Nuclear Plants - Environmental issues/jobs controversy - Page 6

**trailmaster** · April 11th, 2016, 01:20 PM

I think nuclear power plants are not so popular as they once were. The problem is that they take more than 10 years to build, and the radioactive waste they produce has to be stored somewhere underground, and it will stay radioactive for thousands of years, and the number of places in the world to store this waste is running out. The solution would be to develop nuclear fusion. That unfortunately could be hundreds of years away.

axel_ess · April 11th, 2016, 05:43 PM

There are actually efficient reactors that can run on spent fuel.

http://news.discovery.com/tech/alter...uel-140620.htm

Hopefully these will get off the ground.

**9876543210** · April 12th, 2016, 12:05 AM

trailmaster,

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

I think nuclear power plants are not so popular as they once were. The problem is that they take more than 10 years to build, and the radioactive waste they produce has to be stored somewhere underground, and it will stay radioactive for thousands of years, and the number of places in the world to store this waste is running out. The solution would be to develop nuclear fusion. That unfortunately could be hundreds of years away.

Don't know how long you've lived in Illinois but I spent quite a few years there back in the 60's and 70's. If you remember back then, Com Ed really wanted to build a lot of nuke plants and kept telling people that nuclear energy would be, "too cheap to meter". Haven't heard anyone say that since back then.

Still remember that after all these years.

April 11th, 2016, 01:20 PM	#51
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,904 Thanks: 1,329,092 Thanked 707,278 Times in 60,078 Posts	I think nuclear power plants are not so popular as they once were. The problem is that they take more than 10 years to build, and the radioactive waste they produce has to be stored somewhere underground, and it will stay radioactive for thousands of years, and the number of places in the world to store this waste is running out. The solution would be to develop nuclear fusion. That unfortunately could be hundreds of years away.

April 11th, 2016, 05:43 PM	#52
axel_ess Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 64 Thanks: 17,045 Thanked 661 Times in 64 Posts	There are actually efficient reactors that can run on spent fuel. http://news.discovery.com/tech/alter...uel-140620.htm Hopefully these will get off the ground.