reactors use cooling towers which emit huge quantities of steam and water vapor that also directly warm the atmosphere. ![]() In 2008, nuclear power plants withdrew eight times as much freshwater as natural gas plants per unit of energy produced, and up to 11 percent more than the average coal plant.Įvery day, large reactors like the two at Diablo Canyon, California, individually dump about 1.25 billion gallons of water into the ocean at temperatures up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the natural environment.ĭiablo’s “once-through cooling system” takes water out of the ocean and dumps it back superheated, irradiated and laden with toxic chemicals. Nuclear fission is the most water intensive method of the principal thermoelectric generation options in terms of the amount of water withdrawn from sources. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists: Another tenth of that is lost in transmission. Only one-third is converted into electricity. ![]() ![]() Here’s why they are dead wrong.Įvery nuclear generating station spews about two-thirds of the energy it burns inside its reactor core into the environment. Supporters of nuclear power like to argue that nukes are the key to combatting climate change. Nuclear power protest in Derby, UK, Indymedia
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