Sri Lanka is flirting with nuclear power. Sri Lanka is becoming a power hungry nation. Several coal power plants with a total generation capacity of 3,200 MW are on the anvil. The country’s new energy minister, Champika Ranawaka, wants a nuclear power plant by 2025. That’s a sure sign of change: Ranawaka started his career as an activist against coal power. The preparation of uranium for the reactor involves a CO2- emitting processes.
For full text: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/2202 [2]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/dangerous-liaisons
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/2202
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/hemantha-withanage
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/down-earth
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-power-plants
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-power
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
