Down the Yellowcake Road – USA

Colarado Citizens Against ToxicWaste Inc. (CCAT) are a local, grass roots organization in Fremont County, Colorado, that formed March 7, 2002, after the Cotter Corporation’s uranium mill announced plans to import 450,000 tons of radioactive/toxic waste from the Maywood Chemical Works Superfund Site in New Jersey for direct disposal into their tailings impoundment. The Cotter Mill sits uphill two miles from downtown Canon City, with approximately 8,000 residents inside a two mile radius.  

CCAT produced a short but comprehensive documentary about the nuclear industry in the United States of America.  View it here  http://www.downtheyellowcakeroad.org/

CCAT Statement:

The full spectrum of the Uranium Industry and Nuclear Fuel Production has not been a part of the “Green” debate. We are addressing this lack of disclosure. Besides the Carbon Emissions, there is widespread toxic and radioactive contamination left behind.  Water usage associated with nuclear power generation is exorbitant.

As the nuclear industry lobbies legislators and government agencies, they influence laws, regulations, and budgets.  Their persuasive advertisements claim this energy is “Green.”  The entirety of the Fuel Production Cycle for reactors is never mentioned.  Legislators are not made aware of contamination affecting people and the environment across the United States. The public is not aware of  hidden costs, cracks in our protective regulatory systems, and the enormous government subsidies for construction of power plants and eventual clean up that comes at taxpayer expense.

Communities around the United States and the Globe are under siege from proposed operations by the Nuclear Energy Industry. Often their voices are not heard. Beyond the lawsuits and cleanups, what is the real toll? County governments, in many cases, try to regulate what they don’t fully understand: risks to the population, and dangers of long-term contamination and waste management. Communities are left to respond to overwhelming lobbying forces from the Uranium Industry who have nearly unlimited funding, government subsidies, and long-entrenched lobbyists.

Our goal is to present the side of the story that goes untold, so that people will know when they flip the light switch, that this decision comes at a large cost to our land and to the American taxpayer. Our hope is that this documentary will provide information that will allow citizens to make a more educated decision about their energy future.

 

Visit their site to find out more www.downtheyellowcakeroad.org