S1E77: How safe and green is nuclear energy now that it's an option for S’pore: Green Pulse

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


Nuclear energy is a controversial source of energy that is
gaining prominence globally,  including in Singapore as a
potential solution to tackling climate change. Nuclear is
considered a clean form of energy as the generation process does
not release any greenhouse gases, unlike the traditional mode of
energy generation from burning fossil fuels. 


But following the nuclear disasters in Chernobyl in 1986 and
Fukushima in 2011, how safe is this form of energy now? In this
episode, The Straits Times environment correspondent Audrey Tan
and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss these questions
with Dr Matthew Lloyd, a research fellow at the Singapore
University of Technology and Design, who does research on
materials that can be used in the nuclear process.


Read the article here: https://str.sg/wBTR


Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):


01:13 How do nuclear reactions generate energy? 


03:30 Why is nuclear energy considered clean, and how safe is
it? 


10:10 Why is nuclear fusion considered safer than fission?


13:35 How do small modular reactors contribute to safety of
nuclear energy?


15:56 Are rising energy prices causing countries to warm to the
idea of nuclear power?


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Eden Soh


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


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