Re: NEF claims more nuclear power is not way forward

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:21:26 -0700, "EnergyForum.cc"
<fabian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello newsgroup members,

This might be of interest to someone:

An environmental think-tank in the UK, New Economics Foundation (NEF),
has said that more nuclear power plants in the country is not the way
forward for cutting carbon emissions from the power generation sector
and reducing the consumption of imported fossil fuels because
implementing a nuclear building programme will be slow, expensive and
risky. Additionally, it will not have enough of an impact to prevent
climate change nor guarantee energy supply security. According to NEF,
the cost of building new nuclear reactors is actually triple what is
being claimed by supporters of such plans.
Source: Energy Business Review


There is a significant chance that our current nuclear reactor designs
will enter into a class-9 meltdown phase after being subjected to a
EMP attack. (google CRAC-2, "Calculation of Reactor Accident
Consequences" ) .

I.E. Simultaneous failure of all power, measurement, electronic
control, and cooling systems.

If this EMP pulse occurs in near space (altitude 200+ miles, just off
the US east coast), we could have dozens of reactors entering into a
simultaneous meltdown phase. Thus sealing the US's fate as a
massively contaminated radioactive wasteland.

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0933/sec3/020r1.html
Unfortunately.. this study was prepared(1982) before many electronic
control, and monitoring system additions where made to many of these
plants.
.

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