Nuclear Power Full Lifecycle Environmental Cost

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What is the actual environmental impact of nuclear power? Is it safe? Let's talk about the entire lifecycle, from mining the uranium to disposing of the nuclear fuel, as well as disasters like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. We also talk about how some of those can be mitigated.

Sources:
https://cna.ca/technology/energy/uranium-processing/
https://www.epa.gov/radiation/tenorm-uranium-mining-residuals

Image and Video Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxQdS0pbpKo
Dominion
EDF
Nuclear Energy Institution
Georgia Power
European Geoscience Union
Universe Review
Idaho National Laboratory
US Navy
IAEA

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