Alarm about sea level rise has been increasing because many nuclear power plants are on coasts. Even those that are nearing the end of their working lives will be radio-active for another century, and many have highly dangerous spent fuel on site in storage ponds with no disposal route organised.
With sea level rise accelerating faster than thought, the risk is growing for coastal cities − and for nuclear power stations.
The latest science shows how the pace of sea level rise is speeding up, fuelling fears that not only millions of homes will be under threat, but that vulnerable installations like docks and power plants will be overwhelmed by the waves.
New research using satellite data over a 30-year period shows that around the year 2000 sea level rise was 2mm a year, by 2010 it was 3mm and now it is at 4mm, with the pace of change still increasing.
The calculations were made by a research student, Tadea Veng, at the Technical University of Denmark, which has a special interest in Greenland, where the icecap is melting fast. That, combined with accelerating melting…
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If I held a stake in this world for this current life, that would be as frightening as the nuclear bomb scares of the Fifties and Sixties. Where is the next Fukushima located?
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A very scary thought indeed, Sha’Tara. Unless urgent action is taken, I expect we will see 5-6 Fukushimas in the next 10 years.
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