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1. if a real effort is put in, 10 years or so 2. Solved problem. Spent fuel is not really an issue, we have solutions and areas to put it in both Europe and th
by stjohnswarts 5y ago
1. if a real effort is put in, 10 years or so
2. Solved problem. Spent fuel is not really an issue, we have solutions and areas to put it in both Europe and the USA. Only green Luddites hold it back. Storage really does not take up a lot of space.
3. Next to none if the right type of fuel stock and reactor is chosen. Obviously security comes in, but that is also a solved issue
4. Lots of modern designs literally cannot go critical, I suggest we use those, instead of old designs just because they're "a known known".
5. don't build reactors that can go critical near known tsunami shorlines.
6. At worst we'll surely have fusion by the end of the century and can then retire the nuclear plants. Solar and wind without a 100x improvement in battery storage tech do not make sense right now as the sole producer of energy like a lot of unrealistic "environmental" groups claim.
- effie 5y agoThis was going well until point 6. Fusion isn't anywhere near practical in 2021, it requires lots of investment and research to do even a first prototype. And it is a high tech marvel that won't be cheap to operate. So the funding for it may eventually dry out in favour of boring tech fission plants.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI said by the end of the century, not 2021. Fission plants are the answer until fusion becomes practical.
- effie 5y agoOK point taken. But predicting things 80 years into future is extremely difficult. It is by no means certain we will get there in under 80 years.