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Old 3rd-May-2008, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LMagic007 View Post
I agree, I think it's about making a point and rightfully so, that nuclear industry is not zero emissions. All the ancillary processes already mentioned, produce carbon emissions. Overall though it's still comparatively low emission for fossil fuels. i.e. compared to gas or coal.
Yes, I think that's right.
A point that isn't mentioned is that the volume of uranium that has to be mined, transported etc is vastly less than for say, coal for the same energy output.
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