Area of Focus: Nuclear Power

Created: Jan 05, 2007
Updated: Jul 17, 2007
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Nuclear Power

Description
Nuclear power is the production of electrical energy using nuclear fission within a nuclear reactor to generate heat to power a steam turbine for electricity generation. Radioactive waste is produced as a by-product of nuclear power production. It has challenged sustainable energy thinkers because it produces few greenhouse gases in its life cycle but is a long-term waste storage hazard.	photo source
Keywords: radioactive waste, energy, power plant life cycle, persistent hazardous substance, low emissions, water use, enriched uranium, fuel rods, reprocessing, storage, safety, nuclear waste disposal, nuclear power plant phase-out, nuclear hazards, climate change, greenhouse gases, energy subsidies, uranium reserves, International Atomic Energy Agency, World Energy Council, plutonium, fast-breeder reactors, electricity, risk assessment, fuels

Change in Action

Nuclear Free Australia exists to work towards the elimination of the nuclear industry in all its forms both in Australia and worldwide. In achieving its aims NFA utilises many different methods from lobbying of governments to non-violent direct action.

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Featured Organization

Nuclear Watch of New Mexicoseeks to promote both greater safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities and federal policy changes that genuinely encourage international efforts to curb the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Featured Resource

Radwaste recognizes the highly debated, hotly contested controversy that surrounds the nuclear power industry and aims to present a non-partisan telling of all sides to the story. Covering nuclear related issues for over ten years, they offer an extensive Wastelink directory for those interested in finding out more about this field.

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trevinoj 9 months ago

Our current Energy Model and Power Lines is unsustainable. Nuclear produces radioactive waste. In my humble opinion, we have gone astray.

I would like to share with all of you the following article, which proposes a new strategy for changing our current Energy Model. Even using Bio-fuels, although they are renewable, they still generate Green House Gases. The strategy in this article, is fair and equitable, much more than our current Energy Model, for people and nations. It should improve living conditions throughout the world, but it will take time to implement . Please support it and share it along

http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/solar-power-generation-for-a-new-world-order-673242.html

The fossil fuels used in automobiles must stop. Please see the article on The Perfect Automobile

http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/the-perfect-car-740680.html

There is a new article for Production and Deployment of the Perfect Automobile which is about to come out in the next few days. This new article shows our inability to switch all our current automobiles in circulation from Fossil fuels to electricity in less than 10 years, unless there is a collapse in the planet.

Please insert your comments on the articles or send them to me to trevinoj@bellsouth.net">trevinoj@bellsouth.net

Best regards,

Juan A Trevino

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