[thackney]

I am in favor of more nuclear power.

But unless it is combined with more uranium mining, processing and reprocessing in the US, it still keeps us dependent on other nations for power. Most of our civilian uranium is from foreign sources.

[JeanLM]

Right on! 80% of our current nuclear fuel comes from outside the US. Bump up the number of reactors and that number goes higher, and our technology for concemtrating uranium 235 to make fuel is antiquated. Iran has better refining tools than we do.

Also getting permits for these things is still a serious problem which is compounded if you downsize them and therefore have more to permit. It would only take a small group of green protestors to halt this advance in its tracks.

Need a national program of R&D to develop both the generating tools and the fuel enrichment processes. I confess that I don’t see this government doing anything but thwarting the process as they”ve already done.

[Wurlitzer]

thackney, the TWR (traveling wave reactor) Bill Gates is involved with uses mainly WASTE or spent fuel from our current reactors. Only a small starter charge of enriched uranium is required.

We have an abundance of spent fuel to use in this reactor if it can be made operational given all the roadblocks that will be set in place by the anti-American, anti-nuke crowd.