How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment

Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by M_Grey on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:16AM (#12725188)

It depends... pebble beds were supposed to be the future, then it turned out the fuel spheres were unworkable in a number of ways.

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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by subtenante on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:20AM (#12725225)

There are other designs. Molten salts for instances, still promising.

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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by M_Grey on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:29AM (#12725293)

Sure, or a lead-bismuth eutectic, but there are always more issues to be solved, and the maintenance costs and risks are through the roof.

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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by subtenante on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:50AM (#12725460)

Sure, it does not cost much to say that. Cost and risks are a relative thing, and 'through the roof' is subjective. You have to compare with the other possibilities. No energy is clean. With PV, the cost of treatment of wastes (silicon tetrachoride for instance[1]) and the risks associated with their pollution if not treated are also a problem, especially if we want to make PV substantially more used than it is now in proportion.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03...

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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by M_Grey on Monday October 17, 2016 @02:23PM (#12727732)

Comparing the nature of industrial waste such as that produced in the production of PV panels, and nuclear waste which is a security, environmental, and political nightmare is unfair and a bit dishonest.

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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by subtenante on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:39AM (#12732572)

I'm glad I encountered a honesty oracle!

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