Dominique Gilbert lives near the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center in South Africa. From the 1960s to the 1980s, government researchers developed nuclear bombs there.
Ms. Gilbert helped launch a group called the Coalition Against Nuclear Energy/South Africa. She is worried that the government is moving too quickly on its plans for more nuclear power without telling people about the risks.
Unfortunately, there hasnt been that much information spread around the general public about the dangers of nuclear, and certainly the costs of nuclear. So its not just health. But we believe it will bankrupt this country. Its, its totally and utterly unaffordable.
Dominique Gilbert says South Africa has done little to study the effects of nuclear energy on communities near nuclear power centers. And she says the government has failed to educate people about the possible dangers of nuclear power.
Activists around the world have been worried about the risk of radiation exposure for many years. But some experts believe nuclear fuel creates fewer health risks than the burning of coal. South Africa burns a great deal of coal to produce electricity.
We heard from Kelvin Kemm earlier in the program. He is a nuclear physicist and head of the group Nuclear Africa. He says people have been given misleading information about the safety of nuclear power.
Of all the energy sources that there are, nuclear has shown itself to be the safest. And its quite amazing how much of a public misconception there is about this. That theres been absolute scare tactics developed.
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