Is Nuclear Energy the solution?
May 10, 2019
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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at what role nuclear energy has to play in a renewable energy transition to combat climate change. Specifically, I figure out whether nuclear energy is emissions free or low carbon. I look at the problem of nuclear waste by weighing the differences between long term storage, on-site storage, and reprocessing of nuclear waste. I also look at the prohibitive cost and construction barriers to nuclear energy in order to understand whether it's actually a feasible solution to climate change. Finally, I look at the issue of safety in relation to nuclear energy by comparing the death tolls of other energy outputs to that of nuclear energy.
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Resources:
1. How Deadly Is Your Kilowatt? We Rank The Killer Energy Sources (Forbes)
2. Is Nuclear Good or Bad? (PBS Studios)
3. Nuclear Waste (Union of Concerned Scientists)
4. Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historical and Projected Nuclear Power (Kharecha and Hansen)
5. Nuclear Power Cost (Union of Concerned Scientists)
6. Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Development, Emissions Graph on pg. 732 (IPCC)
7. The simple argument for keeping nuclear power plants open (Vox)
8. Nuclear Power & Global Warming (Union of Concerned Scientists)
9. It’s time to go nuclear in the fight against climate change (Grist)
10. Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (Lazard)
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