Arjun Makhijani believes nuclear power too costly, risky » Radio Podcasts | EarthSky - 0 views
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Arjun Makhijani: The technical case for nuclear power, just like the technical case for wind energy, and solar energy, is partly built on the idea that it's a low CO2 technology. But it's a high cost, high-risk technology, and that's why I think we shouldn't be doing it. That's electrical and nuclear engineer Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. Arjun Makhijani: Nuclear power is very expensive. Today, wind energy, for instance, is cheaper than nuclear power. If you use a combination of efficiency, wind, and solar energy, it would cost less. Makhijani said that there's still no long-term plan for storing radioactive nuclear waste, which some fear could be used to make nuclear weapons. Arjun Makhijani: Plutonium is generated in every nuclear power plant in its operation - about 40 bombs worth every year.