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Deep Green: Atomic renaissance interrupted | Greenpeace UK

Nuclear renaissance interrupted
Rex Weyler “……………Some 439 nuclear plants now operate worldwide. To replace even 25 percent of the world’s current oil and coal energy would require over 1000 new reactors, plus replacement of existing plants as they expire. Decommissioning 400 plants and building 1400 new ones would cost $10-20 trillion, at least, and would triple the world’s unresolved nuclear waste problem. Such a plan would also exhaust global uranium supplies long before the 1400 plants could be built……………………

Deep Green: Atomic renaissance interrupted | Greenpeace UK

December 4, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs