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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear renaissance? US OKs new reactor design [View all]mbperrin
(7,672 posts)at current rates of construction.
Big enough?
Perhaps you are unaware of the new megabatteries being built by Duke Energy. Wind generated electricity goes in as produced, and goes out as needed.
Presidio, Texas has already installed one to back up the entire needs of the city in case their one incoming line goes down.
All this from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Are they misinformed?
Nuclear is the most dangerous, dirtiest, most waste-producing, most expensive way to boil water ever designed. Without the massive subsidies from the government and a pass on real waste disposal, it could never have existed to begin.
And Yes, I am aggravated because a large new nuke dump is built 30 minutes from my house, and when it leaks, as they all have, the groundwater here will be ruined, and the area will be depopulated.
No loss to you, perhaps, but my family has been here for 110 years, and all they built will be nothing.