Nuclear power quietly confident in energy debate

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 10/7/05 | Jeremy Lovell - Reuters

[KC_for_Freedom]

Greenpeace told the European Parliament last week that far from being the answer, nuclear power should be phased out.

Yes but tell that to the people shivering in their houses, or dying of heat stroke in the summer in their houses. Green peace will not be listened to this time. It is time to have another nuclear power era.

[NormsRevenge]

It's good enough FoR China and FRance but not US.

Go figure.

[seastay]

We need to get every Green peace member a giant mouse wheel set up with a generator and let them spin the energy crises solution to their hearts delete.

[Siena Dreaming]

I think nothing can stop this.

I wish I knew which company to invest in.

[Siena Dreaming]

I think nothing can stop this.

I wish I knew which company to invest in.

[azcap]

If they'll pay the rent they are welcome to put a pebble-bed on my back 40. The GOP needs to gut it up and ram a massive expansion of nuclear power (tax incentives, environmental waivers, and tort limits) through congress. While they are writing the bill they should throw the same bones to oil refineries. It is time to stop talking about energy policies (done that for 30 years) and let the free market have it. The energy (electric and fuel) problems we have would be solved in a decade.

[clee1]

First, we have to neuter the communistic eco-wacko movement, and establish a permanent home for nuclear waste.

[clee1]

Any power company with current operating reactors is a good bet.

[Siena Dreaming]

Do you have any examples?

[samtheman]

The watermelons see economic growth as a setback to their beloved world socialism.

[Amish with an attitude]

Halliburton, seriously.

[CheyennePress]

"First, we have to neuter the communistic eco-wacko movement"

I say we take them in their sleep. They'll never know what hit them...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9615545/

;)

[clee1]

Sure.

Southern Company (GA Power, Entergy) - an excellent stock, which I own.

Consolidated Edison (NY)

Dominion Resources (Va)

Constellation Energy (Baltimore)

Duke Power and Progress Energy (the Carolinas)

There are dozens more. My personal favorite is Southern Company.

[clee1]

Nah... It's far more fun to pi$$ 'em off when they're awake! }:-)=

[Siena Dreaming]

Thanks. I like Halliburton.

[Siena Dreaming]

Thanks very much. Will look into these when I have time.

[clee1]

Anytime, FRiend.

[Cobra64]

The GOP needs to gut it up and ram a massive expansion of nuclear power (tax incentives, environmental waivers, and tort limits) through congress.

The "GOP" stands for "Gutless Old Pansies."

[103198]

May I suggest that we don't need to establish a permanent home for nuclear waste (I'm assuming you mean used fuel) now. A number of sites are storing used fuel in casks on concrete pads within plant security boundaries. Once the high specific activity fission product radioisotopes have decayed, the heat generation and radioactivity of the fuel rods are such that they can be air cooled and have reasonable shielding. This keeps the fuel assemblies protected, no transportation is required, and they can be saved for the best option, reprocessing.

If we reprocess our used fuel assemblies and create logical and obtainable breeder and fuel cycle pathways, nuclear fission plants can supply use with a very long, safe, and economical method of creating energy. The waste produced from used fuel recycling would be of significantly less volume and allow better utilization of Uranium, Plutonium, and maybe Thorium resources.