Catious, Nuclear will save us all
The U.S. MUST go nuclear if there is a desire to save human lives. There may be desire to check if those places with a low water table have a population that can adapt to life underwater but I don’t agree with a population of mermaids (they will eat all the tuna which is my favorite sushi, mmmm maguro). There are a few places that use nuclear safely like France and Japan. If the U.S. can’t do it, ask their allies for help.
The enormous obstacles facing nuclear power are the same as they were in 1996, when the nation’s last new nuclear plant opened near the Watts Bar reservoir in Tennessee after 22 years of construction and $7 billion in costs.
…The Department of Energy projects a 45 percent growth in electricity demand by 2030, meaning 35 to 50 new nuclear plants will be needed by then just to maintain nuclear’s share of the energy market, said Scott Peterson of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the industry’s chief lobbyist.That growing demand, not global warming, “has been the single biggest factor in companies looking at building large nuclear plants again,” Peterson said.
…Peterson said the industry has proven it can safely store its waste, and will be able to do so until Yucca Mountain is open. Nuclear plants also have elaborate security, including heavily armed guards trained to deal with various attack scenarios, including multiple truck bombings and suicide attack by wide bodied airplane, similar to the Sept. 11 attacks, Peterson said.
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