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‘The question now is not whether nuclear energy is clean, but is it sustainable to provide power?’

‘The question now is not whether nuclear energy is clean, but is it sustainable to provide power?’ indian express.com by Neha Sinha Jun 06, 2009 – “FRANZJOSEF SCHAUFHAUSEN, Deputy Director General of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, s………………………..Germany is trying to phase out nuclear energy and we don’t support nuclear energy becoming CDM projects. We have scientific studies on the table showing that it is possible to have a future without nuclear energy. We had a very long discussion in Germany on nuclear energy.

The question now is not whether nuclear energy is clean, but is it sustainable to provide power? The position of the German government is that nuclear energy is too risky. At the moment in Europe, we don’t have the possibility to store the very dangerous nuclear waste which is produced from nuclear energy. Also uranium is limited. We have to construct an energy future working with energy efficiency and renewable energy.

‘The question now is not whether nuclear energy is clean, but is it sustainable to provide power?’

June 6, 2009 - Posted by | ENERGY, Germany | , , ,

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  1. A good question…we certainly haven’t learned from the coal/oil debacle! Nuclear is just another non-renewable resource, but the other major issue is the amount of water a nuclear power plant uses–we already have communities around the world lacking clean and reliable drinking water, let only water for growing food and living. It seems absurd to promote such a thirsty power source.
    http://manuelinor.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/combustible-debates/

    Manu Saunders's avatar Comment by manuelinor | October 23, 2009 | Reply

  2. The nuclear lobby will explain that the nuclear plant does not really use such great amounts of water, because the water used for cooling is returned to the ecosystem – to rivers or the sea.
    What they will dodge is the fact that this water is returned as HOT water – damaging to the river and coastal ecosystems. They well know this. In the heat waves in France a couple of years ago, nuclear plants had to be put on hold, because of regulations about river water heat. Now the pro-nukes are lobbying for easier regulations.

    Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina MacPherson | October 23, 2009 | Reply


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