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Terry in Austin

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21. No. There will always be a nuclear plant somewhere in the US

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 05:34 PM

Mar 2012

Certainly, for as long as there is a US.

But "the era of nuclear power" will continue pretty much as it has all along -- as a "boutique" source of energy.

Even when you set aside all the issues of safety and fuel supply, the fact remains: nuclear costs too much and does too little.

Too many factors work against its becoming anything more. Nuclear just doesn't scale well, and certainly not well enough to remedy climate change and fossil-energy decline, as its proponents would have us believe.

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Is the Era of Nuclear Power Coming to an End in the US? [View all] kristopher Mar 2012 OP

The States have the right and power to regulate corporations that operate in their boundaries. Vincardog Mar 2012 #1

US Constitution Supremacy Clause PamW Mar 2012 #4

Really???? PamW Mar 2012 #5

So a car in NY or CA has to have the same safety and emission standards a one in GA? Vincardog Mar 2012 #11

YEP!!! PamW Mar 2012 #12

I think that Americans will have to see the devastation JDPriestly Mar 2012 #2

I really think it is madokie Mar 2012 #3

TMI was hardly a "near miss" PamW Mar 2012 #6

What do you get with a more up to date N-power plant? modrepub Mar 2012 #7

The storage problem is answered. PamW Mar 2012 #8

That's a pie in the sky opium dream... kristopher Mar 2012 #10

Again you have to read.. PamW Mar 2012 #13

Of course you think of it as an advantage kristopher Mar 2012 #14

Sure.. PamW Mar 2012 #15

Nucler is 2 cents/kwh??? ROFLMAO kristopher Mar 2012 #16

So you think that capital costs for the new generation of plants will exceed $150 Billion per unit? FBaggins Mar 2012 #18

No, all in capital costs are likely to be about 22 cents/kwh kristopher Mar 2012 #19

So what does that work out to? FBaggins Mar 2012 #20

ACTUALLY... PamW Mar 2012 #9

No. FBaggins Mar 2012 #17

No. There will always be a nuclear plant somewhere in the US Terry in Austin Mar 2012 #21

Yes. diane in sf Mar 2012 #22