Nuclear power was designed to produce electric power. Each
part of the chain from uranium mining to handling of the waste is linked to
serious contamination risks, however. Uranium mining is generally linked to
local to regional contamination. The fuel production also produces depleted
uranium at a ratio of 1:7. The reactors are operating under danger of
accidents. Numerous minor accidents and endless temporary shut-downs are
occasionally mixed with disastrous accidents. The Chernobyl (1986) and
Fukushima (2011) accidents are notorious. The radioactive contamination from
those accidents is still incomprehensible and will keep serious destructions of
the environment for centuries to come. The handling of the high-level nuclear
waste remains unsolved. Methods proposed in Sweden, Finland and France seem
likely to lead to disastrous radioactive contaminations in the future. The only
way out of this dilemma seems to be a disposal where the waste, though
effectively sealed-off in the bedrock, remains accessible and controllable. At
present, the “cost & benefit” balance seems strongly tilted over to the
“far too costly side”, however.
Author(s) Details
Nils-Axel Mörner
Author(s) Details
Paleogephysics & Geodynamics, Rösundavägen 17 13336 Saltsjöbaden, Sweden.
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