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One of the autors of this study was chairwoman of the NRC during the Obama Administration and has criticized the Yucca Mountain solution in favour of storing wa
by petre 4y ago
One of the autors of this study was chairwoman of the NRC during the Obama Administration and has criticized the Yucca Mountain solution in favour of storing waste on site.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Macfarlane https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Macfarlane
The authors if this study are chemists, geologists and mineralogists. Two of the three companies who's reactors were investigated already published rebutals, claiming the authors used incorrect inputs for the study.
- ncmncm 4y agoIt is all moot, because waste or no waste, no new nuke can ever produce commercially competitive power. Even just operating an existing, paid-for nuke, neglecting disaster-insurance subsidy they all get and decommissioning cost along with capital cost, is becoming uncompetitive. Drawn-out discussion of consequences of things we will not do in any case is a waste of time.