The dubious track record of new nuclear technology county17.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from county17.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Supporters of nuclear energy say it can help us wean our economies off polluting fossil fuels. No surprise, it's a heated issue. But what about the facts? Can nuclear power really help save the climate?
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Floating nuclear power plants are being talked about as everything from the answer to climate change to the key to opening up Arctic exploitation. What are they, and are they about to take off in a big way?
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that impacted on the lives of countless Ukrainians and Belarusians and also contributed to the downfall of the USSR.
The effect that the accident had on life in the Soviet Union is widely known now. The disaster was one of the first dominoes to fall that led to the dissolution of the USSR, however, it also caused untold suffering among the civilian population living in the region.
Now though, 35 years after the blast, both climate change, and human activity is causing concern among environmental activists, according to Jan Haverkamp who is a senior expert in nuclear energy with GreenPeace.