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The CEO of carbon removal developer Deep Sky, Damien Steel recently stated “We are long past the point of picking and choosing which solutions we use to fight climate change. We have to use it all.”
Including nuclear power. France delivers 70 per cent of its electricity using nuclear (Ontario — 60 per cent) and has been for over 40 years. What does France know that we don’t?
Nuclear energy will drive the acceleration to meet net-zero targets by 2050. All energy sources have their pros and cons, including nuclear energy. Those who are opposed to nuclear energy often site radioactivity. We need to put radiation into perspective. For example, the very popular beach in Guarapari, Brazil, in some places has radiation readings about equal to the centre of the Chornobyl evacuation zone in 1987. A 1930s fiestaware plate is slightly more radioactive than spent nuclear fuel dry cast storage.
Fukushima, 29 days after the accident, had the same background radiation levels as Winnipeg does today.