Contesting the future of nuclear power

This book provides an overview of the reasons why nuclear energy is a flawed policy option for a number of reasons: accidents, cost overruns, low return on investment, decommissioning costs, terrorism risks, uranium shortages, groundwater contamination, disposal risks, mining hazards, shipping security and centralized bureaucracy. Moreover, for those who wish to portray nuclear energy as a green energy option, Sovacool explodes the green myth by showing that carbon emissions over the life cycle of a nuclear-powered electricity plant are strikingly high and the trend is for the carbon footprint of nuclear energy to become equivalent to that of electricity from fossil fuels.