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Why nuclear power cannot be a major energy source

 
By admin at 1 June, 2006 - 2:26pm

WHY NUCLEAR POWER CANNOT BE A MAJOR ENERGY SOURCE *

by David Fleming, April 2006

It takes a lot of fossil energy to mine uranium, and then to extract and
prepare the right isotope for use in a nuclear reactor. It takes even
more fossil energy to build the reactor, and, when its life is over, to
decommission it and look after its radioactive waste. For full story see

http://www.feasta.org/documents/energy/nuclear_power.htm