Should we consider the option of installing new nuclear power plants?
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In these times where it seems war has been declared on fossil fuels and cleaner alternatives are being sought, should we perhaps re-evaluate nuclear power plants as a viable alternative?
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War and their disastrous consequences, together with the accidents that occurred in Chernobyl and Fukushima, have spread fear of this type of technology.
But according to experts in the field, nuclear technology is constantly evolving, improving the safety of facilities and the management of radioactive waste.
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Contrary to the existing nuclear power plants, the so called 4th generation are not based on improving the previous ones to make them more reliable, but are based on a different concept.
To begin with, they are being designed to make the most of the fuels used and thus minimize the amount of waste generated, even proposing designs capable of obtaining energy from the waste that we already have stored.
Given the enormous construction cost of the current ones, it is also intended that these designs have a lower cost, both in their construction and in their commissioning, and in the cost of subsequent maintenance.
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Personally, I have a lot of respect for them and would prefer other types of energy generation, but, seeing the panel's forecasts for climate change, I don't know if we will have time for many experiments.
In addition, with the rate at which society is progressing, more and more energy is required and nuclear plants can work day and night in periods of 18 months for more than 40 years.
And since the generation of energy by fusion of hydrogen atoms is still far from being a reality, sooner or later we will have to face this decision.
We will have to trust the wisdom of our rulers, which is scarier than nuclear power.
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Nuclear power has this downside to other means of energy harvesting, that the waste cannot be stored securely. It takes millenias to become non-hazardous.
So you put it in the ground, for certain someone will pick it up. So even coal is safer, when taking more things into consideration.
One thing is, Finland has the most expensive building in the world. A nuclear plant built for over a decade, and it cannot be started due the poor construction.
More of them are planned, even next to an uranium mine, which polluted waterways in a 200km radius. So taking out the fuel is not risk-free either.
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Not to be ignore, I have full respect for you nuclear energy but I think most of the time the side effect is always neglected which should not be
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That gave me some laughter hehehe... but it's true that many are inept and don't know how to handle certain situations, now regarding that idea, it seems to me a bit dangerous given the background, but being the only option, we just have to have faith in it.
At least in my country it is not just a question of ineptitude, it is also shamelessness, ignorance and thievery.
But it is clear that the only thing that democracy guarantees you is that you will never have a better government than you deserve.