Nuclear Power

[PhiPsiRuss]

I'm beginning to think that American society schould explore this again. The potential environmental damage from a nuclear accident seems to pale in comparison from the environmental damage that does occur from fosil fuels.

Any thoughts?

[James]

Sounds good.

ITs cheap relatively clean power.

[Rudey]

There was never a reason not to except for some hippies and then later on some anarchists who protested it.

-Rudey

[AGDee]

I get a discount on my electric bill because some of it is provided by a nuclear plant. It is a little creepy every year when you get the evacuation/emergency procedures in case of an accident. I'd like to see terrorists under control before we expand on this. The one by me seems like a perfect target since it sits on an international waterway of a very open border. I worry more about terror than accidents.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Overall, nuclear is cleaner energy. But the problem arises with the ultimate disposal of the high level radioactive waste. No one wants it (although we are shoving it down utah's throt) nor does anyone want it even passing through their state.
The general requirements for diposal of high level radioactive waste are: in a very dry area, well above the water table, and will be techtonically stable for 10,000 years. Few places met the reqs.
Another genius plan involves injection into polar ice caps. But should the earth continue melting at the current pace, well, yeah.
The third option is escaping my mind right now, and i'm too damn lazy to get up and look at my geoscience notes.


Basically, there is just no where to put the waste.

[Coramoor]

I wouldl like to see more use of nuclear energy. Fossil fuel isn't going to last forever, eventually we'll have to use alternate sources and nuclear energy is going to be that source.

[AlphaSigOU]

Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
Overall, nuclear is cleaner energy. But the problem arises with the ultimate disposal of the high level radioactive waste. No one wants it (although we are shoving it down utah's throt) nor does anyone want it even passing through their state.

Nevada, not Utah. The nuke waste dump is in Yucca Mountain, Nevada, at the Nevada Test Site.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
The third option is escaping my mind right now, and i'm too damn lazy to get up and look at my geoscience notes.

Sending the waste into the Sun?

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Nevada, not Utah. The nuke waste dump is in Yucca Mountain, Nevada, at the Nevada Test Site.

Oh yeah, thats it. I'm really going to piss off people from either state when I say thing, but I always confuse those two. Just like I always screw up diurnal and semi-diurnal tides. No idea why, there is just a mental block.

Third option:disposal in sediment in the deep ocean basin

Well, if nuclear power disposal doesnt seem feasible, what about hydrogen fuel?

For some reason I thought they had looked into this.

Hydrogen fuel

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by carol9a
Well, if nuclear power disposal doesnt seem feasible, what about hydrogen fuel?

For some reason I thought they had looked into this.

Hydrogen fuel

There's an old saying about hydrogen fuel. "Its the energy source of the future, and it always will be."