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Electricity too cheap to meter…
PLENTIFUL ENERGY, THE IFR STORY, AND RELATED MATTERS
http://www.stableclimate.org/nuclear-ifr
(Excerpted from a series of articles in THE REPUBLIC News and Issues Magazine, June-September 2005. Preface by Terry Robinson.)
Nuclear energy in some form promises abundant, safe, environmentally friendly, and economic power, and it is worthwhile examining what is known about advanced forms of nuclear power technology. When hearing the term nuclear power, many people conjure up images of Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, nuclear weapons, and vast quantities of radioactive waste lasting forever. We here at The Republic shared these concerns, but were pleased to learn that there had been advanced nuclear technology research that eliminated or at least minimized the major concerns about nuclear power generation. We questioned why this research was terminated.
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The hard truth is this: large scale nuclear energy needs an IFR type characteristic to give nuclear power inexhaustible fuel. That, in turn, gives nuclear power its long term future.