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What do you think about nuclear power plants?
What do you think about nuclear power plants?
What do you think about nuclear power plants?
I'm a right leaning American, no. If their meltdown wasn't such a huge threat the environment and spent fuel rods did not need to be put in radiation proof containers and buried deep in the ground I would support it nuclear power. I am sure if a coal plant, natural gas plant, trash to energy plant or some other similar type of plant exploded it can be cleaned up and another one can be built.If a nuclear power plant had a meltdown then we can kiss that area goodbye for a long time.
Build more of them. Lots more. Nuclear power is a key component of weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels. Mainly because unlike wind and solar, nuclear plants can be placed anywhere without losing efficiency.
And while nuclear fuels aren't unlimited, we have a much larger supply of them than we do fossil fuels. And since the cost of generating nuclear power is less dependent on the price of fuel than fossil fuels, costs to generate electricity with nuclear will rise less as fuel becomes more expensive.
What do you think about nuclear power plants?
So do you want to become more dependent on foreign sources for our energy needs??
How do you feel about transporting nuclear fuel/waste across the country?
How do you feel about the long term support of mothballed nuclear facilities?? How do you feel about the lack of long term storage/disposal of nuclear waste??
Technically, we don't have to do everything we do with spent nuclear fuel rods. We should be recycling them, as most everyone else in the nuclear power ran world does instead of being stupidly paranoid and waiting to get rid of them. It is an absolute and unnecessary waste.
And there are plenty of things that could cause issues for us if precautions are not taken. Even coal plants can cause massive widespread pollution if accidents happen. What happens is a dam breaks? Nuclear power has a lot of safety precautions.
What is the worst kind of power plant disaster? Hint: It's not nuclear.
I'm a right leaning American, no. If their meltdown wasn't such a huge threat the environment and spent fuel rods did not need to be put in radiation proof containers and buried deep in the ground I would support it nuclear power. I am sure if a coal plant, natural gas plant, trash to energy plant or some other similar type of plant exploded it can be cleaned up and another one can be built.If a nuclear power plant had a meltdown then we can kiss that area goodbye for a long time.
Not only that, but replace the ones that are getting old.Absolutely, build more of them.