Soonish: The Lost Chapter, on Nuclear Power

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http://smbc-comics.com/soonish/lostchapter/index.html

 

[JazzGal]

My eyes quickly glazed over because science. My brain doesn't compute.

 

[LogGrad98]

Interesting.

 

[Carbon13]

Nuclear is too expensive

 

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Nuclear is too expensive

Part of the point is that the large front-end cost is offset by super-cheap power.

 

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My eyes quickly glazed over because science. My brain doesn't compute.

There were even cartoons!

 

[Carbon13]

Part of the point is that the large front-end cost is offset by super-cheap power.

Getting rid of the spent fuel ain’t free

 

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Getting rid of the spent fuel ain’t free

True, but also not expensive, once you have a site chosen.

 

[Carbon13]

True, but also not expensive, once you have a site chosen.

Hmmm

 

[Carbon13]

Getting past NIMBY will be a challenge too

 

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Getting past NIMBY will be a challenge too

Absolutely. Using and maintaining the site for disposal, and a site for the plant, are easy. Getting them built is hard.

 

[Carbon13]

I can see how it’s alluring to think you can build an inherently safe plant

 

[LogGrad98]

I can see how it’s alluring to think you can build an inherently safe plant

I don't think anyone in the nuclear industry believes anything like that. When I worked in the nuclear industry the motto was "we are always one event away from the entire elimination of our industry". Not many entire industries operate under that kind of umbrella.

 

[Carbon13]

I don't think anyone in the nuclear industry believes anything like that. When I worked in the nuclear industry the motto was "we are always one event away from the entire elimination of our industry". Not many entire industries operate under that kind of umbrella.

True. On a per unit of energy basis nuclear is less deadly than fossil fuels. People die all the time in oil fields and from it biproducts. It’s just that when nuclear goes south it’s really really bad.

 

[Carbon13]

https://www.postregister.com/news/i...cle_68f500b7-7aef-514b-bac7-3eb3f7fbb2f1.html

The current sad state of nuclear. They’ve moved from paper reactors to nuclear reactors and in 10 years they’ll have 80/20 reactors!

I feel bad for anyone that has had their legacy defined by the EBR