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The Nuclear Power Renaissance

Posted by samzenpus on from the fire-breathing-lizards-soon-to-follow dept.

Actual Reality writes "It is ironic to me that much of the same sentiment that thwarted the nuclear power industry back in the 80's is partially responsible for reviving it. Nuclear power is very clean compared to any power source that burns fuel. The US has missed several advancements in nuclear technology. We can only hope that environmental concerns will not again stifle our progress."

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  1. Nuclear power is not clean... by dtjohnson · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nuclear power is very clean compared to any power source that burns fuel.

    Nuclear power is definitely not 'clean.' 'Nuclear Power' means nuclear
    fission which produces all sorts of 'dirty' extremely toxic fission
    byproducts
    such as radioactive isotopes of cobalt, cesium, strontium, tin,
    iodine, etc. which persist in the environment and require enormous
    expenditures of money just to contain so that they don't contaminate
    the air, water, and soil that we use.