I thought that TerraPower was interesting because they offer an option for using the depleted uranium.
On Saturday, April 2, 2016, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Take a look at thorium reactors. Much less bad waste, no chance of > meltdown. The only reason our nuclear energy infrastructure is uranium > based is that it spun off of nuclear weapon development. Thorium is more > abundant too. Just needs to be developed. > > *From:* Jason McKemie > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Saturday, April 02, 2016 12:43 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one? > > This company is interesting: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> And why are you thinking the waste needs to be encapsulated? >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis >> >> Just reprocess it. And really it is not that dangerous. A tanker of >> chlorine or ammonia is much more dangerous. >> >> >> *From:* Stefan Englhardt <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> *Sent:* Friday, April 01, 2016 6:56 PM >> *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one? >> >> Nuclear is very expensive. If you calculate the cost of moving and >> reencapsulating the waste for some thousand years. Your ancestors will >> learn that no energy company will exist long enough to take responsibility >> for the waste they generated. This will be done by the tax payer. >> >> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- >> Von: Josh Luthman <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> >> Datum: 01.04.2016 22:18 (GMT+01:00) >> An: [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one? >> >> >
