Nucleus limited

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A study has been released by the Oxford Research Group (about them: http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/ and then the menu "About us"). It puts demands for more nuclear powerplants to reduce global emissions back into perspective.

http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.u...ottohandle.pdf

I found it described in a brief german introduction. I loosely summarize its conclusion:

energy demand will raise by around 50% in the next few years. Currently 429 nuclear powerplants in 31 countries produce 16% of the globally available electricity. 25 are under construction, 76 are planned, 162 are considered to be built. If nuclear energy really should add a realistic contribution to reducing CO2 emissions, then until 2075 at least 2000-2500 additonal nuclear powerplants would have to be built. that means that from now on three new additional powerplants must start to work - PER MONTH. this includes construction in countries that are considered to be instabile and a global security risk. Planned breeder-types of the category IV also will be run with weapon-suitable plutonium, type III reactors with MOX. This means that the risk of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terror is seriously increasing, and that every country running such reactors must be considered to be a potential nuclear weapons-state. Currently there are 215 tons of plutonium in the civilian sector, and 250 tons in the military sector. In the West, these ammounts will grow by another 115 tons until 2015. and if until 2075 the majoirty of nuclear energy is produced by fast breeders, than we will have around 4000 tons of plutonium at that time. The blocking treaties on nuclear weapons and nuclear technology would be impossible to be controlled and enforced anymore.

How difficult that is we already see with the example of Iran and North Korea. And that is just the beginning.

How to explain that to your kids.