On Monday 11 March 2019 01:56:40 Greg Bernard wrote: > 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". ;) > Yes, thats huge. and I am far from convinced we have that now.
> 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 Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
