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IS NUCLEAR POWER A FAR
FLUNG NOTION?
The idea of having a nuclear powered city will
make many cringe. From the nuclear meltdown
of Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, America’s
worst ever in its history. The devastating and long
lasting effects that Chernobyl had and still has on
the people and its environment, to the most recent
Fukushima disaster, the failure of containment
systems, man made or otherwise have caused so
much destruction that to suggest using nuclear
energy to power cities may seem foolhardy as it puts
people’s lives in a constant and perilous gamble.
From Japan to Germany, governments have met
with strong opposition to either carry on or build
new nuclear power plants. Add to that the high
risk of weaponisation of the nuclear plants or the
possibility of a terrorist attack, it does seem the days
of nuclear power plants are numbered but are they? In their favour though, an
operating nuclear reactor has near-zero carbon emissions however, it still does
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Duncan is a freelance writer based in
Gothenburg, Sweden. He often writes
about science, the environment,
technology and culture. Read on about his views on
nuclear energy in our cover feature. pMATT SWAINE DAVID REYNOLDS
Matt Swaine is a UK journalist who
enjoys writing about wildlife, the
environment and travel. Previously, he
was the editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine and currently
lectures on journalism and media at Cardiff University. pDavid is a British historian and
professor of international history at
the University of Cambridge. He
specialises in the two world wars making him the
perfect person to share with us the story of Verdun. pDUNCAN GEEREMARTIN