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The Naked Scientists

Coming up this week, mosquitoes that can't catch malaria, genes from Arctic bacteria

that could make better vaccines and why high heels are a pain in the ankle, but not for me,

thankfully. Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientist with me Chris Smith and also with Sarah

Castor Perry. Sarah. Hello. This week we're also looking at the science of nuclear energy.

The arguments for nuclear are pretty compelling from a climate change perspective.

Well, typically you might expect a ton of uranium

to produce as much energy as a million tons of coal. It's a very important difference, because

when we're talking about waste products, the waste products from the nuclear energy is much,

much smaller. But how much waste does the nuclear industry produce and what can we do to make

sure it's safe? Well, scientists are beginning to explore new ways to merge nuclear fission, the technology

we use now, with nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun, to produce hybrid reactors,

which apart from generating power will also burn off the waste they make.

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