EDF, Constellation announce deal on US reactor

Electricite de France SA and Constellation Energy Group Inc. have agreed to restructure a joint venture to allow the French state-controlled utility to move forward with plans for a third nuclear reactor in Maryland.

[the Messiah]

I read somewhere that several countries have a new process of recycling fuel rods which extends the useful life of the fuel but also sharply reduces the radioactivity after 100 years.

[Lance Winslow]

the Messiah wrote:

I read somewhere that several countries have a new process of recycling fuel rods which extends the useful life of the fuel but also sharply reduces the radioactivity after 100 years.

It will shrink your hemorrhoids at the same time.

[TonyT1961]

the Messiah wrote:

I read somewhere that several countries have a new process of recycling fuel rods which extends the useful life of the fuel but also sharply reduces the radioactivity after 100 years.

You actually read?

[YouHelpFixIt]

The inside poop is that a new reactor will not happen at Calvert Cliffs because of natural gas is expected to remain low and the market is now deregulated (a relative term). If it does move forward with the plan, EDF will need to find a another partner because US law does not allow full ownership of a US nuclear reactor by a foreign company.

[The laughing liberal]

Obama claimed he was for it but then was against it but was for it again. So who knows if this will ever see a ground breaking. I doubt it under Obama.

[The laughing liberal]

the Messiah wrote:

I read somewhere that several countries have a new process of recycling fuel rods which extends the useful life of the fuel but also sharply reduces the radioactivity after 100 years.

This energy could be the key but for the waste factor. Right now, I understand recycling is not done here because the by-product is Plutonium with weapons grade potential and they don't want more of that laying around.

Other side of the coin has us creating concrete containers for spent fuel that must hold it for a thousand years. We need our best and brightest working on solving this waste issue. If there's another solution that helps, we need to explore it, big time!

[Mothra]

The laughing liberal wrote:

<quoted text>
This energy could be the key but for the waste factor. Right now, I understand recycling is not done here because the by-product is Plutonium with weapons grade potential and they don't want more of that laying around.
Other side of the coin has us creating concrete containers for spent fuel that must hold it for a thousand years. We need our best and brightest working on solving this waste issue. If there's another solution that helps, we need to explore it, big time!

Nuclear energy "waste" can be recycled
-- arguments pro & con

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[FreeDog]

Woof, amazing, we need jobs, and yet thanks to our home grown left wing Greenies, who is building nuclear power plants in the U.S.? THE FRENCH!!!

[Wartime]

All that's left is for them to mount a saddle on it so the marxist Kenyan stooge can ride a tipped "FU" rocket straight to Israel.

Yee Haw, er allah freaking akbar.

[Jim Doyle]

This is stupidity

[Johned]

Oh my God, this is really so stupid.