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A Dose of Reality for Those Greens Going Nuclear

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April 21, 2005
Mycle Schneider Utne.com 
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The relevance of nuclear power for the supply of commercial primary energy to the world is marginal with about 6% -- tendency already downward. If you look at the share of final energy, that is the portion available for end-use after the losses in transformation and transport, nuclear power provides between 2% and 3% of the total.

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Mycle Schneider is an international consultant on energy and nuclear policy and has worked for a broad range of clients ranging from the International Atomic Energy Agency to Greenpeace International, including three governments, numerous MPs, and the European Commission. He is a 1997 laureate of the Right Livelihood Award ('Alternative Nobel Prize').

Go there >> The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2004, commissioned by the Greens-EFA in the European Parliament, Brussels, December 2004

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