Flyfisher said:What about the possibility of new technologies...
biffvernon said:Flyfisher said:Nuclear power stations cannot be made of mud and stone, timber and thatch. They are the antithesis of all we, who prize the craftsmanship of our forebears, hold dear.
Flyfisher said:What about the craftsmanship of our descendents, or isn't anything beyond mud, stone, timber and thatch worthy of the term. If our technology was limited to such primitive things we wouldn't even be having this discussion. I see little conflict in admiring the craftsmanship of a timber-framer, or a rocket scientist.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CFgQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kentlaw.edu%2Ffaculty%2Ffbosselman%2Fclasses%2FEnergyLawSp07%2FPowerPoints%2FCeramiNuclearFuelReprocessing.ppt&rct=j&q=benefits%20of%20reprocessing%20nuclear%20ore&ei=JovOTebgNdG08QP7wqnyDQ&usg=AFQjCNEkCjhi28AvEe2Uu5y2K-oOOzelSw&cad=rjaWaste Recycling
Definition: Transmuting or destroying the separated waste products of reprocessing. Transforms the long-lived radionuclides into short-lived ones. 12
Reprocessing alone is not sufficient to reduce the volume and toxicity of used fuel, ensure adequate supplies of uranium, and achieve proliferation resistance.
A transmutation program could transform the problem of long-term isolation in a geological repository (for 10s of thousands of years) to a less difficult problem of storage for several decades or a few hundred years.
Flyfisher said:But, come the revolution, all those with iPads (especially those of you with leather cases for them - you know who you are!) will be the first into the forced-labour camps to mix the daub. :wink:
Flyfisher said:That's your story, you energy-guzzling techno-addict, but your time will come. Bwha-ha-ha.
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biffvernon said:Nope, we just shouldn't rely on technologies that haven't been invented yet. We can't run nuclear reactors without them blowing up (four of them did a couple of months ago) and we don't know what to do with the spent fuel.
No we haven't. We've just built a couple of reprocessing plants that don't actually work. At best it could be called a work in progress.wobs said:We have invented reprocessing,