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johnnyrvf says:
The latest Nuclear power stations are designed for a minimum life of 60 years and in the case of the new generation Thorium Reactors being designed in India, 100 years, what would be the levelized cost in cents of nuclear power if the length of the operating life cycle was taken into account?
Thorium reactors represent new reactor designs, new technology and the scrapping of our present nuclear power generation technology. There are billions of dollars counting on maintaining the status quo. At least India is ahead of the curve with sound energy policy. America's dinosaurs do not go easily.
However, for the sake of the human race, the dinosaurs must go. There will be a time when we may have to start considering launching the nuclear waste out into space and into the sun. That may be at a time when rocket ships are too expensive to get a brick off the planet. And the human race will only be able to look back in history at the legacy of those who put greasy money grubbing policy ahead of sound energy policy.