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Thread #110754 Message #2326625
Posted By: Rapparee
26-Apr-08 - 09:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Chernobyl Anniversary NO NUKES!
Subject: RE: BS: Chernobyl Anniversary NO NUKES!
And it was all of those, Ebbie. And there are much better designs now.
But...
fission power should be the last resort. Use other types that are available first: wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, even coal. In the meantime, restart R&D into fusion as it can use the fission waste products to produce energy while rendering the radioactive waste into non-radioactive waste.
We're looking for a non-existent magic pill. It's not there and we'd better get used to the idea that the time has come to pay, and I mean PAY, the piper.