http://greenpolicyprof.org/wordpress/?p=552 George Hoberg -- Seeking insights into governance for sustainability Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://greenpolicyprof.org/wordpress/?p=552&cpage=1#comment-1886 John Newcomb Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:36:01 +0000 http://greenpolicyprof.org/wordpress/?p=552#comment-1886 Probably best that we might be able to reasonably hope for is a low-nuclear future, but that might not be attainable, given the emerging demand to wring more carbon out while maintaining a highly-industrialized economy. The risks of nuclear power begin with mining uranium and end with waste storage - but that "womb-to-tomb" risk is also present with coal-fired power plants. On a historical note, Vancouver Island came close to getting its own nuclear reactor forty years ago, as I outline in my brief letter at: https://sites.google.com/site/energyinbc/ Probably best that we might be able to reasonably hope for is a low-nuclear future, but that might not be attainable, given the emerging demand to wring more carbon out while maintaining a highly-industrialized economy. The risks of nuclear power begin with mining uranium and end with waste storage – but that “womb-to-tomb” risk is also present with coal-fired power plants. On a historical note, Vancouver Island came close to getting its own nuclear reactor forty years ago, as I outline in my brief letter at: https://sites.google.com/site/energyinbc/

]]>