Uk Nuclear Power

These are the facts:

A handful of uranium contains more energy than 100 boxcars full of coal.

Consumption of energy creates more energy, not less.

Despite years of government subsidies (regulators, for instance, have forced utility companies to buy "renewables"), these same renewables generate only about 0.9 percent of our total electricity.

The most efficient solar panels currently in use (on the space station) are costly, and their conversion efficiency is about twenty percent, which is not very much.

Twelve miles of solar reflectors generate about 300 megawatts, a miniscule amount. Furthermore, those reflectors must be kept squeaky clean, maintained to the hilt, or they won't work.

At our current level of technology, no conceivable mix of solar, wind, or wave can meet even half the demand for energy.

All of you NEED to read this article http://mises.org/daily/3536

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What do you think about Nuclear Energy and its future in Britain?


- Most of british nuclear industry is controlled by EDF (energy de france)
- Major problems with nuclear fuel is that we could only use 3% of it and rest goes to dumps
- 4th generation of powerplants will increase it to about 12%
- Toxic waste reprocessing plants are doing a good job recycling the waste so that only a fraction has to be contained
- People who live near Nuclear Plants are exposed to some radiation but this yearly amount is equivalent to one flight in the plane.
- When Nuclear Power plant is running its almost carbon neutral

Ideally we'd be on nuclear fusion as that will be a very inexpensive way of producing more energy than our civilisation could use in a million years or so.
Until then, fission is safe and efficient, the waste is a small problem but not as bad as the results of burning fossil fuels.
Incidents like Chernobyl don't happen when properly trained safety officers are working there.

Ni teivos aissur raelcun noqaew kcatta uoy.

lol, took me a few minutes to work out what you meant there :P

You may have soviet blood in you.

Electricité de France .

I'm absoulutly for it as it will make more money for my country. Actually radiation are worth if you live over granite than "near" a nuclear power plant.

Thank you for clarifying the name . Did you know that they are building a 500 MW nuclear fusion prototype reactor in France? The first research based one is in Oxfordshire and only generates 16MW.

P.S. radiation is awesome (alpha, beta, gamma ... so much good stuff)