em, i think theres only one company that builds the cores, cause theres only one company that CAN build them. they're incredibly difficult to build, and this company has probably over 50 years experience in building big castings. So, by all means, if you could build them, had the expertise, then go on ahead.
nuclear power plants take 8-10 years to plan/design/build. There's a major bottle kneck in manufacturing the castings for the core - only one company in the world can build them (a japanese company, can't remember the name), which will be a major issue if we all start to build new reactors.
We will not be able to build reactors nearly quick enough to keep up with demand, let alone if we all decide to go down the nuclear route to replace all our power.
We could easly reduce our greenhouse gasses very simply. Just a few little things like better insulation, solar heaters, and this http://gfxtechnology.com/ little gadget here to recycle waste heat from drain water.
If everybody got one of those, we'd reduce our CO2 by about 1/3, not to mention the cost savings on heating.
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em, i think theres only one company that builds the cores, cause theres only one company that CAN build them. they're incredibly difficult to build, and this company has probably over 50 years experience in building big castings. So, by all means, if you could build them, had the expertise, then go on ahead.
nuclear power plants take 8-10 years to plan/design/build. There's a major bottle kneck in manufacturing the castings for the core - only one company in the world can build them (a japanese company, can't remember the name), which will be a major issue if we all start to build new reactors. We will not be able to build reactors nearly quick enough to keep up with demand, let alone if we all decide to go down the nuclear route to replace all our power.
We could easly reduce our greenhouse gasses very simply. Just a few little things like better insulation, solar heaters, and this http://gfxtechnology.com/ little gadget here to recycle waste heat from drain water. If everybody got one of those, we'd reduce our CO2 by about 1/3, not to mention the cost savings on heating.