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by lostlogin 428 days ago
> Nuclear is truly zero emissions on the environment.

It is low emissions, but it isn’t zero and other sources are lower (wind turbine - see below). I assume it’s the mining, processing, storage and vast quantities of concrete in the plants.

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/energy-and-the...

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Nuclear is zero emissions during operation.

Renewables are also non-zero emissions during construction, and the required resources (per kWh produced) are around 10x higher.

That's why I said "non-renewable".