nguLinda Pentz Gunter, Ngaphaya kweNyukliya yamazwe ngamazwe, Novemba 1, 2021
Ngoko ke silapha kwakhona kwenye i-COP (iNkomfa yamaQela). Ewe, abanye bethu baseGlasgow, eSkotlani kwiCOP ngokwayo, kwaye abanye bethu, lo mbhali ubandakanyiwe, bahleli kude, bezama ukuziva benethemba.
Kodwa le yiCOP 26. Oko kuthetha ukuba sele ikhona 25 izama ekujonganeni nemeko eyayikade isiza kwaye ngoku iphezu kwethu nengxaki yemozulu. Imijikelo engamashumi amabini anesihlanu "blah, blah, blah" njengetshantliziyo lemozulu yolutsha, uGreta Thunberg, ikubeka kakuhle oko.
Ngoko ukuba abanye bethu abaziva neentloni zethemba ezidleleni zethu, sinokuxolelwa. Ndiya kuthetha, nkqu NguKumkani waseNgilani wanele kuko konke-intetho-kunye-no-amanyathelo yeenkokeli zethu zehlabathi, ezithe, ngokubanzi, zingenamsebenzi ngokupheleleyo. Nokuba, ngeli xesha, akakho. Abanye babo baye babambi ngakumbi kunoko.
Ukungenzi nantoni na emandla kwimozulu kweli nqanaba lulwaphulo-mthetho olujoliswe eluntwini. Kwaye yonke enye into ephilayo emhlabeni. Kufuneka ibe sisizathu sokuvela kwiNkundla yaMazwe ngaMazwe yoLwaphulo-mthetho. Kwidokhi.
Kodwa zeziphi ezona gesi zibalaseleyo ehlabathini ezikhutshwa nazo ngoku? Ukuphucula kunye nokwandisa zabo izixhobo zenyukliya. Olunye ulwaphulo-mthetho olujoliswe eluntwini. Iba ngathi abakhange baqaphele ukuba isijikelezi-langa sethu sele sisiya esihogweni ngengobozi yesandla. Bangathanda nje ukukhawulezisa izinto kancinci ngokufaka iarmageddon yenyukliya nakuthi.
Akunjalo ukuba ezi zinto zimbini azidibananga. Ishishini lamandla enyukliya lasekuhlaleni lizama ngamandla ukufumana indlela yeCOP yezisombululo zemozulu. Iphinde yazihlaziya njenge "zero-carbon", nto leyo bubuxoki. Kwaye obu buxoki abuphikiswanga ngabezopolitiko bethu abazimiseleyo ababuphinda ngobuqhetseba. Ngaba ngokwenene bonqena kwaye baziziyatha? Mhlawumbi akunjalo. Funda uqhubeke.
Amandla enyukliya ayisosisombululo semozulu kakade. Ayinakwenza imeko yezemali ebambekayo, xa ithelekiswa nezinto ezihlaziyiweyo kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kwamandla, kwaye ayinakuzisa phantse umbane owaneleyo kwangethuba ukuze ihlale ihlasela intlekele yemozulu. Iyacotha kakhulu, ibiza kakhulu, iyingozi kakhulu, ayikhange isombulule ingxaki yayo yenkunkuma ebulalayo kwaye inika ukhuseleko olunokuba yintlekele kunye nomngcipheko wokwanda.
Amandla enyukliya acotha kwaye abiza kakhulu kangangokuba akukhathaliseki nokuba 'ayikhabhoni ephantsi' na (singasathethi ke ngokuba 'yi-zero-carbon'). Njengososayensi, uAmory Lovins, ithi, “Ukungabi nakhabhon akwenzi ukuba imozulu isebenze kakuhle.” Ukuba umthombo wamandla uyacotha kakhulu kwaye ubiza kakhulu, "uya kunciphisa kwaye abambezele ukhuseleko lwemozulu olufikelelekayo," nokuba 'iphantsi kwekhabhoni' kangakanani na.
