Reply To: NIMBY FUD

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January 23, 2012 at 5:16 pm #11329
jamesr
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ikanreed wrote: Every blow against fission is a blow against fusion in the short run too. It decreases demand for experts in nuclear reactions, it reinforces the misconception that scientists don’t understand nuclear power well enough, and hurts the money going into the blanket field of nuclear research. Nobody wins.

I couldn’t agree more.

Whether fusion becomes viable in 10years or 50, we need bulk power now. That means a new generation of tried & trusted fission plants. It also means we need a generation worth of children growing up with the necessary maths, physics & engineering to make it happen. And a generation worth of educating the people of the world about the true nature of risk.