Here is my question: "What is the life-cycle greenhouse gas emission impact of a nuclear power plant?"
I am tired of hearing that nuclear power is zero emissions or carbon free. That is just not true. We cannot ignore the entire uranium mining, milling, and refining process, nor should we ignore plant constuction/maintenance process. After all, cement is a huge emissions source and nuclear plants require lots of cement.
Nuclear power may produce lower emissions per unit of electricity produced than coal or natural gas, but is not zero.
With your help, we can locate good, reliable research on the life cycle emissions impact of the nuclear plant, more specifically, the pressurized light water type nuclear plant, e.g. Indian Point 2 and # in Buchanan. See this blog post on nukes-emissions I wrote just to get the ball rolling.
Or leave a comment or research lead here. Thanks!
