Nuclear reactors are NOT clean, and NOT zero-emission
 Nuclear reactors are most certainly not clean and not zero-emission, https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2020/12/02/nuclear-reactors-are-most-certinly-not-clean-and-not-zero-emission.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=star_web_ymbii
Ole Hendrickson, OttawaWed., Dec. 2, 2020 Nuclear a source of clean energy, waste still a problem to be solved, Nov. 26
I was surprised by the statement in this article that “from a greenhouse-gas (GHG) and air-quality perspective, nuclear power is very clean. Once construction is complete, nuclear is a zero-emission technology.” Nuclear reactors are not clean and not zero emission. During operation, they routinely emit radioactive gases. Increasing health risks for nearby residents, CANDU heavy water reactors emit more tritium and carbon-14 than light water reactors. Nuclear reactors produce solid and liquid wastes in addition to gaseous radioactive wastes. Highly toxic fuel-waste products, such as plutonium, require isolation from the environment for hundreds of thousands of years. As well, greenhouse gases are generated during nuclear reactor construction, operation, dismantling and disposal, and during uranium mining and processing, fuel fabrication and waste management. |
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25 January Takoma Park USA Commemorating ‘Nuclear-Free Zone’
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Hibakusha: A-bomb survivor, 95, never giving up the
battle to eliminate nuclear weapons
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201229/p2a/00m/0na/032000c
December 30, 2020 (Mainichi Japan)
Tsuboi released comments expressing his joy after he
learned that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons would enter in force.
“I am filled with excitement, thinking, ‘At long last.
This is great.’ It is a major step toward my long-held,
earnest desire for nuclear weapons to be banned
and eliminated,” he said. At the same time, he
noted that states with nuclear weapons, as well
as Japan, had not ratified the treaty and said, “The road hereafter may be rough.”
Still, each time I have met Tsuboi, he has
repeatedly stated, “I won’t give up until there ar
e zero nuclear weapons. Never give up!”
JAN 28 AT 7 AM UTC+11 – JAN 28 AT 8:30 AM UTC+11
Webinar: Ending the global security threats of nuclear power
Event by Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick, Beyond Nuclear and 2 others
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