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There’s a surprising amount of FUDD in here regarding nuclear power. Nuclear power is the only serious option we have for clean, reliable, carbon-free power. A
by sunkenvicar 7y ago
There’s a surprising amount of FUDD in here regarding nuclear power. Nuclear power is the only serious option we have for clean, reliable, carbon-free power. A no-brainer if you believe in climate change. Generation 3 reactors have been in operation for decades, proving themselves perfectly safe. Bonus - they use nuclear waste as fuel.
- anoncake 7y ago> Generation 3 reactors have been in operation for decades, proving themselves perfectly safe. That is just not how it works.
- sunkenvicar 7y agoSo how does it work in France?
- anoncake 7y agoProof by example does not work in France either.
- sunkenvicar 7y agoNuclear power is reliable, safe, clean, and carbon-free. It’s the best technology choice for combatting climate change. People who dismiss nuclear energy aren’t serious players.
- anoncake 7y agoPeople who deny the danger of nuclear power (which is not the same as supporting nuclear) are no better than climate change deniers.
- sunkenvicar 7y agoWhere did I deny either? Generation 3 plants have a perfect track record. And nuclear is worthwhile to pursue, no matter one’s stance on climate change.
- thehappypm 7y agoRealistically, hydro meets your three objectives (clean, reliable, carbon-free) with way less risk of irradiating a city or proliferating nuclear fuel generation. Advances in transmission line technology also enable hydro plants to be hundreds or even thousands of miles from power consumers. There's a project currently underway to connect a huge hydro plant in Quebec, where all the water from the Great Lakes drains to the Atlantic, to the New England market via a transmission line through Maine.
- sunkenvicar 7y agoHydroelectricity is cheaper than nuclear, but relatively niche. It needs a lot of flowing water and a large change in elevation. In many places it is dead in the water. Compare this to nuclear, which only needs a large body of cooling water. Saltwater or fresh water, doesn’t matter.
- thehappypm 7y agoHVDC means you can literally be a thousand miles from the power plant. That's distance from the Hoover Dam to Kansas City. There's literally nowhere in America beyond the range of a viable hydro plant.
- sunkenvicar 7y agoStrange that America isn’t pure hydro. Also strange that so many startups ignore hydro and jump to nuclear.