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Nuclear power: Wave of the past or future?
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| October 15, 2009
| Tom Slater
Posted on 10/16/2009 10:02:11 AM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
capable of generating 1,600 megawatts and powering 1.3 million homes twenty-four hours a dayTry doing that with alternative energy!
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:05:36 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Hear us, O Bama: Mmm, mmm, mmm.)
To: Willie Green
>>>>>The U.S. may soon get its first nuclear reactor in more than 30 years. Great news! Hopefully, the first in a new trend.
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:08:34 AM PDT
by
Reagan Man
("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
To: Willie Green
A big part of the near term (future). Do it!
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:12:59 AM PDT
by
veracious
To: Willie Green
Check this out:
http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.comFrom their website: "Hyperion Power Generation is commercializing the worlds first transportable nuclear power module in the quest for clean, non-polluting fail-safe, affordable and accessible power."
It's a single 6 feet tall mini-nuclear generator that is buried underground and can potentially provide electricity for 20,000 homes. Pretty cool.
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:13:13 AM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
To: Willie Green
If the US wants a future, we had better develop a workable energy policy. Nuclear is about the only alternative to living in the dark & shivering, especially if the Dims can push cap & tax through.
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:22:22 AM PDT
by
HangThemHigh
(Entropy's not what it used to be.)
To: Dr. Thorne
put one in the yard, sell power to all your neighbors!
great retirement buisness idea!
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:23:35 AM PDT
by
rahbert
To: Dr. Thorne
It's a single 6 feet tall mini-nuclear generator that is buried underground and can potentially provide electricity for 20,000 homes. Pretty cool.
I like the mini-nukes and think they should have a niche sometime in the distant future.
But priorities dictate focusing on getting the big plants going again. They've been dormant way too long, and the mini-nukes are a controversial distraction.
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:35:29 AM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Reagan Man
The French, yes, the French get 95% of their power from nukes. What is wrong with the LIBTARDS? Don’t they understand that if the French can do this safely, the U.S. of A. can do it “in spades”!
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:38:37 AM PDT
by
WellyP
To: Willie Green
why do I get the feeling that The China Syndrome is suddenly going to hit hot rotation on AMC?
To: Dr. Thorne
Taking their figure of $25 to $30 million for the module, 20,000 average homes and a 5 year life before refueling, the cost works out to around $250 per house per year. Not too bad.
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:47:20 AM PDT
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Myrddin
To: WellyP
Agreed! This all goes back to the leftist hysteria of Three Mile Island and the China Syndrome movie of the late 1970`s. Part of the envirowacko extremist movement and eventual WashDC lobby that killed the nuclear reactor business.
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:50:03 AM PDT
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Reagan Man
("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
To: Buckeye McFrog
why do I get the feeling that The China Syndrome is suddenly going to hit hot rotation on AMC?
And the Hildebeast will want publik skool kids to take potassium iodide along with their Ritalin.
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posted on
10/16/2009 10:52:19 AM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
I get my power from BGE (Baltimore Gas and Electric, not “Baltimore Power and Light” - geesh, doesn't anyone even try to do journalism anymore??). I view this very, very positively. This plant will generate nearly as much power as the two plants already on-site at Calvert Cliffs, and it will have one-fifth the physical footprint and will impact the surrounding land, water and natural resources much less than even the current plants. There is enough land at Calvert Cliffs to build several more of these.
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posted on
10/16/2009 11:00:33 AM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: sitetest
Cool! Thanks for the on-the-frontlines support!!!
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posted on
10/16/2009 11:04:40 AM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
The South Texas Project will beat Unistar, They have already started ground preparation for two ABWR’s right nest to the 2 4-loop PWR’s they already operate.
Our parent company Toshiba has sold them and STP has already had the first of the COL (Construction-Operating Liscense) hearings.
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posted on
10/16/2009 12:05:02 PM PDT
by
nuke rocketeer
(File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
To: Willie Green
Nuclear power is a vital part of our energy independence.
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posted on
10/16/2009 12:06:53 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: Myrddin
They say it only needs service every 7 - 10 years (replacing the fuel) and is constantly monitored remotely. If this works, it would be a great investment opportunity. However, they get their funding from a private capital firm. The fund where their investors put their money is closed. Darn.
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posted on
10/16/2009 12:06:56 PM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
To: WellyP
we have almost double the nuke plants than the French do - 102 vs 59.
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posted on
10/16/2009 12:12:20 PM PDT
by
nuke rocketeer
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To: sitetest
Calvert Cliffs is probably the prettiest nuke site in the world, equaled only by the Angra site in Brazil. I’ve worked at both along with about 20 other nukes in the US.
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10/16/2009 12:14:56 PM PDT
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nuke rocketeer
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