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Can't speak of other countries, but anti-nuclear paranoia is alive and strong in South Korea. (After all, we're right next to Japan.) Also bear in mind that i
by yongjik 11y ago
Can't speak of other countries, but anti-nuclear paranoia is alive and strong in South Korea. (After all, we're right next to Japan.)
Also bear in mind that it involves the same technology that could be used in preparing nuclear weapons. You don't just have to overcome your garden variety environmentalists. You also have to get the approval of Uncle Sam.
(Well, maybe not for China or Russia, but in their case, they have enough unused land and a forceful government, so they can just shove the "waste" somewhere deep in the desert and that will be last anybody hears about it.)
- tobltobs 11y agoNice cherry picking. And what about Finland? They are building currently a new reactor. It is a Type 3 with an improved fuel technology, but still far away of one of those green, magic, waste free types which are supposed to solve the waste problems. What is the reason the Finns do not build one of those supa dupa waste free reactors? Have they been forced by some environmentalists to ignore the wonderful new technology. Or do they plan to throw the waste, aeh sorry "fuel", into the baltic sea as this is cheaper?
- yongjik 11y agoSigh. "We can develop the technology" does not equal "There is an available commercial prototype". Creating a new kind of commercial reactor requires $$$ and time, and good luck developing one (which can probably double as nuclear weapon factory) in the current political climate. Anyway, nuclear waste can stay, safely, in underground facilities for a very long time, so it's not like anybody's in a hurry to use them before they rot away or something.
- tobltobs 11y agoPlease give me an example for one of those safe underground facilities which do not cost millions to maintain them safely. Are you talking about salt domes?