Nuclear Power - is it back?
With soaring oil and gas prices, dwindling domestic fossil fuel reserves and pressure to tackle climate change, it is being argued that nuclear power could be coming back on the agenda. Canada gets 14% of its power from atomic energy (in '97 48% of Ontario's power was nuclear) and the UK relies on atomic energy for 20% of its electricity.
Of course the nuclear power's great potential is sharply undermined by the threat of accidents, spiralling decommissioning costs and the unsolved problem of nuclear waste.
It's a difficult option, but if not nuclear power how do we address the world's growing power needs?
Of course the nuclear power's great potential is sharply undermined by the threat of accidents, spiralling decommissioning costs and the unsolved problem of nuclear waste.
It's a difficult option, but if not nuclear power how do we address the world's growing power needs?
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Combinations of alternative sources such as wind, solar, tidal, etc. in combination with technology/equipment that is more energy efficient, and personal energy concientousness could easily account for this difference. How about creating individual communities that are independent from the power grid by providing their own energy management!?
By Anonymous, At 4:27 PM
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