by Anura Guruge
on August 31, 2023
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I was the CNBC post about China’s push towards nuclear power (top image) & was DELIGHTED.
I have always been a believer & fan of nuclear power. It is reliable, cheap power with some, inevitable, consequences — & I only worry about safely getting rid of the spent fuel rather than risk.
It is really the only way we can truly meet our ever increasing demands for CLEAN energy. We can’t move forward without renewing an ALL OUT push for nuclear power — on a HUGE SCALE. We can’t be BOTH worried about climate change & nuclear power at the same time. There is, as with nearly all things to do with LIFE, a risk. The risk with nuclear continues to get more containable — & manageable.
Living itself is a risk!
Going out on the roads, flying, drinking etc. etc. all have risks. But, most of us still do them.
We can’t dismiss nuclear because of setbacks from MANY, MANY decades ago.
Technology has moved on & we have more expertise.
IF we had given up on jets because of the early accidents we would not have today’s air travel. Think about that. Engineers studied & learnt from the early oversights.
So, I am delighted that we are rethinking nuclear.
Alas, this kind of thinking will never occur in the U.S. because of this inane political divide — the two sides not even able to work together when it comes to climate change.
