Nuclear's CO2 cost 'will climb'

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Nuclear's CO2 cost 'will climb'

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The case for nuclear power as a low carbon energy source to replace fossil fuels has been challenged in a new report by Australian academics.

It suggests greenhouse emissions from the mining of uranium - on which nuclear power relies - are on the rise.

Availability of high-grade uranium ore is set to decline with time, it says, making the fuel less environmentally friendly and more costly to extract.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7371645.stm
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I would have told them that for, I dunno, fifty euro?
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Surprising that the BBC are giving this story so much prominence.
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