You sound like one of 30 candidates in a crowded primary race. On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) deals with all these problems: > It produces minimal and relatively benign waste products, can "burn" and > obtain energy from other nuclear waste, has a fail-safe system to preclude > any runaway reaction, and uses a primary fuel source (Thorium) that is > plentiful and not capable of being diverted to nefarious use. > > Let's get moving on this technology now that we have the economy working > properly again! > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Randy > Bennell via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 12:04 PM > To: G Mann via Mercedes > Cc: Randy Bennell > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Electrics and Hybrids > > A couple of thoughts: > > 1. we need to find a way to make the waste material usable so that it > keeps on producing instead of looking for a place to hide it. If it > remains dangerous, one would think there is some way to harvest more > energy from it. > > 2. regulation is not a bad thing - when they go bad it causes a whole > lot of grief - Chernobyl etc. > > RB > > On 05/06/2018 1:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > Great question. > > > > I live downwind of the last Nuke plant certified in USA [I think] Palo > > Verde Nuke plant west of Phoenix, AZ. The hoops required to keep it > > running are often discussed at the steak house [with cold beer] about 2 > > miles from the site, by engineers that work there. "I'm from the > government > > and we're not happy until you're not happy." seems to fit quite nicely. > It > > is a "regulation rich environment" at the plant. > > > > After several decades of nuke plant operation in USA, we have reached a > > problem with no solution. Nuke plants produce waste nuke material, with a > > handy 1/2 life of several thousand years, and..... we have no place to > > "dispose of it". The nuke disposal sites are now loaded to max... > > Sooooooooooo... > > > > Where? > > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I am curious. Are nuclear power plants really a bad idea or did we just > >> screw it up with government regulation? > >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
