Comments on: Why Is Nuclear Power So Expensive? http://www.delmarvadealings.com/2008/07/20/why-is-nuclear-power-so-expensive/ Political Dealings In and Around the Delmarva Peninsula Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ken http://www.delmarvadealings.com/2008/07/20/why-is-nuclear-power-so-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-4589 Ken Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:28:30 +0000 http://www.delmarvadealings.com/?p=2455#comment-4589 We seriously need to stream line the process of getting nuclear powerplants up and running. The AP1000 is not your grand dad's reactor. There are also a lot of designs that could allow for quick deployment of reactors, like the IRIS project that projects medium sized reactors that are far safer and most components can be manufactured off site and simply installed, due out by 2015. The Japanese are able to get full scale reactors up and running under budget and ahead of schedule. We will eventually be using French and Japanese technology and Areva will be reprocessing all our spent fuel. The Japanese and French have both been experimenting with Molten Salt reactors, invented at ORNL and sold back to us from over seas. This is our fault, not the liberals or the conservatives. It is time to blame the people in the mirror rather than stupidly blaming "the other side." Don't be too confused, but I am far left of center, and rabidly pro-nuclear. This isn't inconsistent, I think you need to expand your thinking a bit. We seriously need to stream line the process of getting nuclear powerplants up and running. The AP1000 is not your grand dad’s reactor. There are also a lot of designs that could allow for quick deployment of reactors, like the IRIS project that projects medium sized reactors that are far safer and most components can be manufactured off site and simply installed, due out by 2015. The Japanese are able to get full scale reactors up and running under budget and ahead of schedule. We will eventually be using French and Japanese technology and Areva will be reprocessing all our spent fuel. The Japanese and French have both been experimenting with Molten Salt reactors, invented at ORNL and sold back to us from over seas. This is our fault, not the liberals or the conservatives. It is time to blame the people in the mirror rather than stupidly blaming “the other side.”

Don’t be too confused, but I am far left of center, and rabidly pro-nuclear. This isn’t inconsistent, I think you need to expand your thinking a bit.

]]> By: David http://www.delmarvadealings.com/2008/07/20/why-is-nuclear-power-so-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-4588 David Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:19:30 +0000 http://www.delmarvadealings.com/?p=2455#comment-4588 The sad truth is that safe nuclear power is the cheapest and most dependable form of energy without the excess red tape. The sad truth is that safe nuclear power is the cheapest and most dependable form of energy without the excess red tape.

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