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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:16 PM Original message |
MIT Report: Storage for spent nuclear fuel more crucial than ever - may raise cost of new plants |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Keeping the rods near the reactor causes problems when... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No, they will not. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What stops the drivers near the trucks carrying rods... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Low level of activity combined with a high level of shielding. n/t |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Before picking a spot for spent fuel rods |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh Yeah? Guess the solar industry is going to have to deal with THEIR waste too, then. |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Big problem. Where is the money going to come from for either temporary or permanent storage? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. From the fund that was set up to pay for it. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Is that money held in escrow? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Not "escrow" so much as "governmental black hole" |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Isn't that the truth though ...? |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Look into those funds and you will find they are going to be woefully inadequate. (nt) |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not by the latest estimates |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "Owed" by whom? This is exactly my point. Guess who will end up paying. (nt) |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Owed by a government that (IIRC) was contractually obligated to take the fuel |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. yes, and Wall Street isn't into nukes, if we're lucky they'll start to go away soon nt |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. They will go away, but their legacy of spent fuel will not. (nt) |
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