I have to say that I just spent 1.5 hours with a top nuclear engineering professor from MIT about the future of nuclear energy--Jacopo Buongiorno.
The waste will always be a concern, but it is actually a small quantity of waste. Still, they are planning to use nuclear batteries in all sectors of the economy and that will increase waste--it will be a small quantity. The amount of energy produced is the advantage and reason for minimal waste.
Coal reaction produces 1 unit of energy. Natural gas reaction produces 2 units of energy, and nuclear reaction produces 50 million units of energy. So, much less fuel is needed.
The plan is to use nuclear batteries to provide energy for, as an example, pharmaceutical plants to reduce the footprint of plant land. Also, Dow Chemical wants to use advanced modular rectors to provide heat to its chemical plants.
As a member of our MIT Alumni for Climate Action position paper on alternative green fuels, the leadership has decided that we will likely need nuclear energy as firm power. From what I learned tonight, overall, nuclear is more effective than solar and wind alime. We will likely need nuclear to meet our energy demands.
The new reactors are walk away safe, and nuclear batteries are semi-autonomous. So, nuclear has come a long ways, and I think it is a viable energy source. The professor's presentation was very persuasive.
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