Image above. Underground tunnel to nuclear repository laboratory.
Photo credit: SKB

Every year, global climate change becomes more pressing. Unlike coal-fueled power plants, nuclear power emits few greenhouse gases and could help counter the effects of global climate change. Nuclear waste disposal is the Achilles heel of the nuclear industry, however. Since 1954, over 70 nuclear power plants across 35 states have contributed to the growing pile of spent nuclear fuel in temporary storage facilities throughout the country. Combined with defense-related spent fuel, this pile amounts to about 70,000 tons of material. Continue reading Which affects which: Nuclear energy or climate change? →