Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Why We do Not Need Nuclear Power ?

 
 

5Nays- Why We DO NOT Need Nuclear Power?

1. Not CO2 Free: Although Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) itself releases no
     carbon dioxide, the production of nuclear electricity, depends upon a vast complex
     and hidden industrial infrastructure (Nuclear Fuel Cycle), the intensive user of
     Fossil Fuel -the kind of energy the Nuclear Power is touted as replacing -with the
     concurrent production of Carbon Dioxide.         

2. Not Sustainable: At the current consumption rate of Uranium, the known
    & extractable Uranium deposits may not last for more than 50 to 60 years. Therefore
    it is not Sustainable Source of Energy.

3. Not Cheap: Nuclear Power is not only a high-risk technology in terms of
    safety, but also with respect to financial investment.   The costs for decommissioning
    of NPP are very high & the cost of isolating radioactive byproducts /wastes from the
    biosphere & safeguarding them for hundreds of thousands of years, which defy
    human imagination, cannot even be estimated. Nuclear Power is one of the most
    expensive ways of generating electricity
.  

4. Not Safe: If the Nuclear Power is safe and entails as little risk as the Nuclear
    Industry claims, the insurance premium does not need to be particularly high.  Why
    are the American Nuclear Power Plant Vendors demanding Nuclear-Accident
    Immunity, a pre-condition for their entry in the Indian Civil Nuclear Sector?

 

5. Not Easy to dispose Nuclear Waste: Each 1000 MW NPP
    is estimated to generate 1500 Tons of extremely potent Radio Active Waste in its
    operational life of 50 years, not to talk of waste generated on decommissioning. The
    Nuclear Industry is yet to find how safely transport and store this deadly material for
    periods of time –almost beyond our comprehension – 2, 40,000 years. Electricity is
    but the fleeting byproduct of Nuclear Power. The actual product is forever deadly
    Radio Active Waste.

                        

                      No Nuclear Power. Thank You!

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