Antinuclear

Greenhouse gas from uranium enrichment is a large contributor to global warming

CFCs and Nuclear Power “…….Summary Freon release in uranium enrichment, alicious.com So it seems that several methods of uranium enrichment require large amounts of cooling including the most popular current method, centrifugal separation, and that one widely used method of cooling is using Freon (“CFC 114″).

Indeed given the US figures from Coolreferat.com and from Stuckle (of USEC) it seems that Freon released during uranium enrichment amounts to a large proportion of all Freon release in the US and thus that it is likely to contribute significantly to global warming both in the US and in other countries involved in uranium enrichment whether by gaseous diffussion, centrifugal separation or aerodynamic separation or other means requiring Freon for cooling. Freon use in uranium enrichment appears likely not to reduce for at least 10 years at which point current supplies are set to run out.

http://alicious.com/cfcs-and-nuclear-power/

January 5, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized