Safety procedures in disarray at Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear construction site 
BREAKING NEWS: Safety procedures in disarray at Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear construction site
Documents seen by Greenpeace show that French company Areva is failing to implement vital safety procedures in the troubled construction of its prototype European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) in Olkiluoto, Finland. As well as being 2-3 years behind schedule, 70 per cent over budget, and experiencing 1,500 construction defects along with a damaging fire, the reactor's safety cannot be guaranteed.
The full story:
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/nuclear-reaction/2008/08/breaking_news_safety_procedure.html
While there continues to be no known way to deal with nuclear waste, effectively in one go, using nuclear energy is taking the time and effort required to reprocess such waste from future generations, it is stealing our children.
