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NowsTheTime

(687 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2024, 12:15 PM Mar 27

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Lots of little nuclear reactors...Thoughts?

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/27/texas-small-nuclear-reactors-power/

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Lots of little nuclear reactors...Thoughts? (Original Post) NowsTheTime Mar 27 OP

My first thought: unblock Mar 27 #1

My reaction: Lots of targets for those who shoot at electric grid stations NowsTheTime Mar 27 #2

Still leaves the question of what to do with the waste... Think. Again. Mar 27 #3

All the years we have tried, we still store nuclear waste at the plants.. NowsTheTime Mar 27 #4

Yeah, no matter where we put it, it's dangerous... Think. Again. Mar 27 #5

We have lots of nuclear powered subs and ships, so small is already here. As to the waste material, SWBTATTReg Mar 27 #6

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1. My first thought:

Reply to NowsTheTime (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 12:18 PM

Mar 27

https://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Fusion

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NowsTheTime

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2. My reaction: Lots of targets for those who shoot at electric grid stations

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 12:21 PM

Mar 27

Think. Again.

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3. Still leaves the question of what to do with the waste...

Reply to NowsTheTime (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 12:28 PM

Mar 27

...but that waste is still less of an immediate danger than the CO2 we're emitting.

NowsTheTime

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4. All the years we have tried, we still store nuclear waste at the plants..

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 12:34 PM

Mar 27

Think. Again.

(8,141 posts)

5. Yeah, no matter where we put it, it's dangerous...

Reply to NowsTheTime (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 01:17 PM

Mar 27

...I've read a little bit about re-using it to squeeze out more of the radioactivity or something but there just doesn't seem to be enough interest in figuring all that out.

SWBTATTReg

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6. We have lots of nuclear powered subs and ships, so small is already here. As to the waste material,

Reply to NowsTheTime (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 01:45 PM

Mar 27

that's always been an issue in storage/dispersal of waste products.

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