I really disagree on nuclear. Like coal, oil and gas, uranium is a dirty, dangerous, polluting fuel with no place in a clean energy future.
Every stage of the nuclear cycle pollutes our air, soil and water. Radioactive pollution can damage the genetic and reproductive systems of plants, animals and people.
Nuclear lobbyists want to delay climate action - this is on happening big time right now in Australia. A handful of politicians and polluter lobby groups are using nuclear power as a distraction from proven, way cheaper climate solutions like solar, wind and batteries. They intend to confuse people and delay action, helping the fossil fuel industry protect their profits.
Many First Nations and Pacific communities speak out strongly against nuclear because they are still dealing with the consequences of toxic nuclear pollution decades after nuclear testing and accidents.
I appreciate your perspective, but the data (as discussed in the studies we cited in this article) clearly show that nuclear power, while it certainly has its problems, is in fact much less dirty, dangerous, and polluting than fossil fuels. Renewable energy remains the core driver of the energy transition, but the Palisades restart plan offers a clear option to bring 800 MW of clean electrons back online and help displace fossil fuels from the grid. We should take it.
It’s a 1.5 billion dollar public subsidy that would be better off supporting clean energy. The pollution of nuclear includes waste that there is no solution for. There were serious attempts by global nuclear industries for years to ship radioactive waste here to Australia and dump it on the land of First Nations communities who did not want it. Their old people remembered the nuclear testing that happened on their land decades before and caused blindness, rashes, sickness and trauma. It took a massive community campaign and legal action to stop this plan. A citizen jury examined all the evidence and decided it was a terrible idea. “Fossil fuels kill more people” is not a great reason, when there are genuinely cleaner energy options available.
Plain language, but lies. Nuclear is not clean energy like the industry would like people to believe. If you examine carbon footprint from cradle to grave it comes out about same as a gas thermal plant. Nuclear is not safe. It promotes proliferation of nuclear materials that are unsafe at any speed. This crazy effort to promote nuclear power is driven by an industry ready to keep energy monopolized for profit, ignoring that we have place to put the waste, waste which can be be used as a weapon. CAN has apparently drunk to koolaid. Don't nuke the climate!
I really disagree on nuclear. Like coal, oil and gas, uranium is a dirty, dangerous, polluting fuel with no place in a clean energy future.
Every stage of the nuclear cycle pollutes our air, soil and water. Radioactive pollution can damage the genetic and reproductive systems of plants, animals and people.
Nuclear lobbyists want to delay climate action - this is on happening big time right now in Australia. A handful of politicians and polluter lobby groups are using nuclear power as a distraction from proven, way cheaper climate solutions like solar, wind and batteries. They intend to confuse people and delay action, helping the fossil fuel industry protect their profits.
Many First Nations and Pacific communities speak out strongly against nuclear because they are still dealing with the consequences of toxic nuclear pollution decades after nuclear testing and accidents.
I appreciate your perspective, but the data (as discussed in the studies we cited in this article) clearly show that nuclear power, while it certainly has its problems, is in fact much less dirty, dangerous, and polluting than fossil fuels. Renewable energy remains the core driver of the energy transition, but the Palisades restart plan offers a clear option to bring 800 MW of clean electrons back online and help displace fossil fuels from the grid. We should take it.
It’s a 1.5 billion dollar public subsidy that would be better off supporting clean energy. The pollution of nuclear includes waste that there is no solution for. There were serious attempts by global nuclear industries for years to ship radioactive waste here to Australia and dump it on the land of First Nations communities who did not want it. Their old people remembered the nuclear testing that happened on their land decades before and caused blindness, rashes, sickness and trauma. It took a massive community campaign and legal action to stop this plan. A citizen jury examined all the evidence and decided it was a terrible idea. “Fossil fuels kill more people” is not a great reason, when there are genuinely cleaner energy options available.
Plain language, but lies. Nuclear is not clean energy like the industry would like people to believe. If you examine carbon footprint from cradle to grave it comes out about same as a gas thermal plant. Nuclear is not safe. It promotes proliferation of nuclear materials that are unsafe at any speed. This crazy effort to promote nuclear power is driven by an industry ready to keep energy monopolized for profit, ignoring that we have place to put the waste, waste which can be be used as a weapon. CAN has apparently drunk to koolaid. Don't nuke the climate!
This is a great plain-language overview/intro to nuclear and the broader context! Thank you so much!