Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[Torvy]

Managing nuclear waste in France: the long and short game - Power Technology

France’s approach to nuclear waste management involves both short-term and long-term strategies. The country focuses on reducing waste through reprocessing, recycling, and secure storage

www.power-technology.com

It seems the French have it handled pretty well and they have much less open land with which to work. I think the fears of nuclear energy have been greatly and falsely exaggerated since the 70s.

 

[airbiscuit]

NIMBY, so I vote Wyoming.

 

[MossRoad]

NIBY

NIMBY

 

[Grumpycat]

If we had continued researching the technology rather than hiding with our heads in the sand after 3MI, a lot of the problems with nukes would have been solved. When trying to envision what it could be like in 50 years I like to think back on the changes which we've seen since 1971. Every solution creates 10 problems.

Research never stopped. Problem is US Government refused to look. So meanwhile Westinghouse is building state of the art nuclear power plants in China.

Something the NRC would never have accepted: Unified Single Design. Every single US nuclear power plant is a one-off custom. Westinghouse built a factory in China which builds huge blocks of buildings which are shipped to site. Every one is identical. The pipes are routed the same way in every plant. State of the art reactor.

When WWII started the Navy used to build every ship custom and unique. Had to figure the same things out, again, for every ship. Slow production until finally decreed every ship shall be built to the same blueprint. Then when an issue developed with one ship they knew to look for same in all the others.

Westinghouse could start building the same in the USA tomorrow but for the need for the NRC to maintain its empire by reviewing, re-reviewing, arbitrarily revising, reviewing again, holding hearings, review some more, adjust the permits and design in the midst of construction for 15 years.

 

[Torvy]

I lived in Vegas for 8 years, my MIL still lives there. Nevada is the best place, IMHO. Most of the state is federal land and remote. Most of it is also stable. Almost no crops are grown there, mostly just hay.

 

[Grumpycat]

Where will you safely store the spent fuel? Maybe Wyoming will take that on?

Relatively speaking there is isn't much spent fuel and for some Head-Up-@ss reason the USA does not reprocess used nuclear fuel which still contains 90% of its usable energy but for some reason is no longer optimal for current reactor designs.

Proposed new designs which get more out of a uranium fuel pellet:

3 Advanced Reactor Systems to Watch by 2030

These 3 advanced reactor designs are cleaner, safer and more efficient than previous generations. They could also debut as early as 2030.

www.energy.gov

 

[Citydude]

NIMBY, so I vote Wyoming.

Why Wyoming? You burned our gas and oil plus our coal for decades. You cant take a little spent nuke fuel?

 

[airbiscuit]

Wyoming keeps propping up Dirty Coal, so getting nuclear waste just seems like karma. Plus it's the least populous state ....

 

[Citydude]

Wyoming keeps propping up Dirty Coal, so getting nuclear waste just seems like karma. Plus it's the least populous state ....

View attachment 709374

You sound like the guy who put covid patients in nursing homes.

 

[airbiscuit]

More Karma

 

[Frankenkubota]

Research never stopped. Problem is US Government refused to look. So meanwhile Westinghouse is building state of the art nuclear power plants in China.

Something the NRC would never have accepted: Unified Single Design. Every single US nuclear power plant is a one-off custom. Westinghouse built a factory in China which builds huge blocks of buildings which are shipped to site. Every one is identical. The pipes are routed the same way in every plant. State of the art reactor.

When WWII started the Navy used to build every ship custom and unique. Had to figure the same things out, again, for every ship. Slow production until finally decreed every ship shall be built to the same blueprint. Then when an issue developed with one ship they knew to look for same in all the others.

Westinghouse could start building the same in the USA tomorrow but for the need for the NRC to maintain its empire by reviewing, re-reviewing, arbitrarily revising, reviewing again, holding hearings, review some more, adjust the permits and design in the midst of construction for 15 years.

that supports my comment a while back, let the navy handle the nukes, they seem to have the best track record.

 

[Hay Dude]

Research never stopped. Problem is US Government refused to look. So meanwhile Westinghouse is building state of the art nuclear power plants in China.

Something the NRC would never have accepted: Unified Single Design. Every single US nuclear power plant is a one-off custom. Westinghouse built a factory in China which builds huge blocks of buildings which are shipped to site. Every one is identical. The pipes are routed the same way in every plant. State of the art reactor.

When WWII started the Navy used to build every ship custom and unique. Had to figure the same things out, again, for every ship. Slow production until finally decreed every ship shall be built to the same blueprint. Then when an issue developed with one ship they knew to look for same in all the others.

Westinghouse could start building the same in the USA tomorrow but for the need for the NRC to maintain its empire by reviewing, re-reviewing, arbitrarily revising, reviewing again, holding hearings, review some more, adjust the permits and design in the midst of construction for 15 years.

I thought the Westinghouse company was long gone? My grandfather was a foreman at Westinghouse from WW-2 until the mid 70’s.

 

[Frankenkubota]

I thought the Westinghouse company was long gone? My grandfather was a foreman at Westinghouse from WW-2 until the mid 70’s.

back in the days when westinghouse was still around in the us, the company was, by far, the best co to work for. unlike the rest of the robber barons, he actually cared for his employees.

i could go on and on but....just research westinghouse and his treatment of his employees.

We hold edison in high esteem, imho that's a mistake, should be westinghouse!

i worked for westinghouse briefly in the early 80s but that was long long past the good old days.

 

[Jstpssng]

I better get busy leading the way back to prosperity lol

Hay Dude for President!!!!!

 

[Whidbey]

Hay Dude for President!!!!!

That would be okay. Once you get your legal issues resolved maybe you can be his Vice President.

 

[kenmbz]

Building nuclear plants without the ability to make the waste go away is not going to work long term.
Even in France, they just bury it.
China has no rules and will dump it wherever they want.
The last few nuclear articles posted here were marketing hype, we need a real solution to nuclear waste before rolling out more reactors. We seem to not learn from the issues in Japan and the US.
Modular builds would help, but we need to spend on research into spent fuel.
dousing it in water and then reprocess, then bury for a few thousand years is not a real solution.
Fusion would help, but no one is putting enough money into this due to it's inherent instability.

A thousand years in the future, if we survive, will be interesting with all the current hot stockpiles leaking.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Peak Gasoline Demand Forecasts Aren't Scaring Big Oil

Sounds like EVs net impact on fossil fuel usage in a global sense may be less and slower than earlier projected.

From my 2 year EV ownership experience I expect the move to EVs will happen without rebates just like we moved from horses to cars over 100 years ago.

There are NO OEMs today that can actually profit from mass production of EVs in the next 5+ years.

Massive rebates today will be a massive boost to Asian EV makers. OEMs in the west need 6 more years of development time.

For area daily use I personally plan to do it in a EV for as long as I am driving because an EV makes sense to me and because of my local sphere of influence.

 

[Jstpssng]

That would be okay. Once you get your legal issues resolved maybe you can be his Vice President.

Legal issues? I can't think of any.