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The Achilles heel of nuclear power
Nuclear plants require lots of water in an increasingly dry world |
Joseph Romm |
30 Oct 2007 |
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| No, I don't mean cost, safety, waste, or proliferation -- though those are all serious problems. I mean the Achilles heel of nuclear power in the context of climate change: water. Climate change means water shortages in many places and hotter water everywhere. Both are big problems for nukes: ... nuclear power is the most water-hungry of all energy sources, with a single reactor consuming 35-65 million litres of water each day. The Australians, stuck in a once- ... |
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| Topics: severe weather, water crisis, energy, nuclear power, climate (all these topics) |
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