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Environment & Energy

walkingman

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3. There is lots of room for R&D in the energy sector and hopefully these issues can be resolved

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Sat Sep 21, 2019, 01:32 PM

Sep 2019

as part of the effort to rid ourselves of fossil fuels. We definitely need another Manhattan Project.

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Why not nuclear power? [View all] question everything Sep 2019 OP

The biggest problem with it is that it creates a lot of nuclear waste sandensea Sep 2019 #1

Most "nuclear waste" is potential fuel for coming generations of Molten Salt Fast Reactors MSFR's). Bearware Sep 2019 #9

Your words to God's ear sandensea Sep 2019 #10

LOL!!!111 jpak Sep 2019 #31

Nuclear + climate change a bigger mess n/t Lulu KC Sep 2019 #2

There is lots of room for R&D in the energy sector and hopefully these issues can be resolved walkingman Sep 2019 #3

Thorium reactors could be the answer - Th is much more abundant The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #4

Perhaps this is something that the next administration can tackle question everything Sep 2019 #7

Economics - they have gotten very expensive, so expensive that even ones progree Sep 2019 #5

It can be a mistake to assume current costs to make something apply directly to disruptive tech Bearware Sep 2019 #11

So why hasn't any nuclear-capable country built any? progree Sep 2019 #12

I suspect there are a number of advanced prototype molten reactors being built or in operation Bearware Sep 2019 #15

Problems with nuclear plants? Finishline42 Sep 2019 #17

Problems with other energy plants Bearware Sep 2019 #21

Wind and solar have a overwhelming advantage Finishline42 Sep 2019 #28

You do know of utility scale batteries - don't you? jpak Sep 2019 #32

How many GigaWatt-Days or Hours of power are utility scale batteries up to? Bearware Sep 2019 #34

The "reusable rocket" of nuclear power would be molten metal nuclear fuels, not molten salts. hunter Sep 2019 #19

I would bet on some form(s) of more primitive molten salt "reusable rockets" before MMNF's Bearware Sep 2019 #22

I'm rarely patient enough for youtube videos... hunter Sep 2019 #23

Thanks for finding the Powerpoint Bearware Sep 2019 #29

The chemistry seems the more difficult aspect of this design. hunter Sep 2019 #33

Why the massive cooling is needed progree Sep 2019 #13

Sorry, you are correct I poorly stated the reasons for massive containment buildings. Bearware Sep 2019 #16

How long will nuclear power take ? John ONeill Aug 2021 #35

There's no safe storage of nuclear waste. nt in2herbs Sep 2019 #6

There's no safe storage of fossil fuel waste. hunter Sep 2019 #8

My objection applies to nuclear power or any other low-carbon source The_jackalope Sep 2019 #14

The only way to quit fossil fuels is to quit fossil fuels. hunter Sep 2019 #20

Newer reactors could produce fuels from the air or water Bearware Sep 2019 #25

Just in: another cost increase for Hinkley Point C in the U.K., now 8,370 $/KW progree Sep 2019 #18

Economic arguments are silly. hunter Sep 2019 #24

True. But unfortunately the deciders have so far decided differently -- look at all the nuke plants progree Sep 2019 #27

Nuclear power must be subjected to the same moral critiques as human-induced climate change -- RockRaven Sep 2019 #26

Newer safer design molten salt fast reactors can burn up existing and future "nuclear waste". Bearware Sep 2019 #30