nuclear power issues

I know any poll here will be unscientific but might be a place to start Simple questions 1. Do you consider yourself a skeptic? 2. Do you support nuclear power? Of course anybody want to explain why your positions would be best as well. My position is that I do consider myself a skeptic. I...

I can see this from my house (more or less). It looks like another delay to this major infrastructure project: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36921785 In general I'm in favour of nuclear power forming a significant part of our electricity generation inventory. I'm torn about this because...

A little bit after 8PM I was listening to KOMO AM on the way to dinner here. The DJ brought up the fact that there have been two new nuclear licenses permitted in Georgia, and then took a call from an 'expert' who said that: 1) The reactor at TMI melted down (no, not even close) 2) Huge amounts...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-02/canada-may-escape-6-7-billion-bill-by-exiting-kyoto-protocol.html "Canada, the country furthest from meeting its commitment to cut carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, may save as much as $6.7 billion by exiting the global climate change agreement...

The anti-nuclear lobby has long flirted with fraud and con artistry. Virtually all of the big names in anti-nuclear advocacy (eg Helen Caldicott, David Suzuki, Gordon Edwards, etc...) have engaged in some mild form of fraud for profit. They have no education or experience in the field they talk...

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/303-211/5337-nuclear-nightmare ralph nader has a sobering view on thew matter of nuclear power. here are some facts you may not know about nuke power in the states. 1. Wall Street will not finance new nuclear plants without a 100% taxpayer loan...

Apparently Germany, in an astounding knee-jerk reaction, is going to shut down many of their nuclear reactors. I'm guessing they've done a rational analysis that they're in immediate danger of a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami. Regardless of whatever logic lead them to want to shut...

I've seen an online petition circulating about cutting the funding for American nuclear power stations because of the tragedy in Japan. I feel the fear is misplaced as the earthquake that caused the damage to the nuclear stations in danger of melting down was the 5th highest ever recorded and a...

Many people on this forum believe nuclear power to be safe, clean, efficient energy. If it is done right and built well, a nuclear power plant should stand well against what is thrown at it. Others believe there is no such thing as safe nuclear. Nuclear power plants are simply accidents...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12720219 How about keeping a track of the nuclear power plant proceedings here. I do have to wonder why the Japanese were not prepared for this when other countries have warned them about this and know how to build better precautionary measures...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/science/earth/13nuke.html?src=twrhp I knew going in that Obama was sympathetic to nuclear energy. Now we see that bearing fruit. Let's see if the GOP Congress will stall this for the benefit of their good friends, the coal barons.

With fossil fuels depleting and alternative energy projects mostly insufficient (I'll probably start a thread about that later) it looks like the way forward is nuclear. I suspect that the upcoming economies will not have the fears that live among the Western populations. Also China has...

Instead of helping defend the Southern Hemisphere against North Korean missile attack, would setting up a site for nuclear waste be a useful contribution to world security? I have just been reading some of the issues with storing waste in Europe here...

Barack Obama has stated that we must cut our carbon emissions 80% by 2050. The United (sic) Nations has stated that we must cut our carbon emissions 80% by 2050. National Geographic, the Sierra Club, Governor Schwarzenegger, and countless other governments, organizations, groups, and...

In another thread, when the subject of the Republican plan for the future came up someone recommended this web site: http://www.gop.gov/solutions A subpage to that site deals with the Republican plans for energy: http://www.gop.gov/solutions/energy Here are a few highlights and my comments...

What's the point of even having the NNPT if non-member states can be aided in their quest to proliferate while member states are constantly threatened with violence for exercising their rights under the treaty? We may as well rip it up and just have an all out free-for-all at this rate :mad...

'...One of the elements that contributed to the phased approach "was the realisation that if Iran were actually to launch a missile attack on Europe, it wouldn't be just one or two missiles or a handful," Gates told the hearing. Iran says its nuclear programme is aimed solely at peaceful energy...

Good news, everybody! From CNN: I'm glad Obama is finally putting pen to paper as far as advancing nuclear power goes.

Although this thread is prompted by the reaction (I was going to say fallout :)) to the recent rejection of the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme, and the kneejerk reaction of the government and the greens to refuse to even discuss nuclear power, it raises a wider issue. If you were in...

OK, so I used to be against nuclear power like anyone else, do to risk of radiation, a meltdown, the fact that there exist cleaner sources of energy, how reactors don't last long, storing of waste, etc. Then I started reading the "Nuclear power - I need to vent/rant" thread (when it was active)...

http://www.slate.com/id/2212792/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/budget.departments/index.html?iref=newssearch • It cuts funding for the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage program. Funding for the program "will be scaled back ... while the Administration devises a new...