Climate Changed
Nuclear Is Too Risky to Aid Climate Fight, Former Regulators Say
- Past officials from U.S., Germany, U.K., France issue warning
- Nuclear energy has ‘potential to cause significant harm’
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Nuclear power is too risky and expensive to address the growing threat of climate change, according to an international coalition of former regulators.
“Nuclear is just not part of any feasible strategy that could counter climate change,” the former heads of nuclear regulatory agencies in the U.S., Germany and France, and the former secretary of the U.K.’s radiation protection committee, wrote in an open letter Tuesday.