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Nuclear is a dead-end 20th-century technology

nuclear-dead-catWhy nuclear energy is on the ropes: It belongs there, Grand Forks Herald, 21 Feb 16 By Scott Stapf ” a former North Dakotan, I have read with interest in recent days the Herald editorial board’s endorsement of nuclear power for North Dakota and now the board’s boosterism for the deep borehole testing……..

Molten salt reactors have been an expensive bust everywhere they have been tried. Small modular reactors are untested, have no guarantee of scalability to bring down costs, have not survived the regulatory review process, pose additional risks of terrorist attacks … and, like all new nuclear construction prone to lengthy delays and massive cost overruns, would arrive on the scene far too late to impact the climate change “tipping point” now upon us.

The board’s new push in favor of the borehole testing ignores the fact the Department of Energy did not pick the site randomly. As someone who has been in Washington for more than 30 years, trust me when I say that officials picked a site where they thought it might work.

I know of no reason to believe that a successful test will not result in the federal government seeking the go-ahead to use the North Dakota site……..

Nuclear is a dead-end 20th-century technology. Just because there is an industry that wants to be kept alive on the dole of taxpayer financing and other backing is no reason for the rest of us to remain shackled to a costly, inefficient energy source that produces toxic waste that will threaten hundreds of generations to come. http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/3951505-letter-why-nuclear-energy-ropes-it-belongs-there

February 22, 2016 - Posted by | general

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