Could the US Phase Out Nuclear Power?

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 8, 2011 @06:07AM from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-mutants dept.

mdsolar writes "In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, [German Chancellor] Merkel announced that her country would close all of its 17 existing reactors by 2022. Other nations, including Japan, Italy, and Switzerland, have announced plans to pare back nuclear power, but none have gone as far as Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy. Merkel vows to replace nuclear power with alternatives that do not increase greenhouse gases or shackle the economic growth. Could the US do the same? An increasing number of reports suggest it is not beyond the realm of possibility, and Germany could provide a road map."

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Re:FUD article by eln · 2011-06-08 06:21 · Score: 5, Funny

all the extra land required to build these alternatives.
No worries, nothing bad has ever happened because Germany decided they needed more land.
Probably by Phanatic1a · 2011-06-08 06:45 · Score: 3, Funny

We could also, if we wished, eradicate widespread vaccination and the refrigeration of food.
Re:FUD article by Qzukk · 2011-06-08 06:49 · Score: 4, Funny

Das vooooosssshhhhh!

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