“Chu? I nominated him 'cause I thought his name was Che!”
Posted on 01/31/2010 5:45:34 AM PST by listenhillary
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today his department's long-awaited commission to address nuclear waste.
After the administration last year halted plans to store waste at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada, President Obama directed Chu to appoint the commission to explore alternative policy options.
"The restart of the nuclear industry is a key part of our response to climate change," Chu told reporters in a conference call today. He added that the commission, which will produce an interim report within 18 months and a final report within 2 years, would "look at a full range of technical and policy options" and be "focused on solutions, not ideology."
But Chu didn't elaborate on what kinds of options -- such as another large, Yucca-style repository or smaller storage units around the country -- are on the table as alternatives.
Certainly, Yucca Mountain is not an option anymore. Obama's energy and climate czar, Carol Browner, who was also on the call, was relatively quiet until a question was asked about the waste facility. "As the president has said many times, we're done with Yucca and we need to be about looking for alternatives," Browner said forcefully. When asked why the administration has taken Yucca out of consideration, Browner said it was the president's choice and they were carrying out his decision.
http://energytopic.nationaljournal.com/2010/01/chu-announces-nuclear-waste-co.php
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This is an obvious ploy. They’ll say they are pushing this to try to screw us with climate change legislation, then once we are screwed the actual building of new nuke plants will turn out to be just too, too complex and expensive.
The lefty kooks stopped the industry in its tracks and now they figured out we should have been building it up all along? Riiiight
2 years before they produce a report. Just a report.
These morons couldn’t find their ass with both hands. It wouldn’t surprise me that their commission(after spending millions) will recommend that the waste be put at the Yucca project. Any bets?
Liberals will always use the NIMBY phrase everytime there is a controversial project. Can’t wait till the plan is to move the waste to Texas.
.....They’ll say they are pushing this to try to screw us with climate change legislation.....
Read this Forbes article and you will learn that there is malice aforethought. The guys in the White house have big personal stakes in the biggest Nuclear power provider in the country. They are reducing the costs to fill their own pockets
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2438337/posts
I understand France has been able to recycle most of their waste and what remains is small.
Breeder reactors should be an integral part of the plan to deal with waste. Although I doubt it will be on the radar of this commission. With the rest of the world building nuclear plants, uranium prices will surely increase.
All smoke and mirrors. So what in the name of Sam Hell has Chu been doing since getting his new cushy seat at DOE?
if sen reid goes, yucca could get back online where it is the best site.
True, but you still have a small amount of residue that must be managed (isolated and left to decay). That means a repository of some kind will be necessary no matter what you do. Actinide recycle is a necessity but there is a limit to how much can can recycle. At some point, you have to throw something away.
By taking Yucca Mountain out of the options, Obama has set up this "Commission" to fail. That is the purpose. We need to understand what the political purpose of "Blue Ribbon Commissions" is. It isn't to solve an engineering or scientific problem. They serve two functions. The first is delay. They'll issue a "report"in two years that will be nothing but vaporware. Kick the can down the road another 30 years and let "someone else" deal with it. Second, they give political cover. It's a "see we're doing something. We have all these GREAT MINDS working on the problem." Never mind that the "problem" has already been solved (YM)).
Yucca from start to finish was a bad idea and an enormous waste of money
[Certainly, Yucca Mountain is not an option anymore. ]
Give it a year, Harry Reid is toast and there really isn’t an alternative.
[Breeder reactors should be an integral part of the plan to deal with waste.]
True, but you still need a Yucca Mountain type facility.
Exactly. bttt
A New Vision for Nuclear Waste
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2246770/posts?page=39#39
There Is No Such Thing as Nuclear Waste
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2246770/posts?page=42#42
Russia to build the world’s first floating nuclear power plant(mini-nuke station for arctic area)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483878/posts
First floating nuclear power plant to come into service in 2011
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904822/posts
If it was used the money wouldnt have been wasted
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