From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 15:04:04 MST
>> BTW, nuclear fission did not require significant tax money outside of
basic R&D during the war (except perhaps in Europe, where everything
seems to be supported by taxes), and if you take away the massive costs
imposed by regulation, political interference in waste disposal, and
legal attacks by greens, is still cheaper than wind power.
What would be the cost without regulation! First Energy here in the
Ohio area had the cap from their reactor half eaten through before it
was caught even with the rigorous inspection process!
They have been shut down for some time now just trying to decide if it's
worth replacing the multi-million dollar cap!
Now that the problem was caught at First Energy I now understand that
the same problem's being found at other sites around the country.
At what about after they shut these plant down? The cost extends how
many years past when they are done producing energy? The cost to
protect and cleanup these shut down facilities will go on forever.
On another note: Does anyone know what exists under the ground where a
nuclear bomb test has occurred?
Is it a hermetically sealed glass container created by the blast itself
that is essentially hollow?
How long does the ultra-high heat created in the rock take to cool.
Could these pockets be used to create a closed system of geothermal
energy? Pump water down one hole, use the steam coming up the other
hole to turn generator resend the cooled radioactive water back down the
first hole?
If this was done in the desert with no water table to speak of, or at
one of the nuclear test sites that already exist, I would see minimal
risk of outside contamination if the proper safeguards were built in.
I am aware that this is probably pie in the sky for some reason or
other, but I haven't found any research showing why this wouldn't work!
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