Environmentalists are turning towards nuclear power as one of the cleanest sources of energy. Nuclear does not produce greenhouse gases or air pollutants like coal, and environmentalists are now seeing it as a vital energy source which can protect the environment. Kirsty Gogan, director of Energy for Humanity, says: “Everyone thinks nuclear is the most dangerous source of power, and actually it is the safest. If you look at the conservation impact of energy technologies across the board, nuclear just comes out again and again almost against every metric whether it is water use, resource use, emissions and air quality. “The obvious reason is you are not burning anything. You have a vast amount, more output per kilogram. Even the waste stream itself is contained and managed – there is no waste output into the environment.”
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