racer254 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 (edited) When are we going to start using Nuclear again? Just watched a Documentary about 3 mile island. None of the predictions came true. There isn't an over abundance of cancer in the population, many of the people that worked there are still alive. Years have passed and the children never developed growth defects. All the activists around that era were wrong. Why is the American public so worried about this type of cheap energy production? Jimmy Carter said back in the 50's he was exposed to 1 min 29 seconds on radiation helping decommission a nuclear reactor. That guy is 97 years OLD. Ironic. Edited May 5, 2022 by racer254 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 it is the real solution to independence from oil and coal. make so many that electricity is cheap and houses can move to it as a heat source and every home can have at least 1 EV. i can't imagine how much i would be heating electric right now, i'd guess close to 1500/mo vs 500 in nat gas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 37 minutes ago, racer254 said: When are we going to start using Nuclear again? Just watched a Documentary about 3 mile island. None of the predictions came true. There isn't an over abundance of cancer in the population, many of the people that worked there are still alive. Years have passed and the children never developed growth defects. All the activists around that era were wrong. Why is the American public so worried about this type of cheap energy production? Jimmy Carter said back in the 50's he was exposed to 1 min 29 seconds on radiation helping decommission a nuclear reactor. That guy is 97 years OLD. Ironic. Because they've been brainwashed to be because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 3 mile island and Chernobyl. It's proven daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. The media can spin up anything that is sent to them from their funded sources and the ignorant will gobble it up as fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Just for shits and grins have you looked into how fucked up 3MI was built/run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 diesel and home oil almost 7.00 a gallon here. wait till that hits the dinner table, and the already inflated electric bill. people won't want to plug in a lamp, let alone a car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 The problem no one seems to bring up when it comes to Three Mile island and Chernobyl is the fundamental flaw in the fuel. Our Nuclear fuel is based off of our nuclear weapons program which means we are using overly refined and much more dangerous fuels. If we have a fundamental shift in how we approach Nuclear it could easily shift the US towards energy independence. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p51mstg Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Gen IV can use the fuel we already have. Some estimates say that we have enough "spent" fuel from existing reactors to power country-wide Gen IV nukes for 100 years. Gen III and IV shut themselves down if power is lost, meaning they won't melt down if there's a problem feeding power to the plant itself. New plants also can be built smaller and on the same property as existing Gen II plants, thus not necessary to transport spent fuel from one facility over the road to another facility. I think attitudes are changing. The Russian situation has made it very clear to European countries that their fossil fuel reliance is tenuous at best. Prior to this year, attitudes were already changing in the U.S. and I think things are moving in the right direction. Boris Johnson recently announced that he wanted to build one new nuke plant every year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICG Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 It certainly would be at our interests to Federalize the nuclear reactors, and let The Department of the NAVY, run them in the same manor as they operate their boats... Atomic boats are used with out incident. Next, time to start designing the next generation of power plants. France has a very interesting nuclear power program . . . We're going to need more electricity to charge the yuppies Porsche and Range Rovers . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 I've posted this before...worth while if you haven't seen it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted May 5, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 5, 2022 I remember when seabrook ( nh ) station opened a lot of people I knew from mass Asked me if I was concerned about living in a state with a nuclear reactor. I said no, If I was concerned I would be more concerned with Rowe MAss and Vernon VT. Both are a lot closer to me. They looked at me in amazement as they had never heard of either one and didnt know they existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, steve from amherst said: I remember when seabrook ( nh ) station opened a lot of people I knew from mass Asked me if I was concerned about living in a state with a nuclear reactor. I said no, If I was concerned I would be more concerned with Rowe MAss and Vernon VT. Both are a lot closer to me. They looked at me in amazement as they had never heard of either one and didnt know they existed. Hampton Beach will be selling glowing fried dough and hot dogs for the next 10,000 years if that thing lets go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Build tons of tiny nuke plants, especially near the coasts. Pump in sea water to cool them. Capture the steam. Run the remaining water through Reverse Osmosis. Pump the brine at high velocity at mid level depths so it quickly dilutes (rather than current brine deposits which are low velocity and settle on the sea floor) This solves all our energy problems and goes a long way towards solving the west's water problems. Everyone can run their AC at 65F and drive an electric Hummer. Everybody wins. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 I think we should move away from water towards thorium salt reactors. the pressure vessel or in the case of Chernobyl the lack of one is one of the main problems with nuclear energy. I would say that both three mile island and Fukashima were both pressure vessel/water problems. Nuclear safety needs to be more passive and that would be easier to do without water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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