@paulg Ugh, the barriers are technological and economic -- much more than regulatory.
And note the timetables are optimistic...
"New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow Ithttp://goo.gl/g4SH6f
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@paulg ... the reality is most of those designs are not ready for commercialization prior to 2025-30. No regulatory change fixes that
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@paulg always thought thorium reactors would be ideal. Can't make bombs, safer & more abundant than uranium in general. USA need to step upThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg a comment in the comments section completely destroys the article.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg the truth is nuclear is costlier, requires skilled operators, and can fail on globally catastrophic scales. Bad power.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg to slow even without regulations go for solar and wind + storage tech = faster iterationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg but how/where do you dispose the nuclear waste securely?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg let's make a SpaceX for fusion. And for evry $ u put in Uber/AirBnB, put 50ct into FusionX! Give it ten, fifteen years. Done. Easy ;) -
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@ClayShentrup@paulg the likelihood that we will be able to recover released nuclear material before halflife is tiny. Not safe.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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