Sentences with phrase «arguments against nuclear power»

• Those who are scientifically literate and oppose nuclear power, do not, for the most part, articulate arguments against nuclear power.

Reader Vernon Barber uses outdated arguments against nuclear power in the UK (23 November, p 34).

The endlessly repeated arguments against nuclear power, namely the disposal of nuclear waste, leukemia clusters around nuclear power stations, the cost of decommissioning and the shortage of uranium have all been conclusively refuted or put into proper proportion [1].

For example, it is well known that nuclear radiations are dangerous in large doses and this was used as an argument against nuclear power.

The other side of the «green» argument against nuclear power is the fear by some climate scientists that carbon emissions in New York could increase by more than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, if a number of nuclear power plants close.

Meanwhile, a recent study by the Union of Concerned Scientists could provide another valuable talking point in the argument against nuclear power.

Not exact matches

A frequent argument against renewable sources of electricity is that they are much too expensive to compete with nuclear or fossil fuel power plants.