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Old 06-30-2016, 02:24 PM   #8 (permalink)
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There is less and less zero emission power generated in the US each year despite the rise in solar and wind power because they prematurely close more nuclear plants every year. The last new nuclear plant to come online was permitted back in 1970.
MSR Thorium is the only reasonable power source going 100+ years into the future, sadly no one wants to re-visit the technology from the 1950s that makes 99% less nuclear waste and cannot melt down like current reactors.
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