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Topic	With all the talk about renewable energy, I don't know why nuclear is ignored.
SomeUsername529 04/20/21 8:48:05 AM #5:	rjsilverthorn posted... There has been a lot of research into various new types of nuclear, but it isn't as PR sexy as things like solar so it doesn't tend to hit main stream news as much. https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/analysis-fy2020-spending-bill-points-nuclear-resurgence https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/11-reasons-why-doe-all-new-nuclear The biggest issue with nuclear, aside from all the historical baggage, is the waste problem. We already have decades of nuclear waste that nobody wants in their backyard and every time we have a plan for long term storage the government gets sued to stop it. Modern nuclear reactor designs can run specifically on the waste from older reactor designs. It would just require building brand new nuclear facilities and that doesn't really happen. <cite>SomeUsername529 posted [p:953029891] in With all t... [t:79415229]...</cite> <quote>rjsilverthorn posted... </cite> <quote>There has been a lot of research into various new types of nuclear, but it isn't as PR sexy as things like solar so it doesn't tend to hit main stream news as much. https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/analysis-fy2020-spending-bill-points-nuclear-resurgence https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/11-reasons-why-doe-all-new-nuclear The biggest issue with nuclear, aside from all the historical baggage, is the waste problem. We already have decades of nuclear waste that nobody wants in their backyard and every time we have a plan for long term storage the government gets sued to stop it.</quote> Modern nuclear reactor designs can run specifically on the waste from older reactor designs. It would just require building brand new nuclear facilities and that doesn't really happen. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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