Why nuclear power will never supply the world's energy needs
Analysis has concluded that nuclear power cannot be globally scaled to supply the world’s energy needs for numerous reasons.
phys.org/news/2011-05-n…
Analysis has concluded that nuclear power cannot be globally scaled to supply the world’s energy needs for numerous reasons.
phys.org/news/2011-05-n…
The results suggest that we’re likely better off investing in other energy solutions that are truly scalable
to supply 15 TW with nuclear only, we would need about 15,000 nuclear reactors. In his analysis, Abbott explores the consequences of building, operating, and decommissioning 15,000 reactors on the Earth,
looking at factors such as the amount of land required, radioactive waste, accident rate, risk of proliferation into weapons, uranium abundance and extraction, and the exotic metals used to build the reactors themselves.
“A #nuclear power station is resource-hungry & apart from the fuel, uses many rare metals in its construction.. dream of a utopia where world is powered off fission or fusion reactors is simply unattainable. 👉Even a supply of as little as 1 TW stretches resources considerably.”
“A nuclear power station is resource-hungry & apart from the fuel, uses many rare metals in its construction.. dream of a utopia where world is powered off fission or fusion reactors is SIMPLY unattainable👀. 👉Even a supply of as little as 1 TW stretches resources considerably"
Considering that 11 accidents occurred during a cumulated total of 14,000 reactor-years of nuclear operations, scaling up to 15,000 reactors would mean we would have a major accident somewhere in the world EVERY MONTH 👀💥
“Every dollar that goes into nuclear power is dollar that has been diverted from assisting the rapid uptake of a safe and scalable solution such as solar thermal.”
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