Brief Virginia Tech paper showing nuclear power by far the most water-intensive means of producing electricity (page 8). This has enormous implications because, as the report notes, 36 states face water shortages in the next 10 years.
Update
-
-
-
Amory Lovins describes the myriad of drawbacks to three reactor designs frequently touted by nuclear advocates and others hoping for some type of nuclear holy grail—i.e. a safe, affordable, reduced-waste atomic reactor. Lovins looks at Integrated Fast Reactors, Thorium reactors, and “small” modular reactors. Nope, the search for the grail is still on…..Reprinted from Nuclear Monitor.
Update
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Asleep at the Switch. Security Guards Caught Sleeping at Peach Bottom. A three-month investigation by WCBS-TV in New York City uncovered a stunning breakdown of security at some nuclear reactors, including videotape of security guards sleeping on the job at the Peach Bottom site in Pennsylvania. The videotape first aired on WCBS on
Link