Skull Pilot
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I have to agree with him on that point. We should get more of our Power from Nuclear Power. The fact is we have not built any new Reactors in over 30 Years. The scary thing is that New Technology means much safer Plants, yet instead of Building New ones, were are continuing to rely on old Technology at our Existing Plants.
For example, the New Designs would not even be having the problems the ones in Japan are having. Why? Well because the ones in Japan are 40 Year old Designs, and their Back up Emergency Cooling systems still rely on human Input, and power to operate.
The Design of New Plants have self Sufficient emergency cooling systems built into them. Systems that operate on Natural Laws of Physics, and do not require Human Input or Electricity to operate. Had the 6 Plants in Japan, been these newer Designs, we likely would not be having an issue at them at all.
The Plain Truth is that no other form of Power, Not Solar, not wind, NOTHING will fill our Needs like Nuclear can.
There are new reactor designs that require no cooling apparatus at all as they are designed to be self limiting. In fact many of these new reactors have no moving parts at all and and do not require millions of gallons of water to operate.
Small reactors are designed to be encased in concrete and buried under ground and can each power up to 20,000 households for up to 20 years before refueling. Some can be designed as plug and play so as to be retrofitted into existing coal or natural gas fired plants.
The possibilities are endless, the price is significantly less, they are more secure and safe. So why aren't we looking at these mini nukes?