Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way

Re:Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way by pojzon on Friday July 05, 2019 @11:24AM (#20363220)

I can agree to "noone does that" but 100 000 years nuclear waste is not true.

ALMR reactors would use that waste to produce short half-live waste which radiation can even stop in the matter of hours...

Thats what Chinese invest into now and technology is 40 years old.

Technologically we are way past the "dirty&dengerous" nuclear reactors. ALMR also fixes issue of old nuclear reactors that could be shut down overtime.

People fear the second Chernobyl.. thats that why we dont invest into Nuclear Power that is our only chance in current age. There is no logic in that, only mass media, lobbing and disinformation going rampant..

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Re:Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way by suvsidhd on Friday July 05, 2019 @04:14PM (#20365488)

One reason would be that the ALMR uses liquid metal, and the onus is on the nuclear industry to convince us that liquid sodium isn’t a terrible idea.

‘S/sodium/whatever other metal you prefer/‘

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Re:Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way by pojzon on Saturday July 06, 2019 @11:19AM (#20370081)

I think multiple studies about the topic were enough to convince people in power, but screaming "CHERNOBYL" or "Nuclear Bombs" convinces an average voter way better..

It's a tragedy..

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