RE: Usa to import gas to Europe28 Mar 2022 17:37
Hi ps200306
Very interesting post. I agree nuclear is probably going to be the medium term solution for the CO2 issue. And that we will remain dependent on fossil fuel for a long time to come. UK governments may only take the drastic action required when we have major disasters in our own backyard.
Downside to nuclear is the huge amount of toxic waste which is still stored at Windscale (sorry Sellafield) and needs tens of billions spent to deal with properly (deep geological burial?). I also understand that the new generation reactors being pushed by the government create waste with different properties to the older reactors which might have to be dealt with in different ways to the older waste, nobody knows it seems. So no ideal solution as ever ...