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If Nuclear power becomes a viable safe and clean energy, how are we going to deal with countries that don't have nuclear technology? https://www.euronuclear.or
by kediz 7y ago
If Nuclear power becomes a viable safe and clean energy, how are we going to deal with countries that don't have nuclear technology?
https://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/n/nuclear-power-plant-world-wide.htm https://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/n/nuclear-powe...
There are only 31 nations in the world that has nuclear power.
If, in the unlikely case, we successfully distribute the nuclear technology to the rest of the world. How do we prevent/contain states go rogue and start enriching fuels for nuclear bomb?
This might be a harder problem to solve than technology break through.
- afterburner 7y agoExcellent point; using money for development and installation of much safer renewables is a much better option for export to less rich countries.
- redbeard0x0a 7y ago> How do we prevent/contain states go rogue ... By using different fuels. The fuel we currently use (enriched uranium) was chosen because we could also use it to build weapons. A different fuel (i.e. thorium, etc) could be used that couldn't be used in making weapons.
- kediz 7y agoI didn't know that! Thanks for sharing! I am not familiar with nuclear technology and I do have a question: Is the technology used to make Thorium power plant very similar to that of making Uranium rode? This question aside, I feel states can not resist the temptation to get nuclear bomb technology: It's a great equalizer for power. Looking at how North Korea was able to repeatedly get U.S to the bargaining table, I think none of the nuclear powered country would want any other country on Earth to gain such technology.