Antinuclear

No, we don’t need the fantasy of small nuclear reactors

Laurel Kaskurs, 16 July 16 What we need is not more atomic pipe dreams producing separated plutonium as waste. That is what SMRs amount to. T

There are triple renewable hybrid plants, like Stillwater in Fallon, NV that produce zero waste and can compete with SMRs to deliver flexible power to the grid by using geothermal storage to convert heat from daytime sunlight to keep the lights on at night while Solar and solar pv handle the load all day.

It’s not a theory on paper. It’s an operational power plant designed by Enel Green Power and I read
about it in a renewable energy magazine. That is where our government subsidies should go. Not to another plutonium making weapons contractor that is decades away from a prototype.

For the sake of the DNA of future generations, we can not keep draining the economy by subsidizing an industry that kills us slowly with cancer and genetic instability. If you want to solve the climate problems, the time is now, with proven renewable technology, not 2030 with an atomic fantasy.

July 16, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized