Not exact matches
ANNE THOMPSON: A lot of people were warming up to the idea of
nuclear energy as a carbon -
free alternative to fossil fuels.
Of course,
alternative energy sources — the wind, sun, hot rocks and
nuclear — are hardly impact -
free.
Strategies to meet the goal would vary by country and largely rely on advanced technology such as capturing the carbon dioxide spewed by coal - burning power plants; the Bush vision also foresees gasoline
alternatives,
nuclear power and an international clean technology fund to promote research into carbon -
free energy sources.
Accordingly, we remain firm in our decision to forge ahead on our own and bring SMR - 160 to the world as a carbon -
free alternative that, once and for all, would rid
nuclear power of the stigma of Fukushima, Chernobyl and TMI.
A standardized design set in stone and approved by the NRC, that is
free of political and legal interference from anti-
nuclear activists, would make
nuclear power the cost effective
alternative energy source that its backers have always argued that it could be.
Likewise if heat is indeed the main factor,
nuclear power, though CO2 -
free, can not be an
alternative since total heat emitted by
nuclear power plants is more than twice the electrical output.
Support
alternative and renewable energy for the eventual realization of a
nuclear -
free society;