Nukes
Click here: The Safety in Loaning Nuclear Fuel - washingtonpost.com
The WashPost is the only newspaper I know of that has a special column on what the various tanks are up to,
Tanks? You're welcome.
Regarding nuclear power: It is an ongoing scandal that we --- here and in the more "modern" nations--- have been held hostage by the Greenies.
Nuclear power, when it first came to be, was said would be "too cheap to meter." That was silly. But costs have been run up by a series of often-mindless regulations, often regarding waste diisposal.
Recall:
The French do disposal best, by vitrefying the waste material and sinking it into deep wells. We put the waste in "slackwater pools and argue --- for 20 years now --- whether we can used Ucca Mountain as a repository.
Nuclear power is free of greenhouse gases and should be worshipped by environmentalists, not condemned by them.
The supply is near-inexhaustibe, be it from uranium, thorium --- whatever.
It is safe. Chernibyl was a primitive facility. In America we built one-of-a-kind plants, each one needing specialized personnel, manuals, reduindancy, etc.
The French stamp them out as if from a cookie press.
Allons en'fant
Monsieur Ben
The WashPost is the only newspaper I know of that has a special column on what the various tanks are up to,
Tanks? You're welcome.
Regarding nuclear power: It is an ongoing scandal that we --- here and in the more "modern" nations--- have been held hostage by the Greenies.
Nuclear power, when it first came to be, was said would be "too cheap to meter." That was silly. But costs have been run up by a series of often-mindless regulations, often regarding waste diisposal.
Recall:
The French do disposal best, by vitrefying the waste material and sinking it into deep wells. We put the waste in "slackwater pools and argue --- for 20 years now --- whether we can used Ucca Mountain as a repository.
Nuclear power is free of greenhouse gases and should be worshipped by environmentalists, not condemned by them.
The supply is near-inexhaustibe, be it from uranium, thorium --- whatever.
It is safe. Chernibyl was a primitive facility. In America we built one-of-a-kind plants, each one needing specialized personnel, manuals, reduindancy, etc.
The French stamp them out as if from a cookie press.
Allons en'fant
Monsieur Ben
posted by Ben Wattenberg at 7:45 AM
1 Comments:
If there is ever to be public acceptance of nuclear power, it will have to come as much from our culture as from think tanks and newspaper editorials. (France has achieved this.) As an energy professional, I know that almost no one in the United States outside of the electric power industry has a real "feel" for just how hard it is to produce large amounts of electricity, and what the real pros and cons are of the various generation options - fossil, nuclear, wind, etc. I have tried to combine the cultural aspects of the energy debate with my insider knowledge of nuclear power by writing a thriller novel called "Rad Decision". My book discusses the people, the politics and the technology of nuclear energy. Many of the points Mr. Wattenberg lays out above are portrayed. The book is available online at no cost to readers - and they seem to like it judging from their homepage comments. It has also been endorsed by Stewart Brand - a prominent "greenie" who has called for a second look at all our energy supplies.
I hope Mr. Wattenberg will be kind enough to allow this message to be posted - and perhaps a few interested folks might take a look.
RadDecision.blogspot.com
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