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In the Fall 2010 issue of Michigan Engineer is an interesting article on nuclear power. Some useful facts are provided, but scattered thru the article. Go to http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pubs/engineer/engineerfeatures/nuclear/
The essence is that renewable sources are not going to replace coal in the near future, but nuclear can.
My comment is that if nuclear is restarted as a major energy source in this country, then central power plant generation cost may not rise like proponents of solar predict. In fact, if fusion can every be made to work, then rates might come down.
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In the Fall 2010 issue of Michigan Engineer is an interesting article on nuclear power. Some useful facts are provided, but scattered thru the article. Go to http://www.engin.umich.edu/newscenter/pubs/engineer/engineerfeatures/nuclear/
The essence is that renewable sources are not going to replace coal in the near future, but nuclear can.
My comment is that if nuclear is restarted as a major energy source in this country, then central power plant generation cost may not rise like proponents of solar predict. In fact, if fusion can every be made to work, then rates might come down.
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