Do you think nuclear power can ever be considered “green”? Some kind of “solution” in the fight against climate change?
Here are some thoughts on this topic:
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Nuclear Power Will Not Save Us From Climate Change <Nov. 11/18>
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A Big Fat Radioactive Lie Billionaires are hyping nuclear power as a magic cure for climate change (Dec. 2015)
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Arnie Gundersen Interview (Dec. 2016)
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How Hansen is missing the boat (NIRS; undated. 2014?) Naomi Klein on not agreeing with Hansen
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How Nuclear Power Worsens Climate Change (Sierra Club)
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Nukes as a Smokescreen (Nov. 2016, 2 minute video)
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Nuclear Power is not “Green Energy”: It is a Fount of Atomic Waste (Nov. 2016)
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Nuclear Power and Climate Change (Dec. 2015, Gregory Jaczko, former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC. Jaczko & other formerly pro-nuclear, now anti-nuclear dissenters)
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Nuclear Power and Climate Why nukes can’t save the planet (NIRS)
“On top of the perennial challenges of global poverty and injustice, the two biggest threats facing human civilization in the 21st century are climate change and nuclear war. It would be absurd to respond to one by increasing the risks of the other.” – Dr Mark Diesendorf, author of Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy
“Jim Hansen is a very knowledgeable person on a lot of subjects. He is not knowledgeable on nuclear power. And it is unfortunate because he’s a person of tremendous stature, but he is very poorly informed on this subject. And he does not appear to be interested in becoming better informed. I think that’s unfortunate.” – Gregory B. Jaczko Chair, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2009 – 2012) Source
p.s. you might also want to check out these 15 Nuclear Mythbusters
p.p.s. +++ some great quotes on this topic in the Nukes Quotes Collection posting