Tag nuclear power

Nuclear waste can create electricity

Red Charlie comments in our recent post about nuclear power. Nuclear waste is the elephant in the room when it comes to nuke power. Everything else pales in comparison. A nuke plant has at most a 50 year lifespan, the…

Coal power and nuclear power

The Oil Drum points out that while coal is falling into disfavor in the US, it is widely used by developing countries because it is freely available and cheap. The reality is that many of the nations that are switching…

Proliferating nukes

Scan the recent posts on Idaho Samizdat and you’ll see how nuclear power is enjoying a huge renaissance worldwide, with a multitude of countries – Turkey, Japan, South Africa, Britain, the US, and more – planning to build new plants.…

Northeast NIMBYs

The state of New York wants to shut down a nuclear plant. They and Connecticut currently oppose an offshore LNG platform in Long Island Sound. Electricity and heating costs in the northeast US are already extremely expensive. Development of alternative…