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US Nuclear Power Industry Poised For a Comeback
ThousandStars sends us to The Wall Street Journal for a report that momentum for nuclear energy is waxing in the US. "For the first time in decades, popular opinion is on the industry's side. A majority of Americans thinks nuclear power, which emits virtually no carbon dioxide, is a safe and effective way to battle climate change, according to recent polls. At the same time, legislators are showing renewed interest in nuclear as they hunt for ways to slash greenhouse-gas emissions. The industry is seizing this chance to move out of the shadow of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl and show that it has solved the three big problems that have long dogged it: cost, safety and waste."
It's pronounced "nucular".
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Adamantium is hard.
And speaking of which, why did they name an element after a 1980's singer? Or being geeks (who probably post on Slashdot), did they just misspell the name of a 1960's cartoon character?
That is all.
I believe my .sig has somehow become relevant... I noticed this behavior a while back. It's a very strange feeling when you post something so insightful or thought-provoking that someone on the other side has to go back and downmod two-week-old posts in an attack on your karma.