Nuclear Fission, at this stage, still has the problem of waste.
4th generation reactors produce nearly zero radioactive waste, have several passive protection systems which render them nearly impervious to accidents, whether they are natural catastrophes or planes being flown into them, or terrorist bombings.
Sounds almost too good to be true..... but that will only work if they don't cut corners!
Then you have the ever-elusive Nuclear Fusion. Still under development, still under research. ITER is being built in Cadarache, South of France. This machine will demonstrate that fusion can produce more energy than what's being poured into it.... by 2025. After that, DEMO will be constructed to demonstrate a working nuclear fusion reactor with electricity generation. And the best is that all participant states will have access to the whole technical specs and will be able to build their own fusion reactors.
Fusion is not without radioactivity, but, unlike fission, you can turn off the reaction, by not supplying more fuel, Deuterium, which can be harvested from seawater... or so they say.
4th generation reactors produce nearly zero radioactive waste, have several passive protection systems which render them nearly impervious to accidents, whether they are natural catastrophes or planes being flown into them, or terrorist bombings.
Sounds almost too good to be true..... but that will only work if they don't cut corners!
Then you have the ever-elusive Nuclear Fusion. Still under development, still under research. ITER is being built in Cadarache, South of France. This machine will demonstrate that fusion can produce more energy than what's being poured into it.... by 2025. After that, DEMO will be constructed to demonstrate a working nuclear fusion reactor with electricity generation. And the best is that all participant states will have access to the whole technical specs and will be able to build their own fusion reactors.
Fusion is not without radioactivity, but, unlike fission, you can turn off the reaction, by not supplying more fuel, Deuterium, which can be harvested from seawater... or so they say.
