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Author Topic:   Is nuclear power safe??
New Cat's Eye
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Message 44 of 57 (695075)
04-02-2013 12:57 PM


Latest News
Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes
That article has a link to this study:
quote:
Prevented mortality and greenhouse gas emissions from historical and projected nuclear power
Abstract: In the aftermath of the March 2011 accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the future contribution of nuclear power to the global energy supply has become somewhat uncertain. Because nuclear power is an abundant, low-carbon source of base-load power, on balance it could make a large contribution to mitigation of global climate change and air pollution. Using historical production data, we calculate that global nuclear power has prevented about 1.84 million air pollution-related deaths and 64 gigatonnes (Gt) CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that would have resulted from fossil fuel burning. Based on global projection data that take into account the effects of Fukushima, we find that by mid-century, nuclear power could prevent an additional 420,000 to 7.04 million deaths and 80 to 240 GtCO2-eq emissions due to fossil fuels, depending on which fuel it replaces. By contrast, we assess that large-scale expansion of natural gas use would not mitigate the climate problem and would cause far more deaths than expansion of nuclear power.
If nuclear power save more lives than it costs, then I'd call it "safe" and give it the green light.
In my opinion, utilizing nuclear power is the only way we're going to move forward into the future.

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Message 49 of 57 (695151)
04-03-2013 2:34 PM
Reply to: Message 46 by nwr
04-02-2013 1:49 PM


Re: Latest News
But, but, but ...
"nuclear" sounds so much scarier than "carbon dioxide".
Ahem:

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