Three of the arguments of the left party in its reply, are the risks associated with uranium mining, nuclear power is not fossil-free and nuclear power increases the spread of nuclear weapons:
• When it comes to uranium mining, it can be concluded that all sources are dependent on mining for various metals. the Fact is that nuclear energy, according to a review of the us department of energy uses about one-tenth as much finite resources per unit of energy compared with many renewable options such as solar and wind power. Solar and wind are renewable, but solar cells and wind turbines, it is not.
Persson writes that uranium production gives rise to a ”gigantic heaps that is leaking and poisoning the both soils, rivers and people”. The united nations scientific committee on the effects of ionizing radiation has mapped out how much exposure of ionizing radiation in the different sources give rise to the at the mining and processing of metals needed for the respective sources.
Nuclear power is causing the 5 and 40 times less radiation dose compared with wind and solar power. The reason is that wind and solar power using large amounts of so-called rare earth elements that occur together with natural radioactive materials. When mining occurs, for example radon that must be tackled by all the mining. The mining of rare earths is often much less regulated than uranium mining, hence the higher values.
• When it comes to carbon dioxide emissions argue Schyman without source that nuclear power gives rise to up to 24 times higher emissions compared with wind energy from a life cycle perspective. considering the high figure, it is likely that she refers to a study by the american researcher Mark Z Jacobson. A study that has received widespread scientific criticism for its many methodological errors. If we stick to what the overall climate science in the form of the UN’s climate panel, the IPCC says in the question, we can conclude that nuclear power is the power which, together with the onshore wind emit the least greenhouse gases, 12 grams per kWh. It is four times lower than solar power, which emit between 41 and 48 grams per kWh. The crucial point is that both nuclear and renewable, emit a fraction of what fossil fuel sources do.
• Nuclear power and nuclear weapons were developed in parallel from the same scientific discovery of the atomic nucleus klyvbarhet. Schyman writes that nuclear power is a civilian by-product from nuclear weapons. Fortunately not the reverse. We do not see that countries that acquire nuclear power then acquiring nuclear weapons. The international regulatory framework that is in place through the atomic energy agency the IAEA has effectively offset this. Ironically, the use of civil nuclear power for several years in order to burn the nuclear warheads from the cold war. Civil nuclear energy is used to counteract the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
the Truth is that the court was satisfied with the application, but desired further information on the risk of corrosion in the copper capsules are. The Swedish radiation safety authority has also given its opinion and recommend permission under both the act on nuclear activities and the environmental code. The government makes the final decision on the repository.
The fossil energy remains for over 80 per cent of the world’s energy supply. Trench warfare between nuclear power and renewable, has meant that we have lost several decades in the fight against climate change. Let us put down our weapons and unite against the common enemy – the fossil.
