Nuclear Power

“Nuclear reactors’ enormous water requirements collide with the growing global water crisis and compete with the water needs of a growing world population. The surplus heat produced by nuclear plants is difficult to harness productively, which is why they are basically inefficient. And to be profitable, expensive nuclear power stations must operate at full capacity – something that is only possible if governments reverse their liberalization of electricity markets and guarantee the nuclear industry a share. The nuclear power economy is and always has been a state enterprise – sometimes openly acknowledged, sometimes hidden. The most powerful argument against the nuclear renaissance, however, is the potential of renewable energies.”

Hermann Scheer, WFC Councillor

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