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Is Nuclear Energy Really As Inexpensive as the Nuclear Industry Claims?
Is Nuclear Energy Really As Inexpensive as the Nuclear Industry Claims?When I see nuclear industry representatives interviewed, they often claim that electricity produced by nuclear power plants is relatively cheap when compared to other forms of electricity generation. However, as I point...
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Nuclear Energy: The last, best technology we can master?
I know technologically America has lost its ground. We're being surpassed by countries like Japan and China in the computer, robotics, and renewable resource field, and the gap is widening every day, but what about nuclear energy? It's a taboo, and rightfully so, in Japan, where it's likely to...
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Can renewable, clean energy totally replace nuclear energy?
Can renewable, clean energy totally replace nuclear energy?Nuclear power generates approximately half of New Jersey’s electricity whereas natural gas and coal account for only 30% and 16% of total electricity produced respectively. The popularity of nuclear energy stems from the fact that no...
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Is Thorium, the new nuclear energy?
With one ton of thorium, you have 200 tons of uranium. No more production of plutonium (dangerous part of the nuclear energy). It is stable. It has to be bombarded permanently with neutrons to be destabilized. As soon as we stop any any action, the transformative process stops. To summarize, it is...
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Your News sources shape your Perceptions
The ability for Americans to be able to communicate with one another where politics is concerned is becoming a widening gulf.Those who believe the likes of CNN and MSNBC only have disdain for Fox News.The same goes the other way around.Those finding flaws in the biased extremes of these outlets,...
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What exactly will happen if the nuclear power plant completely fails in Japan?
What exactly will happen if the nuclear power plant completely fails in Japan?With the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan affecting the nuclear power plant, how will a nuclear meltdown affect the rest of the world, if at all? Can the nuclear radiation travel to other continents if in can...