I've been given the impression that nuclear waste can be reprocessed in thorium reactors, which I assume includes spent Uranium? But I am (of course) not an expert on this. Everything I know about thorium reactors I learned from an article in "Cosmos" (I think it was).
On 23 March 2015 at 03:48, spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote: > I am saying that I don't know if uranium fission can be made safer, and > cheaper. I also think that part of the cost is waste management. I think > that natural gas, solar and wind (with Storage) may now be the past of > least resistance. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm > Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted > down > > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: >> >> We can yap about technology but it's all out of our hands. Nuclear >> fission has taken permanent hit because of its cost$. It's not safety that >> halted uranium, but money. In a darwinian fashion, natural gas has >> superseded uranium, from a cost-price ratio. Could fission or solar >> re-take the hill top any time soon? Will fusion ever be there? Don't know, >> and since I have no power to influence, don't care. >> >> >> That's because fossil fuels don't pay for the environmental damage they >> do >> > > The problem I have with this argument is that it assumes that either: > > a) there is some straightforward way of converting money into > environmental damage mitigation, or > b) that the disincentive introduced by making fossil fuels less lucrative > would lead to their replacement with cleaner technologies. > > >> and because the exaggerated fear of radiation drives up the cost of >> nuclear power. >> > > From my limited knowledge nuclear power seems to be the best shot at b). > I tend to agree with JCK that Fukushima can be taken as a reason to trust > nuclear power more: a perfect storm of natural disasters struck a nuclear > power plan based on old technology and still nobody died. But Chris claim > that the tragic effects may only be detectable in the long term also seems > reasonable. > > Telmo. > > >> >> Brent >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
