In the long term, we don't have any experience in building a storage facility that will remain secure for the duration of the decay of the isotopes.
If we burned the waste from light water reactors in a Liquid Thorium Fluoride Reactor the resulting waste would only be dangerous for about 300 years. See energyfromthorium.com
A good long term solution is to burn the waste as fuel. A Liquid Thorium Fluoride Reactor will do that, and produce waste that's dangerous for far less time. See energyfromthorium.com
Thus these cars will quickly stop following the most efficient routes and going the fastest speed that is safe but will end up following routes that take them away from schools, parks, politicians' houses, and whatever whim they want.
Oh, it'll be better that that. When the local governments need more money they'll privatize the routing rules and sell sponsored routes. Think automatic routing past the WalMart, even if it adds five minutes to your trip...
Considering they're designed to run completely sealed and most likely buried I'd say that's unlikely. Also, consider that the reactor in Japan is a far less safe design and that did NOT happen, even after a 9.0 quake and tsunami.
The current accepted model for radiation exposure is the "linear no-threshold" model, which states that there is no minimum safe dose of radiation. This is plainly not true, but it has led to the knee jerk beliefs of, "I expect those operators at the plant will likely die before their time due to cancer or even worse." The counter to LNT is radiation hormesis, which is unfortunately in the news today because Ann Coulter wrote a column about it. While I personally think Coulter is human trash, radiation hormesis is still a concept worthy of study.
I expect those operators at the plant will likely die before their time due to cancer or even worse
My grandfather was a nuclear chemist at Oak Ridge National Labratory from 1948 to 1976. During that time he often worked with various highly radioactive materials including uranium and plutonium. He died at the ripe old age of 97 from heart failure.
Radiation exposure does not necessarily mean slow death. In fact we have no scientific, verifiable knowledge of what low level radiation exposure does to us.
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Everyone has thorium, and lots of it.
...is consigning themselves to the trash heap of history. Full Stop.
That is, by definition, impossible. If you choose the sources and influences, they will be biased. There is no such thing as an unbiased choice.
...duh.
And as a corollary... ...so?
You know one of my pet peeves? Fucktards like you throwing around baseless accusations of ad hominem.
FUCK.
TARDS.
Ah, another kindred spirit. Glad to know there's another LFTR groupie on slashdot. My grandfather worked on the MSR experiment at ORNL.
Why don't we just fund the development of the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor?
energyfromthorium.com
I'd say the apple attitude is, "spend more money if you get a well designed system that works really well."
So if that's liberalism, then sign me up.
They had that already. It was called the French Revolution.
If we burned the waste from light water reactors in a Liquid Thorium Fluoride Reactor the resulting waste would only be dangerous for about 300 years. See energyfromthorium.com
A good long term solution is to burn the waste as fuel. A Liquid Thorium Fluoride Reactor will do that, and produce waste that's dangerous for far less time. See energyfromthorium.com
Thus these cars will quickly stop following the most efficient routes and going the fastest speed that is safe but will end up following routes that take them away from schools, parks, politicians' houses, and whatever whim they want.
Oh, it'll be better that that. When the local governments need more money they'll privatize the routing rules and sell sponsored routes. Think automatic routing past the WalMart, even if it adds five minutes to your trip...
Witness the current crisis in Japan.
Deaths from earthquake/tsunami: approaching 25000
Deaths from Fukushima nuclear accident: 0
What is getting the bulk of the media attention so far? What is everyone freaking out about?
The scary nucular radiation.
People are stupid.
And who enabled them to make that sale?
The finance guys.
It takes two to tango.
Considering they're designed to run completely sealed and most likely buried I'd say that's unlikely. Also, consider that the reactor in Japan is a far less safe design and that did NOT happen, even after a 9.0 quake and tsunami.
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor
energyfromthorium.com
Educate yourself.
Didn't I say exactly the same thing?
Me: "In fact we have no scientific, verifiable knowledge of what low level radiation exposure does to us."
You: "There is no scientific knowledge of what low level radiation exposure does to us"
So what, exactly, am I being called out on?
Peanuts.
And the post I replied to was not garbage?
The current accepted model for radiation exposure is the "linear no-threshold" model, which states that there is no minimum safe dose of radiation. This is plainly not true, but it has led to the knee jerk beliefs of, "I expect those operators at the plant will likely die before their time due to cancer or even worse." The counter to LNT is radiation hormesis, which is unfortunately in the news today because Ann Coulter wrote a column about it. While I personally think Coulter is human trash, radiation hormesis is still a concept worthy of study.
My grandfather was a nuclear chemist at Oak Ridge National Labratory from 1948 to 1976. During that time he often worked with various highly radioactive materials including uranium and plutonium. He died at the ripe old age of 97 from heart failure.
Radiation exposure does not necessarily mean slow death. In fact we have no scientific, verifiable knowledge of what low level radiation exposure does to us.
'Sounds Too Good To Be True' is a subjective judgement, and you should let the scientific research determine the validity of the approach.
I guess we'll have to start using her Wasilla nickname now: Nutty McNutfucker.
You're out of touch with reality. And don't try hiding by whining about ad hominem, either.
You're not addressing my point.
You forgot rationing by fist, which is what will happen if Medicare breaks down. In the end the mob is far more efficient than the market.