The pro-nuclear brigade don’t give up, do they? (Dark times ahead, CCN393)
Despite much correspondence published in the past, I have yet to hear of a realistic scheme to safely dispose of not only the waste, but also the highly-radioactive reactor vessel once the plant has reached its commercial end of life.
Are these people deliberately ignoring this inconvenient truth, hoping that the sheep will not realise this obvious problem?
If and when a suitable scheme is developed then sensible people will no doubt support nuclear energy; unless that happens then it will be the subsequent hazards of fossil fuels all over again.
What exactly is wrong with renewable sources such as water, wind, solar, etc – all of which are free?
I am familiar with the tired old argument that “the sun doesn’t shine all the time”, but that’s why we have proven technologies such as high-capacity batteries (chemical energy), pumped water (potential energy), etc.
The way some of these proponents carry on, you’d think that they had shares in the nuclear industry.
Email, Jun 12
Dave Horsfall, North Gosford