Originally posted by Mich the Tester
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Well Germany is going to switch off all it's Atomic power stations over the next 9 years (all offline by 2020), so the rest of Europe can sit back and watch what happens in real time, of course they'll switch most of them off when the current government gets kicked out in 2013. 2013 onwards will be interesting. Watch the Green dream unfold.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostOnce their eleccy is only on for only an hour a day, and costs double what it does now, they'll soon be persuaded.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
I agree, but most voters in many countries don't, and won't be persuaded to agree, especially after what's happened in Japan. So it's a non-starter because people won't buy it.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostAgree with George on this one:
The unpalatable truth is that the anti-nuclear lobby has misled us all | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
The one new thing I've learnt from this "disaster" where the casualties are two cleanup workers with sunburnt feet and a slightly evelated risk of skin cancer, is how harmless radiation is. Even if you get a massive dose your risk of getting cancer is still hundreds of tiimes lower than a smoker.
Lot of mass hysteria on this.
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I reckon it's time they resurrected the idea of atomic powered cars.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostCan you back it up with some good references?
Astute class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia lists that reactor plus 600 kwatt diesels, can't seem to find actual power produced by nuclear reactor (probably it's a state secret and I'll have MI7 knocking on my door in a few hours), but it sounds like your claim is greatly exaggerated.
Nuclear submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostHMS Astute is the latest nuclear submarine which has a nuclear power plant which does not need to be refueled during its lifetime which is expected to be around 10 years. This power plant is about the size of a container and produces enough power to provide electricity to a town the size of Southampton.
Astute class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia lists that reactor plus 600 kwatt diesels, can't seem to find actual power produced by nuclear reactor (probably it's a state secret and I'll have MI7 knocking on my door in a few hours), but it sounds like your claim is greatly exaggerated.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostHMS Astute is the latest nuclear submarine which has a nuclear power plant which does not need to be refueled during its lifetime which is expected to be around 10 years. This power plant is about the size of a container and produces enough power to provide electricity to a town the size of Southampton. Now wouldn't it be feasible to build such types of power plants and surely during their lifetimes we would have developed a way of disposing of the waste in a clean and safe fashion (i.e. shooting it millions of miles into space and buggering up the 3-eyed 8-armed freaks by chaning them into humans?)
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HMS Astute is the latest nuclear submarine which has a nuclear power plant which does not need to be refueled during its lifetime which is expected to be around 10 years. This power plant is about the size of a container and produces enough power to provide electricity to a town the size of Southampton. Now wouldn't it be feasible to build such types of power plants and surely during their lifetimes we would have developed a way of disposing of the waste in a clean and safe fashion (i.e. shooting it millions of miles into space and buggering up the 3-eyed 8-armed freaks by chaning them into humans?)
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While most of the radioisotopes released are fairly harmless beta emitters, they are nasty if inhaled or eaten. So a lot of land may be put out of commission for decades and perhaps fisheries too. It's a bit early to say how bad it's been yet, but the site will probably take decades to clean up and that'll probably be someone else's job. One for our kids to sort out.
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Originally posted by AtW View Post[So the nuclear generation ain't that cheap in the first place and with massive existential risks attached to it.
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