What they say: ‘Safe’
What they mean: ‘Produces vast amounts of dangerous waste that will be a burden for the next 240,000 years to while dispersing dangerous radionuclides into the environment.’
What they say: ‘Cheap’
What they mean: ‘Hardly affordable even with government subsidies and loan guarantees.’
What they say: ‘We believe nuclear is competitive.’
What they mean: ‘New nuclear power stations will not be built in Britain unless the government provides financial support for the industry.’
What they say: ‘Learning curve’
What they mean: ‘Massive cost and schedule overruns, safety violations, design concerns, and thousands of construction defects.’
What they say: ‘Reliable’
What they mean: ‘Unreliable’
– from greenpeace.org