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It’s not really a problem if you remove older designs from the picture. Most of the lefts objections (aside from the knee jerk ones) are about old designs and
by abritinthebay 9y ago
It’s not really a problem if you remove older designs from the picture.
Most of the lefts objections (aside from the knee jerk ones) are about old designs and that nuclear shouldn’t be the primary solution.
Which is correct - it shouldn’t. Renewable sources plus some investment in new, better, nuclear plants is all that is required.
- tom_mellior 9y ago> Most of the lefts objections (aside from the knee jerk ones) are about old designs The article cites three objections: safety, waste storage, and cost. I think you're only right about safety being less of a concern with modern designs.
- abritinthebay 9y agoWaste storage is much much less of a problem in many newer designs (not least because they produce less waste and often can reuse their waste) and power-plants are just plain expensive anyhow (renewables are still expensive per-watt and take a lot more land area). Unless we spend all that money on solar panels for peoples homes (and so start talking about distributed power system) it's always expensive to start a power plant.