Thanks once again, Jon. I've slowly been coming to the same conclusion, though lacking the detailed knowledge as you. The part that concerns me the most however is your caveat of being "run by a competent organization". ;)
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 7:31 PM Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > On 03/10/2019 04:16 PM, Greg Bernard wrote: > > Interesting stuff, Jon. Didn't know about the ongoing cleanup at Three > Mile > > but it doesn't surprise me. Now I'm going to put you on the spot. Given > our > > current need for carbon-free energy, do you see nuclear as a viable > option? > > > > > Yes! If a properly designed and built nuclear plant is run > by a competent organization, I think they make a lot of > sense. The French have been using nuclear power almost > exclusively for 40 years, and their plants are WAY more > modern than ours. They use a lot of gas-cooled reactors, > which solve a WHOLE bunch of potential problems (loss of > coolant and corrosion, mostly) and those have been doing > just fine for years. > > We ought to rethink nuclear, and start using the newest > technology. While it is not totally clean or risk-free, it > is a lot cleaner than coal (which ALSO releases > radioactivity into the atmosphere). > > Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." -Kenneth Boulding, economist Corporations are NOT people and money is NOT speech! _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
