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kristopher

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Tue Oct 4, 2016, 06:44 PM Oct 2016

U.S. scientist warns of risks of pursuing nuclear power

U.S. scientist warns of risks of pursuing nuclear power
2016/09/24 13:48:16

Taipei, Sept. 24 (CNA) A visiting U.S. scientist and energy expert on Saturday warned about the risks of pursuing nuclear power, saying human beings lack experience handling and storing high-level waste for very long periods of time.

Ashok Gadgil, a professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, made the remarks at a press conference held by the Tang Prize Foundation in Taipei, when asked about his take on nuclear power and about the plan by Taiwan's government to phase out nuclear power by 2025.

From the perspective of climate change alone, some scientists consider it to be "the most serious single risk faced by modern civilization" and believe that fossil-fuel power plants should be replaced by renewable or nuclear power plants, said Gadgil, who is visiting Taiwan to receive the Tang Prize in sustainable development on behalf of American energy expert Arthur H. Rosenfeld.

"The other side of the coin, which is also valid, is that nuclear power requires inevitably taking care of high-level waste," Gadgil said. "And we have no experience as a civilization in maintaining something so dangerous for so long in isolation."

In particular, Gadgil said....

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Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Kan urges Taiwan to seek renewable energy kristopher Oct 2016 #1

kristopher

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1. Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Kan urges Taiwan to seek renewable energy
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 10:49 PM
Oct 2016
Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Kan urges Taiwan to seek renewable energy
TAIPEI, Sept. 22, Kyodo

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged Taiwan to pursue renewable energy on Thursday, saying that Japan's experience of developing green power proved that Taiwan would not be short of energy if all of its nuclear plants were decommissioned.

Taiwan has three operating nuclear power stations -- two in the north and one in the south. All have operated safely for many years, while providing nearly 20 percent of the island's electricity...

https://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2016/09/435255.html
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