is it in the continuing mining, milling, enriching, containing and storing of uranium to fuel the reactors? is it in the production of huge amounts of concrete and steel need to construct a nuclear power plant? is it in the millions of diesel-burning transport miles by truck and rail to fuel, secure, operate and maintain the facility? is it in the decades-long process of decommissioning a plant that has lived its useful generating life?

no, it is only in the reaction itself, though the industry would have you believe otherwise with its campaign of “greenwashing” that is just as deceptive as their cost-per-kilowatt hour scam that fails to include taxpayer subsidies.

the nuclear reaction is not an autonomous source of energy that exists in a vacuum. there is a huge amount of carbon (and cost and waste) production inherent in the vast infrastructure needed to generate electricity. don’t believe the PR hype.

nuclear energy does pollute. it does create deadly toxic waste. it cannot exist without taxpayer subsidies and advance rate hikes for plant construction. it is the most complicated, costly and deadly way ever devised to simply boil water for steam and could mean an end meaningful steps toward sustainable energy production rather than a new beginning.