Hello my name is Muna Lakhani and I'm a black South African. I'd just like to share one or two thoughts about why many of us believe that nuclear power is no solution to climate change. Firstly it's a highly toxic environment that we would create for people for hundreds of thousands of years. And while it's true that the power plant doesn't generate much in the way of climate changing gases, the reality is that the life cycle of uranium actually generates an awful amount. Particularly mining, uranium enrichment and of course long-term disposal. It's also very expensive technology as far as energy is concerned. In the last fifty years of nuclear power in the USA shows that the energy generated by nuclear was only 20% of that which it consumed. It's overall a dead loss to the energy system. So we would rather go for our beautiful natural resources here in the warm South and use solar-thermal technologies, tidal waves, and all these human and development-benign technologies rather than the toxic wastes of nuclear development. Here's a clear message to everybody involved about sustainable development, about caring for people and planet, nuclear will never be the answer. Thank you.
Hello my name is Muna Lakhani and I'm a black South African. I'd just like to share one or two thoughts about why many of us believe that nuclear power is no solution to climate change. Firstly it's a highly toxic environment that we would create for people for hundreds of thousands of years. And while it's true that the power plant doesn't generate much in the way of climate changing gases, the reality is that the life cycle of uranium actually generates an awful amount. Particularly mining, uranium enrichment and of course long-term disposal. It's also very expensive technology as far as energy is concerned. In the last fifty years of nuclear power in the USA shows that the energy generated by nuclear was only 20% of that which it consumed. It's overall a dead loss to the energy system. So we would rather go for our beautiful natural resources here in the warm South and use solar-thermal technologies, tidal waves, and all these human and development-benign technologies rather than the toxic wastes of nuclear development. Here's a clear message to everybody involved about sustainable development, about caring for people and planet, nuclear will never be the answer. Thank you.