Time to Get Serious About Nuclear Power

[JMAC]

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From OZY op-ed:

https://www.ozy.com/opinion/time-to-...%2012:01:48%29



"While the U.S. remains lukewarm about nuclear power, shutting down plants as much as it is opening new ones, the developing world is rapidly adding capacity. Ten new plants came online in 2016, nine of them in the developing world, supporting the largest addition of nuclear power since 1990."

"This year, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Slovakia, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates will turn on new reactors. The International Atomic Energy Agency suggests nuclear production could grow 60 percent by 2030, powered by growth in Asia and the Middle East."

"But deaths from the only two deadly nuclear power accidents, Chernobyl and Fukushima, suggest that global nuclear power generation kills perhaps one person per trillion kilowatt hours of generated electricity. That compares to roughly 100,000 deaths per trillion kilowatt hours from the air pollution caused by coal-fired plants. Power generation from fossil energy, including coal, causes 54,000 U.S. deaths each year alone."





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[gadawg]

I'm all onboard with Nuclear power as long as we are sure we have a plan to deal with the massive amount of waste that would be generated if say 50% of our power came from Nuclear reactors. I'm not convinced we have a great plan with the small number of reactors we currently have and some of the smaller countries simply have no suitable place to store the waste for 1000's of years. Doesn't mean it won't happen though and we may screw up the planet way worse than we already have ... also not sure its a good idea for countries that are on top of major fault lines to build these things ... just my 2c

George

[JemHadar]

Didn’t you hear....Nuclear Fusion is only 30 years away.




All kidding aside...I wonder if I’ll see it in my lifetime.

[GSOphile]

IMHO nuclear today is primarily constrained by politics and an over-burdensome regulatory environment. According to a retired Westinghouse nuclear engineering friend, the reason France has been so successful with nuclear is that they standardized around two old plant designs years ago, making operations (including safety procedures) and personnel interchangeability far simpler and more effective than most countries' one-off, more expensive designs.

[Cohibaman]

Good comments!

[Puma Cat]

If the US government had not come in and shut down Nikola Tesla's "broadcast power" project at Wyndcliffe and taken all his inventions, tech, and secrets and spirited them away into the bowels of the US Government, we would have had unlimited power from the Earth's core of electrical energy (what do you think generates the Earth's magnetic fields?) that would be completely free. JP Morgan was also instrumental in shutting Tesla down as he wanted to profit from charging for AC power and did not support Tesla's goal and dream of providing unlimited free power for everyone for the betterment of society.

[Mikado463]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

If the US government had not come in and shut down Nikola Tesla's "broadcast power" project at Wyndcliffe and taken all his inventions, tech, and secrets and spirited them away into the bowels of the US Government, we would have had unlimited power from the Earth's core of electrical energy (what do you think generates the Earth's magnetic fields?) that would be completely free. JP Morgan was also instrumental in shutting Tesla down as he wanted to profit from charging for AC power and did not support Tesla's goal and dream of providing unlimited free power for everyone for the betterment of society.

Nothing is completely 'free', generation of power is but one component. 'Ya gotta get it from point A to B ! Perhaps at a cost more in line with our neighbors to the North ?

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by Mikado463

Nothing is completely 'free', generation of power is but one component. 'Ya gotta get it from point A to B ! Perhaps at a cost more in line with our neighbors to the North ?

That's just it, Tesla's invention was for broadcast power, no power lines needed. IIRC, made use of the poorly understood principle of "counter space".

Here's a video that explains it. Admittedly Ken's "style" can rub some folks the wrong way, but he understands this topic and Tesla's work in-depth better than most everyone else who creates content about it, and his information is 100% correct and accurate. http://https://youtu.be/qz4MN1WPXI8