, including:

• The Waste Minimization/Avoidance Principle
• The Passively Safe Principle
• The Concentrate and Contain Principle
• The Polluter Pays Principle

Emphasis is laid on defining how key areas of policy have failed though lack of adherence to these principles.

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Greenpeace's submission to the European Union's Competition Commission raises key issues such as:

• Can the NDA be classed as a non-government body if it is benefiting from the profits from commercial nuclear activities?
• Which organisation - BNFL or the NDA - will make the final decision on whether an operation is classed as commercial and how will the monies be allocated?

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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) was established on 1st April 2005. It has taken over ownership all of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) sites, as well as those of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). The original focus for the NDA, as written in the White Paper 2002 in which it was first proposed, was that it should be "squarely on [dealing with] the nuclear legacy" .

The problem of bycatch

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The biggest threat to marine ecosystems globally is destructive and unsustainable fishing practices. An estimated 23% of the global fisheries catch is thrown back into the sea, dead and wasted. As well as over-fishing target fish stocks, fisheries are destroying the biodiversity of the oceans.

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Britain's homes and workplaces would become mini-power stations generating huge amounts of electricity and making the UK the leading nation in the fight against climate change, if the vision laid out in a new report becomes reality.

The current, outdated electricity system is so inefficient that two-thirds of the energy in the fuel is wasted before it gets used at homes and workplaces, according to the report released today by Greenpeace.

Britain's homes and workplaces would become mini-power stations generating huge amounts of electricity and making the UK the leading nation in the fight against climate change, if the vision laid out in a new report becomes reality.

The current, outdated electricity system is so inefficient that two-thirds of the energy in the fuel is wasted before it gets used at homes and workplaces, according to the report released today by Greenpeace.

A Greenpeace background briefing summarising the American debate on the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki