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"Low-carbon" Misses the Point: Arguments Favoring Nuclear Power as a Climate "Solution" are Fundamentally Misframed

Lovins, Amory B.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/low-carbon-misses-the-point-arguments-favoring-nuclear-power-as-a-climate-solution-are-fundamentally-misframed/

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  06/10/2021
Year Published:  2021  
Resource Type:  Article

The climate argument for using nuclear power assumes that since nuclear power generation directly releases no CO2, it can be an effective climate solution. It can’t, because new (or even existing) nuclear generation costs more per kWh than carbon-free competitors -- efficient use and renewable power -- and thus displaces less carbon per dollar (or, by separate analysis, per year): less not by a small margin but by about an order of magnitude (factor of roughly ten).

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