tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post8437822795938032232..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Are Nuclear Costs Unreasonable?Charles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-37191637944483075032008-11-12T17:42:00.000-06:002008-11-12T17:42:00.000-06:00Looks like the federal government is the only one ...Looks like the federal government is the only one making any aggressive moves in the nuclear industry in the US. Personally, I wouldn't mind the federal government investing up to 45% of the capital for new nuclear reactors--- if they were built on existing nuclear sites. <BR/><BR/>Alvin Weinberg proposed an existing-site policy way back in 1979 in Science Magazine as the best way to expand nuclear power in the US. He and is co-authors argued that by simply increasing the number of nuclear reactors at existing nuclear sites already in operation, the US could increase its nuclear capacity up to 343 Gwe, that's more than triple current nuclear capacity and would allow us to power nearly 70% of our electricity through nuclear power-- from nuclear sites that already exist. <BR/><BR/>Marcel F. Williams<BR/><BR/>http://newpapyrusmagazine.blogspot.com/Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.com