Nuclear Power: A source of clean energy

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Nuclear Power: A source of clean energy
« on: January 09, 2012, 02:32:15 PM »
Nuclear power produces no carbon emissions.Different environmentalists have different views, but most of the top scientists, including 3 Nobel prize winners, encourage investment in clean energy.

Whats more, the emerging Bangladesh with its billions of people who all want fridge-freezers and TVs, will need huge amounts of energy to supply them with. This can not be accommodated by fossil fuels for its costs and environment hazards.

The biggest issue today is waste disposal and storage. This problem is exacerbated by the one-pass fuel cycle used by the US. If we utilized a multi-pass fuel cycle, waste, and the danger level of that waste, would be drastically reduced. We also need to consider standardization of nuclear plant design (a task underway with the DOE) to reduce the cost of bringing a new power plant into service.

I believe that a well-operated and maintained nuclear energy program can mitigate the risks associated with nuclear power and provide significant benefits.