Russia Unveils Detailed Plans To Build 21 New Nuclear Power Units By 2030

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6. You don't understand...

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You don't understand the science. If you reprocess / recycle the waste; then it is NOT long-lived.

See my post below and the interview with nuclear physicist Dr. Charles Till. Dr. Till tells you what the lifetime of the waste is if you recycle; and it is NOT "thousands of years".

Again; you are stuck in this "It's going to last a long time" FALLACY.

100% WRONG on the lifetime of the plants. ALL nuclear power plants are designed to last MULTIPLE decades.

Evidently you don't understand that is not such a difficult thing to do. The reactor "innards" i.e. the core is replaced at regular intervals.

The only other "wear" item is neutron embrittlement of the reactor vessel. However, this was an anticipated potential problem that has not panned out as a real problem in practice. Measurements on power reactor vessels show that neutron embrittlement is actually MUCH, MUCH LESS than had been anticipated, and hence the reactor vessels WILL last for DECADES.

Evidently you don't understand that just because we don't have reactors that are 60 years old; that doesn't mean that we don't know what they are going to be like in 60 years. As stated above, our measurements show that the reactors age more GRACEFULLY than had been anticipated.

The good thing about science is that it is true, whether or not you believe in it.
--Neil deGrasse Tyson

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