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The nuclear fuel cycle is a big emitter of greenhouse gases

ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY,
…………HAS COME ON BOARD AS PART OF THE PUSH TO ESTABLISH NUCLEAR
POWER IN AUSTRALIA….. DR JIM GREEN HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON THE CARBON CONTRIBUTION OF
NUCLEAR POWER

Is Nuclear Power Zero Emissions and Carbon Neutral ?, Paul Langley’s
Nuclear History Blog, 3 Jan 2013,        NO.      OVER THE PAGES OF THIS BLOG I
HAVE EXPLAINED THE NATURE OF BOTH THE EMERGENCY (FUKUSHIMA) AND NORMAL
EMISSIONS OF RADIO NUCLIDES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS.

THE MINING, MILLING, TRANSPORT, VERY OPERATION, WASTE STORAGE AND
WASTE DISPOSAL OF SPENT FUEL ALL INVOLVE CARBON INTENSIVE SOURCES OF
POWER.

THE DIESEL SUBSIDY RECEIVED BY URANIUM SUPPLIES IS HUGE AND COSTLY,
AND DIESEL IS NOT CARBON NEUTRAL. THE TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF SPENT
FUEL IS NOT CARBON NEUTRAL.

RATHER THAN REDUCE EMISSIONS NUCLEAR POWER CREATES BOTH RADIO CHEMICAL
AND CARBON EMISSIONS.

NUCLEAR POWER HAS A CARBON FOOTPRINT THROUGHOUT THE FUEL CYCLE.

I WOULD URGE READERS TO CONTEMPLATE THE RELATIVE ADVANTAGES AND COSTS
OF NUCLEAR AS A RADIO CHEMICAL AND CARBON EMITTER OVER OTHER SOURCES
OF ENERGY WHICH EMIT NEITHER.

I QUESTION ANY STATEMENT BY ANY LEARNED INSTITUTION WHICH CLAIMS
NUCLEAR POWER IS CARBON NEUTRAL, FOR IT IS NOT. ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY,
SINCE THE HOWARD GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO THAT ORG TO FIND CAUSES FOR
THE CANCER CASES SUFFERED BY AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR VETERANS OTHER THAN
THE BOMB TESTS (THE DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WAS GIVEN AS PETROL FUMES IN THE
DESERT), HAS COME ON BOARD AS PART OF THE PUSH TO ESTABLISH NUCLEAR
POWER IN AUSTRALIA.

THE CARBON CLAIM IS A FORCE ONE. ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS REALISE THAT THE
SUPPLY OF URANIUM TO NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IS DIESEL INTENSIVE. THE
PERPETUAL STORAGE OF NUCLEAR WASTE INVOLVES DIESEL FUELLED TRANSPORT
OF HIGH AND LOW LEVEL WASTE. THIS IS NOT CARBON NEUTRAL.

FURTHER, NO MATTER HOW MANY NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE BUILT, SEA LEVEL
RISE WILL NOT DROP 1 MM.

ADDED TO THIS IS THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF THE ROUTINE AND REGULAR (ONCE
EVERY 30 YEARS) NUCLEAR DISASTERS WHICH ARE IN TURN DIESEL AND PETROL
CHEMICAL DEPENDENT. HOW MAY TRUCKS AND HOW MUCH CARBON HAVE BEEN
RELEASED BY THESE TRUCKS IN RESPONSE TO THE CHERNOBYL AND FUKUSHIMA
DISASTERS.

DR JIM GREEN HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON THE CARBON CONTRIBUTION OF
NUCLEAR POWER AND OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL KRYPTON AND EXENON
RELEASES ESPECIALLY DURING REFUELLING…..

January 3, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change - global warming, South Australia