Christina HsuDec 23, 2022
mwallis

With Japan restarting nuclear plants and looking to build new ones, maybe the anti-nuclear tide will change and we'll get support for newer, better, safer nuclear power stations. Now we just need to make them smaller and more reliable.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-japan-climate-and-environment-02d0b9dfecc8cdc197d217b3029c5898

Japan adopts plan to maximize nuclear energy, in major shift

TOKYO (AP) — Japan adopted a plan on Thursday to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster that once planned to phase out atomic power.

Associated Press
Dec 23, 2022 at 12:38amWeb
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 23, 2022
@mwallis We can also make use of non-fissionable elements, like Thorium, to largely eliminate the more dangerous products such as iodine and cesium. We don't have to use bomb material to get nuclear energy. And there is a lot of thorium...
Show threadmwallisDec 23, 2022
@CWilbur I’m a BIG fan of Thorium and small (4kW, 20kW, 100kW, 500kW & 2500kW) generators that can be placed at the point of energy use. Build them by the thousands instead of big, 1Gw one-of-a-kind mega projects.
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 23, 2022
@mwallis Exactly! I think a big challenge will be educating the public about what's possible versus what we have been doing.