Nuclear Power is Green - NOT
reposted | 07.03.2007 19:04 | Ecology
Here is an article that talks of a new study
that shows nuclear to be not green, and the
study did not even take into account the huge
cost of decommissioning the plants after thier
40 years of production which must be done with
robots because of the extreme radiation. The
author apparently also has not been informed of
the new Solar Voltaic panels that bring the cost
of solar equal to coal plants.
that shows nuclear to be not green, and the
study did not even take into account the huge
cost of decommissioning the plants after thier
40 years of production which must be done with
robots because of the extreme radiation. The
author apparently also has not been informed of
the new Solar Voltaic panels that bring the cost
of solar equal to coal plants.
South African solar research eclipses rest of the world
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=116&art_id=vn20060211110132138C184427
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How green is nuclear power?
By Mark Clayton | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
"Saying nuclear is carbon-free is not true," says Uwe Fritsche, a researcher at
the Öko Institut in Darmstadt, Germany, who has conducted a life-cycle analysis
of the plants.
Nuclear power has more than just a little greenhouse gas attached to it, when
mining uranium ore, refining and enriching fuel, building the plant, and operating
it are included. A big 1,250 megawatt plant produces the equivalent of 250,000
tons of carbon dioxide a year during its life, Dr. Fritsche says.
Officials in the nuclear power industry say references to carbon-free energy in their
promotions refer only to the power-plant operation – and are not intended to describe
carbon emissions during the entire nuclear life cycle.
....new reactors gives two to 10 times less climate solution for the amount of
coal-power displaced than if you had bought cheaper solutions with the same dollars."
Found on the Climate Crisis Coalition website: http://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org/blog/
Click the link below for the entire article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0307/p01s04-sten.html?page=1
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=116&art_id=vn20060211110132138C184427 *****************************************************************************************
How green is nuclear power?
By Mark Clayton | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
"Saying nuclear is carbon-free is not true," says Uwe Fritsche, a researcher at
the Öko Institut in Darmstadt, Germany, who has conducted a life-cycle analysis
of the plants.
Nuclear power has more than just a little greenhouse gas attached to it, when
mining uranium ore, refining and enriching fuel, building the plant, and operating
it are included. A big 1,250 megawatt plant produces the equivalent of 250,000
tons of carbon dioxide a year during its life, Dr. Fritsche says.
Officials in the nuclear power industry say references to carbon-free energy in their
promotions refer only to the power-plant operation – and are not intended to describe
carbon emissions during the entire nuclear life cycle.
....new reactors gives two to 10 times less climate solution for the amount of
coal-power displaced than if you had bought cheaper solutions with the same dollars."
Found on the Climate Crisis Coalition website:
http://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org/blog/ Click the link below for the entire article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0307/p01s04-sten.html?page=1
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08.03.2007 11:25
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yeah yeah yeah
20.03.2007 20:14
However, if you could always use nuclear electricity for those parts (or wind or solar etc).
Is that too obvious for the 'independent experts'?
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