As part of the new Green Deal, there will be many people that will try to convince you that Nuclear Power is green and carbon free.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
High level power plants are prone to failure, ground water is usually contaminated, military installations have a history of accidents and there are very long term consequences for life on this planet from all of these.
Here are a few of the more famous disasters:
- Fukushima Daiichi. Fukushima Daiichi. …
- Chernobyl. Chernobyl. …
- Three Mile Island. Three Mile Island. …
- Enrico Fermi Unit 1. Enrico Fermi Unit 1. …
- SL-1. SL-1. …
- Sodium Reactor Experiment. Sodium Reactor Experiment. …
- Windscale
- There are hundreds of recorded accidents with radioactive release.
Please do the research on the ill effects of radioactive fall out from the many accidents and contamination events across the globe.
Nuclear plants are prone to attack!
Additional Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
https://arnowelzel.de/en/topic/environment
Please read up on just how carbon intensive the entire Nuclear Fuel Cycle is.