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Posted on 02/23/2006 1:38:50 PM PST by AmericanDave
Should the U.S. build nuclear power plants to decrease its reliance on foreign oil?
Poll vote now! http://www.capitalnews.org./
Not only yes, but HELL YES!!!!
I think France is HUGE in Nuclear power.... but where do they put their spent fuel?
Absolutemundo!
Is this a serious question !? Dammit, I want one of these slick new pebble-bed reactors in my basement powering my house. And a new carbon nanotube ultralight battery powered electric muscle car.
HELL yea. We got plenty enriched uranium.
Flouresecent bulbs to replace incandescent bulbs and RF Flouresecent Light fixtures to replace "old style flourescent fixtures. With 24% of electrical energy used for lighting this could create Jobs, Wealth and Reduce Pollution. All in Aisle 3 at Home Depot!!!!
They reprocess it to make more fuel.
When fuel is "spent", about 60% of the U235 is still in it.
Russia
go to www.ccrane.com they have led light bulbs..very expensive but will last 6 years if they are left on 24/7 and will only use $1.00 per year of electricity.
There ya go! I'll agree with that!
In a brilliant bit of engineering design I responded yesterday to an ethanol thread where the topic of energy to produce was raised.
The nuclear heated steam driving the generating turbines can be diverted into an ethanol distillation column to provide the energy required to boil off the ethanol.
This heat will be essentially free if charged to the electricity generation.
Abso-friggin-lutely!
How come we were allways told Yucca Mountain? If you can recycle it.
Now that's a poll question worth answering. And I did. 929 votes, 63% Yes, 37% No.
Question #2 is mine... http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20060221.html
Todd, from Gilroy, CA writes:
I am a big fan of nuclear power. Unfortunately, most folks remember Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Technology is much better now and nuclear would be a great way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Is it reasonable to expect an expansion of nuclear power in the US?
Samuel Bodman
You’re right and I think it’s very reasonable to expect an expansion of nuclear power in the United States and, frankly around the world.
Part of the challenge we face is how to meet the future demands for energy in a safe and environmentally friendly way. Nuclear power is clean, safe and has too many benefits for us not to change our thinking from the Three Mile Island mindset you referenced. As the president said in Milwaukee Monday, “We ought to start building nuclear power plants again.” France depends on nuclear power for most of its electricity; China has eight nuclear plants under construction and plans to build at least 40 more over the next two decades.
To encourage construction of new plants, the Administration has put forward several new initiatives including federal risk insurance for the first six new plants and a $1.1 billion partnership between government and industry – the Nuclear Power 2010 Initiative – to facilitate new plant orders. The point is that we can no longer wait to tap the resources that are available to us today if we are going to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.
Additionally, we have proposed a new initiative called the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership to encourage the expansion of nuclear power around the world while reducing the risk that nuclear technology and material will fall into the wrong hands. You can learn more about at www.gnep.energy.gov.
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