{"id":4498,"date":"2003-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4498\/nuclear-energy-no-solution-to\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T18:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:19:28","slug":"nuclear-energy-no-solution-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/nuclear-energy-no-solution-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Energy, No Solution to Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"p4descriptive_paragraph\">The nuclear industry is in near-terminal decline world-wide, following its failure to establish itself as a clean, cheap, safe or reliable energy source. The on-going crisis in nuclear waste management, in safety and in economic costs has severely undermined the industry&#8217;s credibility. It is currently desperate to find a valid rationale and justification for renewed state support and funding. It is promoting the claim that as nuclear power stations do not emit carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas, switching from fossil fuels to nuclear power is the only way to cut Carbon Dioxide (CO2) without radically changing consumption patterns. However, even the most perfunctory examination of the issue shows that nuclear power has no role in tackling global climate change. In fact quite the opposite is true; any resources expended on attempting to advance nuclear power as a viable solution would inevitably detract from genuine measures to reduce the threat of global warming. 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