Letter to the Editor
Risk of Nuclear Power Generation
I was interested in the Medical drawbacks of Nuclear Energy. However, another issue is heat generation.
With the uNclear (Nuclear) policy, one fact that has not been considered is the need for cooling.
These proposed Nuclear plants will be larger than the Coal plants they replace. This requires a large amount of cooling water. The waste heat is released into this body of water which raises the lake water temperature. This raising temperature causes changes in the ecology of the lake to the detriment of the natural balance.
Comparing Nuclear to other forms of energy generation such as wind or SolarPV, the latter do not require cooling.
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