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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: www.climatecrisiscoalition.org/blog/

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