[LINK] Small nuclear reactor revolution

[David Boxall]

On 29/05/2017 10:04 AM, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> ...
> An attractive proposition?
No.
> ...
> "Britain's on the brink of a small-scale nuclear reactor revolution"
> ...
Geez, I hope not.

There's much to be learned from research into nuclear energy. For that 
reason alone, research should continue. Nuclear power, on the other 
hand, has failed. It's proved far too costly (and not only in dollar 
terms). Much as the industry likes to deny that nuclear power generation 
has never harmed anyone, we'll probably never know the full toll of 
ill-health and death.

Meanwhile, the planet is awash with energy. We have but to harvest what 
we need. With the speed of development in renewables and storage, if we 
began building a conventional nuclear power reactor today, it would 
probably be obsolete before it came online (not to mention, if it ran 
true to form, many years late and many times over budget).

There are very good reasons why neither the finance industry nor the 
insurance industry will support nuclear power. The verdict of the market 
is clear; nuclear power is dead. Let the poor thing rest in peace.

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