Google Tech Talks
April 16,2007
ABSTRACT
There are many common misconceptions about nuclear power that can be proven to be false, even among people with a variety of opinions. For example, it is ...
Google Tech Talks April 16,2007
ABSTRACT
There are many common misconceptions about nuclear power that can be proven to be false, even among people with a variety of opinions. For example, it is often stated that nuclear power plants are very large and cost at least a couple of billion dollars. However, ever since there have been nuclear power plants, there have been some that have been small enough to fit inside submarines. One of those submarines is only 12 feet in diameter and could fit on half of a football field. It has also been said that nuclear power plants must operate at a nearly constant power level, yet they can power both submarines and aircraft carriers through extreme maneuvers....
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Not the best promo for fission I've heard... didnt hear much about breeder reactors and some of the other waste-burning reactions currently being demonstrated in test reactors. Either way, I generally support nuclear fuel usage... being in a radiation feild myself... but I still not sure if I am ready to see my neighbors to have access to SNM ... but I was happy to see him point out transport of ram vs transport of just about every other hazardous material out there.
Coal power in the united states kills ~4-11 times more people per year from particulate pollution alone every single year than could ever die from Chernobyl.
So far 56 people have died from Chernobyl and you can extrapolate out to ~4000 deaths using the LNT model.
In the roughly half year since this was made a lot changed. He mentioned how people wanted to put off officially applying for a license because of the costs.
This is true, but they have since formally applied for such licenses.
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So far 56 people have died from Chernobyl and you can extrapolate out to ~4000 deaths using the LNT model.
This is true, but they have since formally applied for such licenses.