On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 02:03:55 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote
(in article ):

wrote:
David Hansen wrote:
On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:56:24 +0100 someone who may be Mark
wrote this:-

How does Nucleur power generation emit CO2?
Fairly obviously. What is mined is not fuel rods. Converting the ore
into fuel rods is an energy intensive operation.

After it has been "burnt" that is not an end to it, especially if it
is "reprocessed" (another energy intensive operation).

As long as nuclear contributes more energy to the grid than it uses, it
is eliminating carbon emissions.

Reducing, not eliminating.

If all the ore processing/reprocessing were done using nuclear generated
electricity, then you might be said to be zero carbon..

Although SOMETHING has to oxidise..since you start with uranium oxide
and end up with uranium..so you are adding a little oxygen to the air.

So a positive outcome, then, and since there is no carbon output, no
temptation to burn it.

It's a great shame that successive governments in many countries have wasted
more than a generation (probably two) through not pursuing nuclear power
generation and the technology behind it.