Nuclear Power Not Efficient Enough To Replace Fossil Fuels, Stud...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 03/05/2008 - 07:00

Nuclear energy must increase by more than 10% each year from 2010 to 2050 to meet all future energy demands and replace fossil fuels, but this is an unsustainable prospect.

According to a new report such a large growth rate will require a major improvement in nuclear power efficiency otherwise each new power plant will simply cannibalize the energy produced by earlier nuclear power plants.

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