[Sacajaweau]

Nuclear power is safe....Tell that to the Russians...and the folks in Hiroshima.

[Obadiah]

Somehow, someway Environazis will make it their mission in life to prevent this from ever coming to market. And Liberals everywhere will be offended and blame Conservatives for any advancement in this area. Bank on it.

[DuncanWaring]

Oooonly Threeee Thousand Yeeeears! Thaaaat’s not sustainabllllle!

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[techcor]

Interesting. Very interesting. Thorium is another good source for fuel.

[BuffaloJack]

A buddy took delivery of a Rossi-Focardi Nickel-Hydrogen fusion reactor a few weeks ago. He paid $4K for it and so far is satisfied. Why isn’t fusion being considered as a cheap energy source by this article?

[MetaThought]

I don’t know. There’s been a huge increase in thyroid abnormalities in children in Fukushima (the area around the plant). Things may not be as sunny as the Japanese gov chooses to portray it. http://thyroid.about.com/b/2012/08/06/fukushimas-children-facing-high-rate-of-thyroid-irregularities.htm

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Brings new meaning to the sign some scientists put on their door “Gone fission.”

[GreyFriar]

nuke power ping

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

It’s only safe for grown ups.

[jonno]

bump

[Captain Beyond]

bflr

[Flag_This]

" New nuclear fuel source would power human race until 5000AD"

5,000 A.D.? It will take that long just to get the permits to build a new reactor.

[HangnJudge]

Original Reference from Oak Ridge National Labs

http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120821-00

[factoryrat]

Reactors operating in the US are 30-40 year old designs. That and we haven’t reprocessed spent fuel rods for close to 40 years. In the mean time other countries have surpassed us in nuclear plant design, with improved efficiencies, safety, and cycle life. We have even let our military outpace our commercial reactors with their technology, and most of the people operating commercial plants are former Navy trained personnel.

If you want to get serious about nuclear power, lift the spent fuel reprocessing ban, develop a standard reprocessing progam, and license the building and use of a standardized proven reactor design. The US is 30 years behind the rest of the world in terms of nuclear power generation, it’s time to catch up.

[factoryrat]

Reactors operating in the US are 30-40 year old designs. That and we haven’t reprocessed spent fuel rods for close to 40 years. In the mean time other countries have surpassed us in nuclear plant design, with improved efficiencies, safety, and cycle life. We have even let our military outpace our commercial reactors with their technology, and most of the people operating commercial plants are former Navy trained personnel.

If you want to get serious about nuclear power, lift the spent fuel reprocessing ban, develop a standard reprocessing progam, and license the building and use of a standardized proven reactor design. The US is 30 years behind the rest of the world in terms of nuclear power generation, it’s time to catch up.

[aruanan]

At the moment people don't use nuclear power much (the UK's small and aged nuclear fleet can barely generate four times as much power as its wind farms, showing just how little energy we're talking about here: just 8 per cent of our national energy needs are derived from nuclear right now). As a result there's no scarcity of uranium, and indeed nobody has bothered exploring for more of it for decades.

Leave it to the Brits to ignore the French who get 75% of their electricity from nuclear power.

[aruanan]

And even if you think nuclear bombs are OK, the fearmongers have always added that there just isn't enough uranium about to keep the lights on for long.

Get rid of the ban on reprocessing of spent fuel rods and recover over 90% of the uranium that went into them. Use fast breeder reactors and make lots and lots of fuel. Between all these and thorium reactors, we can cover all electrical needs for longer than the human race has been around and doing anything more technical than using fire-hardened sticks for hunting.