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Old 10-23-2012, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by merrylander View Post
While everyone else is running away from nuclear power thanks to Fukujima, the Canadians are quietly going ahead with their CANDU reactors. They are designed to fail safe, i.e., a power failure simply shuts them down. They burn un-enriched uranium and could even burn the spent fuel from our high pressure reactors. India is even experimenting with using thorium in the CANDUs they bought. I guess it must be the NIH factor.
I fully concur. Nuclear is the only viable alternative and also minimizes environmental damage.
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