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A 'new nuclear posture' for the US is vital in a hungry world : Comments
By Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis, published 15/10/2024Affordable, reliable, continuous, and emissions free electricity would benefit billions on this planet.
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Posted by Taswegian, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 11:14:57 AM
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Australia is 70% desert full of old mines so could store spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing say after 2050. The idea is for the public to adapt its thinking in easy stages. Firstly fast build standalone light water SMRs then SMR clusters to produce over a gigawatt. Much later high burnup 4th generation reactors. What will propel this in Australia is high population growth, electric transport, desalination, gas depletion in the southern states, lack of baseload for heavy industry and 'demand management' = energy rationing.