By
Butch Criswell
Casey is right about one thing, when it come to nuclear power it is dangerous. Nuclear power had its day, but at the end of the day, it cost taxpayers $34.4 million each quarter for nuclear waste disposal, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute. An extra fee added to each individual electric bill is how the states pay the government for nuclear waste disposal. These fees range from a flat rate, or according to usage. According to an updated MIT Report, this administration has said that the Yucca Mountain Repository is no longer an option for nuclear waste. As of this year, a private NRC facility was granted a license by congress, but has not been built yet. The high-priority nuclear waste problem has not been addressed by this administration as positive.
We know that nuclear power will never become extinct in our lifetime, but according to a MIT Report, that if the United States and other Nations do not quit dragging their feet, nuclear power will diminish as a viable option for its timely use in the climate change risk assessment. Nuclear energy is a dinosaur that needs to be redrawn and reconsidered at all levels. If this administration continues to look the other way on nuclear power, and the four challenges to nuclear survival (cost, safety, waste management and proliferation risk) this nation will have more problems than just where is a new form of energy coming from.
References
Institute, N. E. (2010, January 1). Resources and Stats. Retrieved April 7, 20010, from Nuclear Energy Institute: http://www.nei.org
Professor John M. Deutch, D. C. (2009). The Future Of Nuclear Power (update). Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Butch Criswell
Casey is right about one thing, when it come to nuclear power it is dangerous. Nuclear power had its day, but at the end of the day, it cost taxpayers $34.4 million each quarter for nuclear waste disposal, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute. An extra fee added to each individual electric bill is how the states pay the government for nuclear waste disposal. These fees range from a flat rate, or according to usage. According to an updated MIT Report, this administration has said that the Yucca Mountain Repository is no longer an option for nuclear waste. As of this year, a private NRC facility was granted a license by congress, but has not been built yet. The high-priority nuclear waste problem has not been addressed by this administration as positive.
We know that nuclear power will never become extinct in our lifetime, but according to a MIT Report, that if the United States and other Nations do not quit dragging their feet, nuclear power will diminish as a viable option for its timely use in the climate change risk assessment. Nuclear energy is a dinosaur that needs to be redrawn and reconsidered at all levels. If this administration continues to look the other way on nuclear power, and the four challenges to nuclear survival (cost, safety, waste management and proliferation risk) this nation will have more problems than just where is a new form of energy coming from.
References
Institute, N. E. (2010, January 1). Resources and Stats. Retrieved April 7, 20010, from Nuclear Energy Institute: http://www.nei.org
Professor John M. Deutch, D. C. (2009). The Future Of Nuclear Power (update). Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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