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To: ptanner who wrote (55134)9/14/2001 10:14:51 PM
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ptanner RE..The use of standardized and highly tested designs (high temperature gas reactors, for example, which cannot meltdown - they just get very hot in full failure mode) would certainly streamline the process. However, the site permitting process (NIMBY) would be very burdensome. The sites that were approved but not built might be more readily developed. <<<<<<<

The plant Exelon hope to build is a HTGR based on pebble bed technology; which Exelon hopes to site on one of its existing plants.

There would also need to be a clear commitment to handling of the high volume of low-level radioactive waste and the relatively modest amount of extremely hazardous material. Has Yucca mountain been resolved yet? <<<<<<

The EPA just approved the site in Yucca Mtns. Should be built in about ten yrs.

A typical coal fire plant emits more radiation and vastly greater impacts in general to the environment than a nuclear plant but the subject of risk is extremely subjective.

I would much rather live next to a nuclear plant than a coal plant. The coal plant, with its pollution, reduces your air quality every day. That would only happen under extreme and rare circumstances, with a nuclear plant. And it is likely, a permanent better solution will be found eventually with wastes; while I can't foresee a solution for all of the air pollution.
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