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Thumbs the **** up on this one. Great news.
Those are called breeder reactors. They can use the waste as recycled material for fission once the reaction is started. They do produce relatively low amounts of "waste". The real problem is the end result of a breeder reactor is weapons grade plutonium.
The draft budget removes funding for the planned nuclear-waste storage facility in Nevada, which has been 20 years and more than $9 billion in the making. A Department of Energy spokeswoman told Bloomberg that President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu “have been emphatic that nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain is not an option, period.”
The US Navy has been operating nuclear reactors safely for 50 years. lots of them. The only real draw back is the waste, and you hit it right on the head.... old salt mines. They are geologically inactive for million year time periods, the perfect place to put the stuff.
Environmetalist will fight this and them cutting money to the dems could change Obama.
Environmetalist will fight this and them cutting money to the dems could change Obama.
Nuclear obstructionists are placed in Gitmo for ten years with their mouth taped, while we built 100 new nuke plants.What needs to be done is make the environmentalists that file law suits to stop the construction of these plants pay damages if the suits fail... that's what killed the nuclear industry last time.
Good job Barry, he finally is trying to do something right.
I don't think they'll fight it that much. Sure, some will be opposed...but a lot of environmentalists have actually come around to supporting nuclear power.
I say we gather all 10,000 of them together and give them a choice. They can either support more nuke plants, or they can sit in sweatshops riding bicycle powered generators. Very simple. :2razz:I think they already are showing themselves
Obama's call for nuclear power plants angers supporters - Green House - USATODAY.com
President Obama's call Wednesday, in his State of the Union Address, for a "new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants" was panned by some environmentalists and Democratic backers.
Move.org, a progressive advocacy group, asked 10,000 members to rate how they felt -- from awful to great -- during President Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday. They more most upset when he called for new nuclear power plants and offshore oil drilling.
It was considered the worst part of his 71-minute speech by 10,000 members of MoveOn, a non-profit progressive advoacy group that has raised millions of dollars for Democratic political candidates. They had signed up to evaluate the speech live and every few seconds would hit a button to reflect how they felt about it, ranging from "awful" to "great."
"The most definitive drop in enthusiasm is when President Obama talked about nuclear power and offshore drilling," says Ilyse Hogue, MoveOn's director of political advocacy. "They're looking for clean energy sources that prioritize wind and solar."
Greenpeace, an environmental group, was also disappointed.
I say we gather all 10,000 of them together and give them a choice. They can either support more nuke plants, or they can sit in sweatshops riding bicycle powered generators. Very simple. :2razz:
Nah, they get UHC from American doctors that support it.And live in a cave, without any benefits of our modern society for the 4 hours a day they aren't peddling those bikes.. works for me. :mrgreen:
Nah, they get UHC from American doctors that support it.
They get paid the same as a Chinese in a sweatshop.They're doomed.
Whenever the Good Reverend posts, it's always Top Notch and "High Level", as you were. :thumbs:
I'd much rather it invest in loans for nuclear power, than green cars and cap and trade. fact is most all of our power companies are government sanctioned monopolies.
I think most people would disagree. Saying we should dump nuclear waste on a major city because you don't agree with their political views just leads to trolling, and doesn't really help lead to intelligent discussion, no matter whether its being dumped on San Francisco or Orange County.
It's the dawn of a new era of bipartisan -- Americans working together to make things better in America.
Green cars aren't that bad, Rev. Save money on gas, spend it on your kids.
FYI -- last years breakthroughs on cold fusion -- they're now calling it low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), I predict are going to change the world. One battery powers your home -- for life. One battery powers your laptop -- for life. Pretty incredible stuff, IMO.
On the nuclear power plants -- I'm anticipating a blowback those who stand to lose money as more plants go up. Hopefully, pragmatic heads on both sides will prevail.
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FYI -- last years breakthroughs on cold fusion -- they're now calling it low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR)
One idea is not "new era".... and green cars are bad for the environment...
Tell me about batteries and how we have to dispose them,.
Any links to that?.... it's one of my many interests.
(this wouldn't be DR. Buzzard's work would it?)
Google LENR -- low energy nuclear reaction.
There was a story on 60 minutes a while back.