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A nuclear power primer
Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen
8 - 6 - 2005

Renewable energy from photovoltaics, biomass and wind will solve the world’s energy and climate problems, not nuclear-power giantism, argues Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen. Click on one of the titles below to access all you need to know about nuclear power and the alternatives.

1. Greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power

2. Nuclear power and the world energy mix

3. The energy required to extract uranium

4. How much uranium is there?

5. Uranium from granite

6. Uranium from seawater

7. A nuclear renaissance?

8. Breeder reactors

9. Thermonuclear fusion

10. A safe nuclear reactor: the sun

11. Conclusion

The case against nuclear power: a summary

http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-climate_change_debate/2587.jsp