I am all for expanding energy production from nuclear power, and dramatically. I don't know what is the best waste storage solution, but storage in a volcanically active area near groundwater aquifers would seem to be problematic. Surely they can find a deep dry salt mine somewhere? Or is the response anywhere NIMBY?
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
I know this has turned into an argument about Yucca Mountain, but I listened to this podcast a few weeks ago and found it fascinating, although a bit salesy at points TBH. The new and emerging nuclear technology is very intriguing.
Jay Yu is the Founder and Executive Chairman of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc., a company focused on advanced portable microreactor technology. He has extensive experience in capital markets and corporate advisory services, helping companies with funding and business development.
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Seems like something with reprocessing and reducing the waste would have been common by now and a much larger percentage of our power would be 'clean'. Still has nasty waste even so. But I've been disappointed with our lack of will to go nuclear the last 40 years. Let's power our electric cars with 'clean coal' I guess. 🙁 And a stiff breeze.
It's picking up. We had to wait until Jane Fonda and The China Syndrome were mostly forgotten.
Interesting (slightly dated, about 6 years old) if rudimentary economic argument in favor of nuclear.
It's picking up. We had to wait until Jane Fonda and The China Syndrome were mostly forgotten.
Yes, environmentalists used to be 100% anti-nuclear, but with recent focus on lowering carbon emissions (where nuclear absolutely kills it), for some environmentalists (not Bernie, sadly) nuclear has moved way up the chain of desirable energy sources. Especially in the near term, as solar, wind, wave, geothermal, etc. are now definitely less robust sources overall (but tech for generation, battery storage, and distribution are all improving).
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
YM is way better than what we are doing now for storage. It’s pretty much ready to go. A hypothetical better place is years away.
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