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Building nuclear reactors usually involves laying concrete, transportation, steel and other sources of carbon emissions. I'm unsure of the CO2 quantities so I
by desmond373 6y ago
Building nuclear reactors usually involves laying concrete, transportation, steel and other sources of carbon emissions.
I'm unsure of the CO2 quantities so I cant make a statement as to whether its worth the CO2 cost.
What I can say is that wind, solar and other renewable alternatives also have initial CO2 costs, possibly lower than that of nuclear reactors.
- tshaddox 6y agoI don’t think they were saying that just the resources to build the reactors would exceed that CO2 budget, but rather that the world would exceed that CO2 budget in the time it takes to build the reactors.
- passerby1 6y agoWould be interesting to estimate and compare nuclear vs alternative "initial co2 efficiency per 1 megawatt priduced", considering large lifespan and power of reactor.
- jabl 6y agoPlenty of such studies have been done. An AFAIK relatively recent and neutral one https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-wind-nuclear-amazingly-low-carbon-footprints https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-wind-nuclear-amazingly-low...