Nuclear energy. It's guaranteed to start an argument. Even two Met fans will throw the tail end of a hot dog at one another. But who, except for the boffins actually knows much about the different types of reactors and what the cost is for decommissioning and storage of the spent fuel?
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| Present sites in the US. |
In 1987, Congress chose Yucca Mountain, a 230 sq mile site in Nevada. Near to $12 billion was spent in developing this geologically sound facility in order to safely store spent fuel permanently, or to have it used in some future fusion reactor when nuclear energy can be produced without the downside of radiation. In the meantime, the US Energy Dept under Obama's administration has canceled the funding for the Yucca Mountain facility.
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"Hey...let's cancel this sensible storage place...anyway, you won't get
Barak going into no dark tunnel" |
As most folk will be aware, Obama likes to meddle in things he knows squit about, but will quite happily throw 500 million tax dollars away on his pet projects; eg a solar company that was about to go bust. But I digress...
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| Spent Fuel. |
So...for more information about one company in the nuclear industry, just click on the above link.
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