Utilities are poised to build a new generation of nuclear plants 30 years after the Three Mile Island accident, whose anniversary was Saturday, halted new reactor applications. The momentum is being driven by growing public acceptance of relatively clean nuclear energy to combat global warming. Full Story »
Posted by Mike LaBonte
This nicely organized story addresses only some of the issues that have held back nuclear power. But, for example, the word "waste" is absent. The claims regarding nuclear cost are dubious. There is evidence for many claims, but not for the dubious ones. The graphic shows the proposed sites and existing nuclear capability nicely.
Interesting look at the new push toward nuclear power generation, from the perspective of feasibility and possible (underestimated) costs of constructing 'new generation' nukes. The unmentioned elephants in this particular living room are the issues of obtaining nuclear fuels, and "managing" the waste.
A firm believer in Murphy's Law--if anything can go wrong, it will--I am alarmed at the zeal with which business and some government leaders turn to a technology with such great risks and costs--when there are simpler approaches to the issue. And the whole "go nuclear" cry begs the issue of conservation, sustainability, and cogeneration.
“The resurgence of nuclear energy is underway,” says Steve Kerekes of the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry trade group. Whether it will yield a ... More »
The story omits the downside stories regarding nuclear power, and so sounds like a sales pitch to the public by the nuclear power industry, lacking all credibility.
The half life of the waste is longer than the lifetimes of most civilizations. No safe waste scheme has yet been invented. Nobody would even touch a nuke plan unless the government insures the very significant risk. This is the privatizing profit and socializing risk that has led to the current economic disaster.
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