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 Stories About: desertification AND energy AND nuclear power AND water crisis
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Story of the day: Nukes and global warming
The two don't mix well |
Joseph Romm |
21 May 2007 |
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| This story deserves singling out because it is on an important but too-neglected subject -- the connection between energy and water. 'Climate change puts nuclear energy into hot water,' from the International Herald Tribune. Key point: Nuclear power 'requires great amounts of cool water to keep reactors operating at safe temperatures. That is worrying if the rivers and reservoirs which many power plants rely on for water are hot or depleted because of steadily rising ai ... |
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| Topics: desertification, energy, nuclear power, water crisis (all these topics) |
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