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Water And Reactors

 

January 24, 2012. Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water. New report from PIRG/Environment America.

July 2009: Brief Virginia Tech paper showing nuclear power by far the most water-intensive means of producing electricity (page 8). PDF This has enormous implications because, as the report notes, 36 states face water shortages in the next 10 years.

July 22, 2008: Presentation from Synapse Energy Economics on water, climate change and risk in electricity planning. PDF

December 4, 2007: Got Water? A new issue brief from Union of Concerned Scientists explaining water use and water issues associated with nuclear reactors. PDF