Climate Scientists Promote Nuclear Power to Combat Global Warming
Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, in the orange helmet, inspects the contaminated water tanks at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Oct. 15. Radioactive water leaked from the tanks earlier in October and flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
Monday, 04 Nov 2013 12:11 PM
Four top climate and energy scientists are calling on world leaders to support the development of nuclear power as a tool to fight global warming, a position that amounts to a wholesale rejection of the traditional wisdom of environmentalists.
In an open letter to world leaders, the scientists outlined their belief that embracing safe nuclear power systems is the only way to reverse climate change, which they blame on the use of fossil fuels, according to CNN.
Environmentalists have long rejected nuclear energy, saying it's too expensive and dangerous, as evident, they say, from disasters such as Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island.
By releasing the letter, the scientists are "putting their reputations on the line to do something that the ultra-greens regard as treason," Stanford University Nobel-winning physicist Burton Richter, told CNN.
In an open letter to world leaders, the scientists outlined their belief that embracing safe nuclear power systems is the only way to reverse climate change, which they blame on the use of fossil fuels, according to CNN.
Environmentalists have long rejected nuclear energy, saying it's too expensive and dangerous, as evident, they say, from disasters such as Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island.
By releasing the letter, the scientists are "putting their reputations on the line to do something that the ultra-greens regard as treason," Stanford University Nobel-winning physicist Burton Richter, told CNN.
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