Also, Free Republic says: msn.com material must be excerpted and linked.
We have so much natural gas here in NYS...and they insist that it should all be shut down. The latest is that it’s making people sick...Well...mom lived till 90...all the neighbors made it until at least their 80s...AND we had lead pipes, too.
This makes the upcoming 2024 election very important.
I’ve never understood why the enviro extremists and the liberals oppose nuclear power.
Nuclear power plants produce zero greenhouse gases. They profess to be worried about the greenhouse gases. Yet a technology which produces zero of that pollution is rejected.
>This is good news, but we need a hell of a lot more of them in the world, especially right here in the Good Ole USA!
Exactly. Completely apart from all the green agenda BS, there’s a steady and growing demand everywhere for consistent electricity.
Taking the lefties at their word (haha): if EVs were really a goal, they would clamor for tons of cheap steady electricity so as to effect the transition.
Because they *don’t* and instead insist on highly variable sources, we know they’re not serious about ‘transitioning’ to EVs but really only want personal transportation shut down.
commission a few more (read dozens) of these and electric cars might make sense for a few people.
Meanwhile China is planning to build 150 over the next 15 years.
There are two new reactors waiting to be fired up and certified.
Cost, according to Wiki - about $15 billion each, adjusted for inflation.
The first two units, which have been operating since 1989, cost about $9 billion each, adjusted for inflation.
Cost over runs are HUGE because USA regulatory agencies constantly require re-designs and tear downs during construction.
“A reactor achieves criticality when the nuclear fission reaction becomes self-sustaining,”
Well, if it’s achieved fission, this is big news indeed....
The Bellfonte nuclear power plant that was under construction in Alabama was abandoned after 4 billion spent. The two unused cooling towers landmark the area. TVA customers likley paying for this with each power bill with no benefit in return.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte_Nuclear_Plant
Others have suffered the same fate:
List of cancelled nuclear reactors in the United States:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cancelled_nuclear_reactors_in_the_United_States