nuclear-news

The News That Matters about the Nuclear Industry Fukushima Chernobyl Mayak Three Mile Island Atomic Testing Radiation Isotope

Heat waves, rising seas, – climate change threatens France’s and UK’s nuclear plants

Guardian 12th July 2019 Rae Street: In Weatherwatch (9 July), Paul Brown highlighted the
risks to nuclear power stations with climate change. As he pointed out,
nuclear reactors are not a reliable source of base load power.
The increasing number of heatwaves threatens their supply of cooling water,
particularly in France, which exports electricity. In the UK, reactors use
sea water, but there are dangers ahead there, too, with the risk of
flooding from rising sea levels.
Add to that the whopping costs and the dangers of terrorist attacks, technical failures, human error and radioactive contamination, and it is difficult to understand why
politicians are supporting “new build” nuclear reactors. Why are they
not choosing to put money and resource into sustainable energy sources?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/12/dont-panic-were-doing-our-bit-on-climate-crisis

July 15, 2019 - Posted by | general

No comments yet.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

« Previous | Next »