And reprocess nuclear waste like the French and Japanese too, IIRC.
And always has been. We have enough coal and gas to make us energy independent for a long time. Nuclear requires a tremendous amount of government involvement and financial backing.
That statement is perfectly true.
However, the root cause is that over-regulation by government is the reason for the expense.
Fuel is cheap, equipment is cheap, complying with gooberment regulations is the expensive part.
/johnny
The future of nuclear power is LENR.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/coldfusion/index?tab=articles
Tunneling Beneath the 4He Fragmentation Energy
J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 4 (2011) pages 241–255 ^ | February 2011 | K P Sinha
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2743039/posts
Posted on Friday, July 01, 2011 10:45:05 PM by Kevmo
J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci. 4 (2011) pages 241–255
A model for enhanced fusion reaction in a solid matrix of metal deuterides
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 10:14:09 PM · by Kevmo · 35 replies
International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2008 ^ | July 2008 | K P Sinha
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2732072/posts
Cold Fusion #1 Claims NASA Chief (Focardi & Rossi - not cold fusion but close enough)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2730240/posts
Sunday, June 05, 2011 11:56:09 AM · by Titus-Maximus · 52 replies
How to Prove that the Rossi/Focardi eCAT LENR is Real (or Fake)
LENR.QUMBO.com ^ | April 6, 2011 | Alan Fletcher
Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:52:15 PM by Kevmo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2730401/posts
How I Made Money from Cold Fusion
Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:28:49 PM · by Kevmo · 28 replies · 1,013+ views
Exclusive Article for Free Republic | 1/23/10 | Kevmo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2435697/posts
HOW TO SAVE OUR ECONOMY
Friday, December 31, 2010 1:57:41 AM · by Kevmo · 40 replies The American Reporter ^ | December 29, 2010 | Joe Shea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2649712/posts
Re-Analysis of the Marinov Light-Speed Anisotropy Experiment
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270920/posts
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http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0612/0612201v2.pdf ^ | Reginald T. Cahill
The Suppression of Inconvenient Facts in Physics
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266921/posts
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The End of Snide Remarks Against Cold Fusion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2265914/posts
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‘Cold Fusion’ Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212864/posts
Monday, March 23, 2009 12:42:14 PM · by FlameThrower · 35 replies · 1,586+ views
Science Daily ^ | Mar. 23, 2009 | American Chemical Society
The author seems to have little understanding of the efficiency of breeder reactor technology.
This writer is ignorant. The rest of the world has advanced their nuclear power industry through innovation and modernization (including creative reprocessing techniques).
France gets 80% of its power from nuclear.
Well this is very sad news to us all on the energy front ..... however .... I heard from the Obama Administration's "Energy Czar" that they are also looking into "Twinkle Stardust" as well as "Rainbow Energy" breakthroughs that are showing promise!
AND In addition, I am also told that if these do not pan out as energy replacements .... I am told by my infallible sources in the Obama Energy Department that they have, on stand by, the infallible and dynamic renewable resource of "Unicorn Farts" to help us through this crisis.
So, as far as I am concerned .... there is no reason to worry and. .. no cause for allarm ..... Hey .... we are all in good hands :-)
Ping ...
Yikes, I find myself disagreeing with Veronique de Rugy!!! This might be a first. She admits that the market for energy is hopelessly perverted in both the United States and France, yet makes the pronouncement that nucular (!) is a white elephant. Without a freer market, I’m not sure how one can make a statement like that. Not to mention, our lack of a new plant in the last 30+ years might skew things a bit for an apples to apples comparison.
Oh, and even if the French happen to actually get something partially right by accident, they are still “cheese-eating surrender monkeys”.
If I were the governor of a state I would fund a Liquid Thorium reactor and tell the feds to stay the hell out of my way.
If you want to generate a SHITLOAD! of cheap energy, then nuclear is the only way to go, along with hydroelectric power. The nimby and banana crowds need to STFU. We need to build more nuke plants, mine more uranium where we can find it, an reprocess our spent fuel to boost our efficiency, not to mention exploiting new technologies like thorium reactors, and nuclear fuel recycling plants. Commercial plants need to run their enrichment levels higher to go farther between refueling cycles, and wring every KW out of every split atom as the state of the art will allow.
LENR
Restarting the nuclear power generating industry is the only thing the Obama administration has done right in almost 4 years. There are many things about nuclear power that most don’t know. If you are more than 300 feet from a nuclear reaction, it won’t affect you. That is the length of the longest wave. For it to affect you, something else has to be introduced, such as radioactive atoms being Transported by wind or water toward you. Nuclear power is not that dangerous. If it were, ships would not have reactors on board.
Fighting the lawsuits and overregulation alone is probably 40% of the cost of nuke power.
| Item | Cost Element | Nuclear | Coal |
|
$/Mw-hr |
$/Mw-hr |
||
| 1 | Fuel | 5.0 | 11.0 |
| 2 | Operating & Maintenance - Labor & Materials | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Pensions, Insurance, Taxes | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 4 | Regulatory Fees | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| 5 | Property Taxes | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 6 | Capital | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Decommissioning & DOE waste costs | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Administrative / overheads | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Total | 30.0 | 29.1 |
Coal vs Nuke costs about the same per Mw-Hr. Link