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Environment & Energy

tecelote

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27. K&R

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 09:47 PM

Sep 2013

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Holy Cow: Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Says Every Single Reactor in the U.S. [View all] unhappycamper Sep 2013 OP

K&R MotherPetrie Sep 2013 #1

We are so ready for solar energy. Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #2

yessssss. Chaco Dundee Sep 2013 #29

I think we should put them over cars in parking lots for shade. Neoma Sep 2013 #41

I look forward to the day that they have been so nano'ed that they are Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #42

! blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #3

They should have never been built. We didn't know what to do with the waste then, nor now. nt SunSeeker Sep 2013 #4

Yet, at least two more of them are being constructed here quietly MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #39

Wow. I half expected the usual felix_numinous Sep 2013 #5

Most of them are extremely old and in this country they were probably built to be replaced in so jwirr Sep 2013 #6

You really might want to consider linking to the article itself for people also not cstanleytech Sep 2013 #7

I'm living downwind from El Diablo, that is only one huge earthquake and accompanying Cleita Sep 2013 #8

Solution: Paradigm Where People Don't Require "Paycheck-Permission To Live" HumansAndResources Sep 2013 #33

not enough research is being done to study long-term radiation effects shireen Sep 2013 #9

NYT, April 8, 2013: Ex-Regulator Says Reactors Are Flawed proverbialwisdom Sep 2013 #10

Even if we close them all down the radioactive waste must be managed. Kablooie Sep 2013 #11

What make you think we humans will be around for 10,000 years RC Sep 2013 #17

Oh we'll be around. Kablooie Sep 2013 #18

That's a comforting thought. RC Sep 2013 #21

Okay, I'm a big critic of Obama but I don't think you can blame the end of humanity on him. cui bono Sep 2013 #19

If Syria goes sideways and draws in Russia and/or china, it most certainly can. RC Sep 2013 #20

Price-Anderson Act sanatanadharma Sep 2013 #12

does this include dotymed Sep 2013 #35

This: CrispyQ Sep 2013 #13

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2013 #14

But they're "just venting a little steam." bvar22 Sep 2013 #15

Sad but oh so true arikara Sep 2013 #16

K&R... love_katz Sep 2013 #22

Unfortunately, the NYT article doesn't explain . . . MrModerate Sep 2013 #23

Flaw = the technology can't be proofed against meltdown and release of contamination kristopher Sep 2013 #24

OK, that helps a bit . . . MrModerate Sep 2013 #25

The new NRC head is a geologist who knows that Yucca Mountain is unsuitable bananas Sep 2013 #30

I think that peaceful nuclear power is more of a threat to humanity than chemical warfare. factsarenotfair Sep 2013 #26

K&R tecelote Sep 2013 #27

Hell Yea, shut them down nolabels Sep 2013 #28

He says they should all be gradually phased out and replaced with newer technology. pnwmom Sep 2013 #31

This makes a lot of sense. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #32

As Obama opens two nukes in GA grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #34

IMO, he is not a Democrat. dotymed Sep 2013 #36

Obama and Chomsky agree bananas Sep 2013 #40

"We don't have the money to fix it." Enthusiast Sep 2013 #37

Now they tell me rickford66 Sep 2013 #38