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Having grown up in the Cold War with the threat of MAD and the waste products from reactors, I do understand the hesitation of nuclear power. But, in a more pr
by OnlyMortal 5y ago
Having grown up in the Cold War with the threat of MAD and the waste products from reactors, I do understand the hesitation of nuclear power.
But, in a more practical world, there’s not much of a choice if we want an energy source that’s not killing us by air pollution. In the other hand, we seem to be yet again passing the problem onto future generations. Perhaps they’ll have the science to resolve nuclear waste but there’s no guarantee.
At the end of the day, we’re currently consuming too much for the technology we have versus the population of the planet wrt to our biosphere.
There are a few obvious fixes but none are palatable.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoBill Gates new nuclear power plant design being built in Wyoming These things are small and cheap. “ The project features a 345 megawatt sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt-based energy storage that could boost the system's power output to 500 MW during peak power demand. TerraPower said last year that the plants would cost about $1 billion.” https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/utility-small-nuclear-reactor-firm-select-wyoming-next-us-site-2021-06-02/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/utility-small-nuclea...
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