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Trampling Science to Boost Nuclear Power
When the Washington Post and New York Times are making the same corporate-friendly point, its safe to assume that some PR agency somewhere is earning its substantial fees.
In this case, the subject is the need for nuclear powerand, for the Post editorial board (4/18/16), for fracking as well. Standing in the way of this in the Posts version is favorite target Bernie Sanders, while the Times business columnist Eduardo Porter (4/19/16) blames the scientific phobias and taboos of progressive environmentalists.
While campaigning in New York, Mr. Sanders has played up his opposition to nuclear power, the Post editorialists wrote, citing his contention that the Indian River nuclear plant, 25 miles from Manhattan, is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Sanders criticism came as little surprise, the Post declared; he had already promised to phase out nuclear power nationwide by steadily retiring existing reactors.
If we are serious about global warming, we will ignore Mr. Sanders sloganeering, the paper urged. Nuclear accounts for about a fifth of the countrys electricity, and it is practically emissions-free.
In reality, nuclear power is not emissions-free; the process of mining and enriching uranium fuel, along with constructing nuclear plants, operating backup generators during reactor downtime, disposal of nuclear waste and eventual decommissioning of plants all contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
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