US licenses first nuclear reactors since 1978

[adampecush]

And for those that bring up the safety concerns of nukes (and I should likely cut and paste this rather than go from memory) all of the plants that were built back in the old days are no where as safe as modern nuke plant designs.

And the same arguement should be made about oil pipelines (many of the existing ones were build in the 50s and 60s, and new technology and processes are leaps and bounds ahead of back then), but the everyday person cannot seem to grasp that concept as the media conveniently hides it.

[PNWbrit]

every US city over 500,000 should have one.

Population of Tehran = 8.5 million.

When are we blowing their one up?

[Big Snowballs]

Bullshit Baffles Brains !!!
That's what the industry loves about people who think something so dangerous can be safe. IT's NOT ! NEVER WILL BE !

[Alaskan Rover]

I must hope that the plans that were newly okayed took into consideration protecting the plant from seizemic activity in light of Japan's nuclear disaster. Granted, the plant in Japan and the proposed plants in Georgia are of entirely different design, but the plant in Japan was thought to be very safe BEFORE that quake.

I would like to see more research money invested in fusion research...we've got to step that up!!! They are making some excellent advances in fusion technology, but are working on "fairly" small budgets given the research that must yet be completed. The past "Cold Fusion" fiasco gave fusion research a black eye in the view of some of the public, unfortunately.

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[Big Snowballs]

I would like to see more research money invested in fusion research...we've got to step that up!!! They are making some excellent advances in fusion technology, but are working on "fairly" small budgets given the research that must yet be completed. The past "Cold Fusion" fiasco gave fusion research a black eye in the view of some of the public, unfortunately.

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That would be awesome but "Cold Fusion" if possible is a huge threat to the Oil and Power Plant Industry. Can't see them giving up their Monopolies.

[Chainsaw_Willie]

I don't think anyone's working very seriously on cold fusion. The big projects I've read about involve figuring out how to initiate and sustain a stable fusion reaction. It takes a lot of energy input to start the reaction, but if it can be managed and maintained you'll end up getting a lot more out than was initially put in.

[Downbound Train]

Bullshit Baffles Brains !!!
That's what the industry loves about people who think something so dangerous can be safe. IT's NOT ! NEVER WILL BE !

Right. How many people were killed at 3 mile island? How many people got cancer and died?

More people have died falling off windmills and solar panels.

[timnormandin]

Where does the waste go, I forget.

[PNWbrit]

These things are going to be even more awesomer when we get some deregulationz and only market forces containz the radioactivity.

Small government!

[Big Snowballs]

Right. How many people were killed at 3 mile island? How many people got cancer and died?

More people have died falling off windmills and solar panels.

Really? Falling off solar panels...that's Enviro-Nazi funny stuff !

Riddle me this;
How many people have to vacate their homes PERMANENTLY, because of windmills and solar panel contamination ?

[BmillsSkier]

@timnormandin
In Superman 3 I think they sent it into space to kill an asteroid. I think the plan is similar to that.

[up an down]

That would be awesome but "Cold Fusion" if possible is a huge threat to the Oil and Power Plant Industry. Can't see them giving up their Monopolies.

cold fusion won't happen.. read a physics book

[Big Snowballs]

cold fusion won't happen.. read a physics book

Have you ?

let me guess you were able to interpret my stating "if possible" as my absolute belief it can happen ?

[Downbound Train]

Really? Falling off solar panels...that's Enviro-Nazi funny stuff !

Riddle me this;
How many people have to vacate their homes PERMANENTLY, because of windmills and solar panel contamination ?

Turns out, the "worst case" sitcho at 3 mile island wasn't very dangerous at all.

Faaaaarrrrrrr more people have been killed at railroad crossings by coal loaded trains.

Don't be a chicken little.

[Downbound Train]

Where does the waste go, I forget.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_M...ste_repository

.... However, under the Obama Administration[2] funding for development of Yucca Mountain waste site was terminated effective with the 2011 federal budget passed by Congress on April 14, 2011. The US GAO stating that the closure was for policy not technical or safety reasons.

[Downbound Train]

Really? Falling off solar panels...that's Enviro-Nazi funny stuff !

Riddle me this;
How many people have to vacate their homes PERMANENTLY, because of windmills and solar panel contamination ?

How many people have been forced from their homes PERMANENTLY by reservoirs of hydro electric power dams?

How many people have drown in those reservoirs?

EVIL HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER!!!!!!

[Big Snowballs]

How many people have drown in those reservoirs?

EVIL HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER!!!!!!

OK, good point. You won that one.

[Downbound Train]

OK, good point. You won that one.

Huhhh? Really???

[Chugachjed]

A direct hit from a solar x flare could knock out our entire power grid giving us only as much time as the diesel generators have fuel. The generators are the back up cooling systems and when they run out meltdown begins average time in fuel at US nuclear plants <24 hours.

[Chugachjed]

I'm of the opinion that there is a nuclear reaction happening right now 93,000,000 miles away and there should never be one closer.

[The AD]

The generators are the back up cooling systems and when they run out meltdown begins average time in fuel at US nuclear plants <24 hours.

True for older designs. Modern designs use a gravity driven backup cooling system. It's a passive system that doesn't require an external power source.

[toast2266]

I'm of the opinion that there is a nuclear reaction happening right now 93,000,000 miles away and there should never be one closer.

You might need to move; naturally occurring nuclear reactions happen on this planet.

[Downbound Train]

You might need to move; naturally occurring nuclear reactions happen on this planet.

Tru Dat

Just ask Mrs. DBT

[Big Snowballs]

Huhhh? Really???

Kinda yes.
You made think of Brazil and China's major Hydro Electric Dams and the eco-human cost.
Generating Electricity on a huge scale always has some consequences.

[moose pit]

Kinda yes.
You made think of Brazil and China's major Hydro Electric Dams and the eco-human cost.
Generating Electricity on a huge scale always has some consequences.

You can hit closer to home than that - Alcan's hydro project in the interior... give them a weeks notice (for the water level to be above the village) and as the water rises and they walk away burn the villages to the ground. Granted they were only indians.

Fukinsheman's big failure was that it was so safe almost all of the safety standards and procedures (regarding major accidents) were neglected and/or ignored to the point that they really didn't have a functional response plan (kinda like not needing life boats on a certain unsinkable ship). That coupled with their primary emergency command post being located withing the primary exposure area created a massive fuck up.

New nuke is the only practical solution for "green" energy.

- what's gonna happen when all them solar panels cause the sun to go super nova, and why is nobody bringing this issue up? Come on DBT you gots some friend in that hillbilly religious nut job party that could speak to this.