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Environment & Energy

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1. Not zero carbon

Sun Jan 9, 2022, 12:26 PM

Jan 2022

The construction of the facilities, mining and processing of the 'fuel' and the post use waste handling all use fossil fuel energy.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/nuclear-power-and-the-environment.php

I'll post another clearer source once I relocate it.

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