Footnotes
FOOTNOTES FOR BARRY BROOK’S MAIN ARGUMENT FOR WHY WE SHOULD SAY NO TO NUCLEAR POWER:
1. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, http://esa.un.org/unpp/p2k0data.asp
2. Lang, P. 2009. Does wind power reduce carbon emissions? http://wp.me/piCIJ-pE
3. Lang 2009. Does wind power reduce carbon emissions? http://wp.me/piCIJ-pE
4. For more information on this critical topic, read my website http://bravenewclimate.com, and references four, seven and 10 of the online “What to read next” section, although all 10 address this problem in various ways.
5. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/reactors.html
6. Energy Information Administration: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm
7. http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200704/000020070407A0057435.php
8. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf03.html
9. http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/chapter11.html
10. Energy system build rates and material inputs: http://wp.me/siCIJ-tcase4
11. Wind has a far larger footprint if large-scale energy storage, or fossil fuel backup from gas, is considered, see: http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/ISA_Nuclear_Report.pdf
12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2007.01.008
13. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/nshare.html
15. The 4,000 figure depends on acceptance of the default “linear no-threshold” model for low level radiation exposure, which is theoretical and not evidence-based. http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/Chernobyl/
16. “Reactor Safety Study”, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document WASH-1400, NUREG 75/014 (1975).
17. http://www.ne.doe.gov/pdfFiles/AP1000_Plant_Description.pdf
18. http://www.aps.org/units/fps/newsletters/2002/april/a1ap02.html
19. http://www.world-nuclear.org/reference/pdf/wigg-radiation.pdf
20. http://www.unscear.org/docs/reports/annexc.pdf
21. http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html
22. http://www.nyindianpoint.org/images/Full%20Report.pdf
23. Lightfoot et al 2006, “Nuclear fission fuel is inexhaustible,” http://bit.ly/3CYS3W
24. http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/energyefficiency/buildings/publications/energyuse.html
25. Lightfoot et al 2006, “Nuclear fission fuel is inexhaustible,” http://bit.ly/3CYS3W