Oku kushiya ingqiqo enye kuphela enokuthinteke kwezopolitiko ekugcineni ishishini lamandla enyukliya liphila: ukubaluleka kwalo kwicandelo lezixhobo zenyukliya.
Izixhobo ezitsha, ezincinci, ezikhawulezayo ziyakwenza iplutonium, ibaluleke kakhulu kushishino lwezixhobo zenyukliya njengoHenry Sokolski kunye noVictor Gilinsky IZiko leMfundo loMgaqo-nkqubo ongahambisi bucala qhubeka nokubonisa. Ezinye zezi zinto zibizwa ngokuba zii-micro-reactors ziya kusetyenziselwa ukunika amandla indawo yedabi lomkhosi. I-Tennessee Valley Authority sele isebenzisa ezimbini zezixhobo zenyukliya zasekuhlaleni ukuvelisa i-tritium, enye "isithako" esiphambili sezixhobo zenyukliya kunye nokufiphala okuyingozi komkhosi kunye nemigca yenyukliya yoluntu.
Ukugcina izixhobo ezisebenza ngokuqhubekayo, kunye nokwakha ezintsha, kugcina abasebenzi kunye nolwazi olufunekayo kwicandelo lezixhobo zenyukliya. Kuvakala izilumkiso ezimanyumnyezi kwiiholo zamagunya malunga nosoyikiso kukhuseleko lwesizwe ukuba icandelo lenyukliya yoluntu liyaphela.
Oku kungaphezulu kwentelekelelo. Konke kucaciswe kumaxwebhu amaninzi avela kwimibutho efana IBhunga leAtlantiki ukuba Inyathelo le-Energy Futures Initiative. Iphandwe kakuhle ngabafundi ababini beenkwenkwezi kwiYunivesithi yaseSussex e-UK - UAndy Stirling kunye noPhil Johnstone. Phantse azange kuthethwa ngayo. Kubandakanywa nabakuthi kwintshukumo yamandla echasene nenyukliya, okothusa kakhulu uStirling noJohnstone.
Kodwa ngandlel 'ithile kucace nje ngokucace gca. Njengoko thina kwintshukumo echasene nenyukliya sigrumba iingqondo zethu ukuze siqonde ukuba kutheni iingxoxo zethu zinamandla kwaye zinyanzelisa ngokuchasene nokusetyenziswa kwamandla enyukliya kwimozulu ehlala ihleli ezindlebeni ezingevayo, mhlawumbi siyayiphosa inyani yokuba ingxabano yenyukliya-ibalulekile-kwimozulu. siva ukuba sisikhusi esinye esikhulu somsi.
Ubuncinane, masithembe njalo. Kuba enye indlela ithetha ukuba abezopolitiko bethu ngenene bangamavila kwaye bazizidenge, kwaye bayakhohlisa, okanye bakwiipokotho zabangcolisi abakhulu, nokuba yinyukliya okanye i-fuel, okanye kunokwenzeka konke oku kungasentla. Kwaye ukuba kunjalo, kufuneka sizilungiselele ngakumbi "blah, blah, blah" kwi-COP 26 kunye nembono eyoyikisayo ngokwenene yangoku kunye nesizukulwana esizayo.
Sinombulelo, ke ngoko, koogxa bethu abazimase i-COP 26, abaza kukhuthaza—kunokuba bajike—i-windmills njengoko bebeka ityala labo, elinye ixesha, ukuba amandla enyukliya akanandawo, kwaye eneneni athintela izisombululo zemozulu.
Kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba baya kuphinda babonise ukuba amandla enyukliya abizayo kwaye aphelelwe lixesha akufuneki akhuthazwe - phantsi kobuxoki besisombululo semozulu - njengesizathu sokuqhubela phambili ishishini lezixhobo zenyukliya.
ULinda Pentz Gunter yingcaphephe yaMazwe ngaMazwe kwaNgaphaya kweNyukliya kwaye ubhalela aze ahlele iBeyond Nuclear International.
