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tirebiter

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1. The idea has merit. Reactors need to be downsized from the US and Russian models

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 06:51 AM

Sep 2020

I spent a good part of the 70’s And 80’s demonstrating against nuke power in California. When I went to France in 2000 I was awed by the concept of a nation getting 70-80% of their electricity from nuke power. It was and remains the best thing the French Socialists put together. The power plants are way smaller and present less of a possible disaster.

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The idea has merit. Reactors need to be downsized from the US and Russian models tirebiter Sep 2020 #1

I had a buddy who served on nuclear powered submarines in the 70s. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #5

I know this view might not be a popular view, but after reading William Vollmann's Mike 03 Sep 2020 #2

Nukes aren't as dangerous as Middle East wars for oil Cicada Sep 2020 #3

And what happens to the nuclear waste? nt in2herbs Sep 2020 #4