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4th generation nuclear plants are much safer than earlier

Posted on: June 24, 2025 at 15:10:12 CT
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ones. The military had allegedly pressured the politicians to develop ones that would generate higher grade waste products that could be used for atomic weapons.

Newer versions can go on much cheaper and more available fuel and won't melt down, even if the plants lose power, such as happened to the Japanese plants in the wake of the tsunami. They would just shut down and stop producing.

At least one version can actually use the waste by-products from those earlier plants leaving far less hazardous waste as their own byproducts. That would help the disposal from older nuclear plants and could help take care of the stockpiles already accumulated.

To top it off, the newest generation nuclear plants can also be made modular and on a smaller scale, using the land area of current coal or gas fired generation plants.
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DoE Declares US Southeast Grid Emergency To Avert 'Blackouts - JeffB MU - 6/24 13:48:52
     Everything is fixed by deporting 100 million people (nm) - Columbian Gold MU - 6/24 14:35:47
          Fewer people would put less demand on the grid. So, yeah(nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/24 15:58:44
          You can start by self-deporting if you wish nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 6/24 14:56:18
               He’s a native American - El-ahrairah BAMA - 6/24 15:31:40
          Why not deport everybody? - sks MU - 6/24 14:50:58
               Just those who came after 1960 - El-ahrairah BAMA - 6/24 15:32:52
     Blow wind...BLOW!(nm) - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 6/24 14:27:35
     Dumb that we need an emergency order - meatiger MU - 6/24 14:01:20
          We.didnt need one. The Federal Power Act gives DOE - SparkyStalcup MU - 6/24 15:03:24
          RE: Dumb that we need an emergency order - sks MU - 6/24 14:47:08
               You are both ignoring a key word - reliable - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/24 16:02:17
                    We had rolling blackouts before we ever had solar.... - sks MU - 6/24 16:53:47
          Not in the TVA region - mizzouSECedes STL - 6/24 14:39:20
     What a load of cr@ppola - Spanky KU - 6/24 13:56:21
          Populations have probably grown since then, and if - JeffB MU - 6/24 14:03:44
               In addition. - sks MU - 6/24 14:49:43
                    This type of order is not needed - meatiger MU - 6/24 15:06:28
                         That would be hirribly inefficient. - sks MU - 6/24 16:55:41
                              meat is a sometime anarcho-capitalist (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/24 19:06:04
                    Nuclear appears to be the way to go for most of the core - JeffB MU - 6/24 14:53:02
                         Agree - sks MU - 6/24 14:57:53
                              4th generation nuclear plants are much safer than earlier - JeffB MU - 6/24 15:10:12
               solar is highly consistent in the summer(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/24 14:15:31
                    Coal & natural gas can be ramped up or down relatively - JeffB MU - 6/24 14:35:54
                         RE: Coal & natural gas can be ramped up or down relatively - sks MU - 6/24 14:59:23
                              Remove solar and wind from your statement and it's still - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/24 16:04:55
                                   I don't disagree. - sks MU - 6/24 16:57:40
                         Solar can also ramp. - Spanky KU - 6/24 14:40:57
                              That doesn't ramp up & down from summer to winter or - JeffB MU - 6/24 14:55:18
                                   It's called curtailment... - Spanky KU - 6/24 15:05:35
                    It is generally consistent year round - meatiger MU - 6/24 14:32:12




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