globeflyman t1_isola3y wrote on October 17, 2022 at 3:18 PM

Reply to comment by BeeEven238 in Nation’s First Nuclear-Powered Clean Hydrogen Production Announced. The Nine Mile Point Generating Station, the oldest operating U.S. nuclear power plant, will soon house the nation’s first nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility by chopchopped

What about wind and solar?? It seems to me, it's not so safe waiting to explore the effect of long term storage (many thousands of years). In hopes we can find a safe way to dispose of very "hot" material.???

Albert14Pounds t1_isosx09 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:12 PM

It's so much less of a risk than all the externalities of coal that it's not even in the same ballpark. It's not renewables versus nuclear but renewable AND nuclear. They pair well together.

BeeEven238 t1_isp1gp1 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 5:12 PM

I’m not against solar or wind. But with nuclear power you know how much electricity you will be getting 24/7. Also, with resources you must displace a ton of resources for both wind and solar.