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![]() ![]() Section 6: International Subject: Climate Change Msg# 1178118
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I'm all for it. It's sad that there are mistaken beliefs about nuclear power, and that the government is not wholeheartedly supporting it.
Gee, we kind of stepped completely away from climate change, didn't we? Oops. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: YES Nuclear power advances have shown how spent nuclear fuel can be recycled, and reused to produce additional power. Also the death rates of other fuels are higher than for nuclear. Report titled: Fossil fuels are far deadlier than nuclear power Click Here Problem seems to be mistaken political beliefs, as well as the extremely long time frames in building & bringing nuclear power plants on line. After the construction approval in 2012, of Southern Company's new Georgia Power nuclear plant, they've just now in October 2022 begun loading nuclear fuel into the plant. Click Here This plant in the only such new nuclear power plant being built in the US, and this current phase of construction is expected to power about a Half-million homes. More units are being planned to be built at this site, doubling its future output. In the field of nuclear power, new designs are also being tested, for smaller modular nuclear units. These efforts are being constructed by several competing manufacturers. |