The nuclear power industry and its supporters (and some well-meaning but misinformed people) want us to consider nuclear power as a remedy for the climate crisis. THE FACTS OPPOSE THIS.
Experts Say Nuclear Energy as Climate Solution Is Total “Fiction.” “The reality is nuclear is neither clean, safe, or smart; but a very complex technology with the potential to cause significant harm.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/25/experts-say-nuclear-energy-climate-solution-total-fiction
Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair argues nuclear power isn’t a climate solution: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/27/22904943/nuclear-power-climate-change-solution-gregory-jaczko
Nuclear power not feasible to tackle climate change: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/nuclear-energy-climate-crisis-experts-b2001076.html
Nuclear power is NOT a remedy for the climate crisis: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2021/12/12/nuclear-cant-deliver-on-climate/
Nuclear power is NOT a remedy for climate crisis. Here are some “talking points.” https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/beyond-nuclear-talking/
The case against using nuclear power to achieve a net zero carbon economy: The case against nuclear power is stronger than ever. So is the pro-nuclear propaganda. Advocates for nuclear power insist it’s an essential tool in the race to Net Zero. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is an industry dominated by its rear view mirror. https://beyondnuclearinternational.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/bn_talking-points-4_net-zero-without-nuclear_29-june.pdf
Why Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Won’t Help Counter the Climate Crisis: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2021/05/09/one-more-whack-at-the-smr-mole/
These talking points explain why nuclear power is NOT a remedy for the climate crisis: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2021/04/11/keeping-it-short-and-right/
Bill Gates supports nuclear power. See this article: “Billionaire’s nuclear ambitions would make climate disaster worse”: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2021/03/14/why-bill-gates-is-wrong/
Nuclear power is NOT clean, efficient, economical or safe — and NOT a remedy for the climate crisis. Robert Jay Lifton and Naomi Oreskes wrote this article, which builds a solid case against nuclear power: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2019/08/18/the-false-promise-of-nuclear-power/
Nuclear power has a large carbon footprint — and other very serious problems: https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Response-to-Sen-Markey-by-Sheila-Parks-Ed-D-Congress_Energy_Environment_Health-190208-820.html
Nuclear energy is NOT a valid alternative to fossil fuels. Nuclear has a HUGE carbon footprint and MANY other problems. This article makes several crucial points on just the first page. If you want, you can click the page numbers at the bottom of the screen to read through the rest of the article. It includes more info about nuclear waste, serious cancer dangers, Congress’s bi-partisan pro-nuke bias, and dangers for Native lands where uranium is mined. https://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Response-to-Sen-Markey-by-Sheila-Parks-Ed-D-Congress_Energy_Environment_Health-190208-820.html
These two resources explain why nuclear power is NOT a remedy for the climate crisis:
Read this article: https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2018/09/16/sticking-with-nuclear-power-will-make-climate-change-worse/
Read this 20-page handbook that completes the argument against nuclear power: https://beyondnuclearinternational.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/climate-change-and-why-nuclear-power-cant-fix-it.pdf