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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\/<\/a>

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