Nuclear Power: Yay or Nay?
 

Well, I want to hear your opinions on Nuclear Power (Land Based). Is it a good idea because of it cleanliness and safety? Or does the waste disposal issue outweigh the benifits?

Im all for it.

We got a big debate going on here with the opposition saying they'll never go to nuclear power, n the govt lookin at the feasibility. Im all for it, i think that it is only a matter of time before fossil fuels are almost gone. I dont have any figures, but am of the opinion that it'll be within my kids' lifetime.

Im all for nuclear power because it gets us away from fossil fuels. But we must have the most strict regulations, management, and supervision of waste disposal. Not to mention powerplant operations. We don't want anymore long islands.

Theres only one problem with nuclear power. That problem being the banner that every American waves no matter where they live in the country, for this and many other issues or proposals:


"NIMBY"

nimby??

oh of course, not in my back yard.

sorry, not up with internet slang. or is it down?:hmm:

the cyclic nature of systems
 

of all the options that we have the chance to grossly mismanage

Nuclear power is the best option

assuming we are able to learn how not to mismanage whatever option
we choose.

MM

Nah, thats not internet slang. Real life term. Probably an old one though.

Yes, the civilisation demands more power, this is the only realistic way to produce it. The problem is, if a meltdown occurs, the results are fatal, as chernobyl has shown. Also, the waste disposal method is retarded. Do they really think barrieing the waste below the earth so you cant see it wont cause long term problems?

If it would be like, shot into space, that would rule.

I think that acronym actually predates the internet as we know it :know:

Of course, regarding waste disposal, we can always take a page from the Russians and fight fire with fire!

I thought they actually did this in practice but I can't find any other mention of it.

I wonder how cost effecitve it would be to just shoot the s**t into space. :lol: Not like we'll ever set aside our differences and explore it anyway.

very good idea, Noob and Ducimus, but there ARE drawbacks.

1. If the Rocket you use to launch it fails and crashes, you have a VERY bad problem.

2. That would require one heavy lifting rocket to launch the stuff, which is also pretty expensive.

Hey , you know.... dream a little dream ;)

Reality is we'll probably never switch to using more nuclear power, we wont be shooting any waste into space (let alone explore it), and we'll continue using fossil fuels tell the wells dry up. Resistance to change is human nature. Im a gross offender of that myself.

Fission is the only power until tokamak can do fusion properly.....and that's not going to be for sometime.

From what I understand, scientist are making steady progress in fusion (the topomak etc) and its predicted that by 2060 it will be effecient enough to compete with fossil fuel electric plants.

Those new generator IV reactors being researched sure look cool though. Seems like the one of the designs might one day be applicable to subs one day:hmm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor

Waste disposal by firing into space, huh?


Where's my Howitzer :hmm: