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Nuclear: the age of immortal energy

9 August 2022

3:00 AM

9 August 2022

3:00 AM

‘Carbon dioxide poses a dilemma for the radical environmentalists. Since nuclear reactors emit almost no carbon dioxide, how can one be against nuclear energy if one is concerned about carbon dioxide? To my utter dismay, indeed disgust, this is exactly the position of some of the environmentalists.’ – Alvin Weinberg, The First Nuclear Era

Written in 1994 by American nuclear physicist Alvin Weinberg, his words remain starkly accurate in 2022.

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