Reply #51: Personally, I'm in favor of nuclear power. [View All]

[phantom power]

According to one of our resident experts, the pebble-bed reactors (which are the "meltdown-proof" reactors you are refering to), have the unappealing property that the spent fuel cannot be recycled. Most people are not aware that spent nuclear fuel is actually recyclable (I wasn't), but it makes a big difference in the practical lifetime of earth's nuclear fuel resources. The difference between decades, and centuries.