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In reply to the discussion: Russia Unveils Detailed Plans To Build 21 New Nuclear Power Units By 2030 [View all]PamW
(1,825 posts)I note here that intaglio wasn't able to specify the radioisotope that was responsible for all the intractable problems.
As I said; I take that to mean it was ALL a BIG FABRICATION.
There's no technical problem that forces the UK to wait.
The nuclear weapons facilities can be dismantled any time the UK government makes up its mind to do so; and provides the funding.
As I showed, some of the longest running nuclear power plants in the USA; like Big Rock Point; have been shutdown, completely dismantled, and their components disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. That leaves only a big empty patch of dirt; as one can see by going to the Wikipedia entry for Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant, and using the coordinates link in the upper right corner, one can click on through to Google Earth or Bing Aerial and see what is present day just an empty patch of ground:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rock_Point_Nuclear_Power_Plant
In the present day aerial view, one can still see the stone breakwater that was near the condenser coolant inlet / outlet that is also visible in the picture of the plant while it was operating available at the Wikipedia website.
Nuclear power plants HAVE been shutdown / dismantled / carted away
You can see with your own eyes the COUNTEREXAMPLE to all the uninformed, and hysterical hews and cries of the anti-nukes that an old nuclear power reactor is "too radioactive" to deal with or handle; or that robots will be "burnt out" by the radiation.
If you can't do anything with the power plant because it is "too radioactive", then WHAT HAPPENED to Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant?
Did ALIENS with more advanced technology use their "disintegrator beams" on it?
Did someone use MAGIC to say "Abra Cadabra - presto chango - no nuclear power plant".
The anti-nukes tell us NOTHING can be DONE.
But there is the evidence before your eyes; a picture of a site that once contained a nuclear power plant; and now our satellite images can show us what we recognize to be the same site with NOTHING THERE.
How does one explain that?
It's EASY to explain. Kelvin above states that he doesn't like it when someone says someone is LYING.
However, facts are facts. If someone says that a nuclear power plant can't be dismantled because it's "too radioactive" to handle and that robots will be fried by radiation in an hour; then they are LYING.
Simple as that.
The anti-nukes just love to peddle a SELF-SERVING LIE that the dismantlement is an INSURMOUNTABLE and UNSOLVED problem; and therefore one should oppose nuclear power. The EVIDENCE clearly shows that is just a SELF-SERVING LIE
The best thing about science is that it is true, whether or not you believe in it.
--Neil deGrasse Tyson
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