Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Nuclear Energy
Adopted by the CCAR at the 86th Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
1975
WHEREAS we are heirs of a prophetic tradition which ever sought to repair the damaged
world, and
WHEREAS in our efforts to restore the world to sanity we affirm the following position
which we take knowing full well the complexity of such an issue but knowing also
that we cannot be silent,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we call for the establishment of effective national
and international controls in the area of nuclear energy advancing technology. We
stress the need for high standards of safety in nuclear-powered facilities to avoid
disaster. We call for stringent control on the disposition of plutonium created in nuclear
reactors to prevent wholesale production of thermonuclear bombs. We call for action
to require all nations acquiring nuclear powered facilities to adhere to all provisions
of the nonproliferation treaty. As nuclear energy uses expand we stress the need for
benefits to accrue not only to private interests but to all the people. Finally,
we urge our governments to require energy producers to accept full responsibility
for possible damages which may occur to people and to property and to withhold subsidy payments
from public funds to such producers.