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Bennett calling for 100 new N-plants

Hear, hear!! Nuclear-generated power is clean, efficient, and . . . believe it or not . . . safe.

I support Robert Bennett on this one.

I support the senator! Nuclear power or bust!

build them.

I believe one of the reasons nukes cost more now is the expense of getting the permits. knock down the walls to the permits and the costs will drop. I noticed on my bill from Rocky Mountain that I can get "greeN' energy from them if I'm willing to pay an additional $1.95 per kilowatt hour. So much for green being cheaper (either that or the power company sees a way to take advantage of environazis.)

Are we going to send our nuclear waster to Italy?

I too, support building LOTS MORE nuclear power plants with the caveat that they NOT be protected by rent-a-cops. The new technology that is available would leave very little nuclear waste after the manufacturing process.

BUT - just because I support nuke power plants DOESN'T MEAN I will EVER support "Bailout Bob"!

I once heard a saying...too much talk...not enough do..I believe we have come to that stage in all this. JUST DO IT. How many times do the same people have to be told the same thing. Can anything sensible or of common sense be accomplished by our goverment any more?

Go Nuclear Power, need 5 in each state!

Better idea than building windmills and solar panels.

Ther is not tham uch waste , and it is easily and safely stored on site.

The rest of world and france don't seem to have problem wit it,

and are enjoying clean and cheap energy.

Maybe it's time we get with it.

We need to increase energy production from all the following sources unless we want to continue to be vulernable to foreign sources.

conservation
nuclear
wind
geothermal

We should tax oil to encourage conservation, unless we do, when the dollar ceases to be a world wide currency, we are in for one big shock.

And what the French did not show Sen. Bennett, are the many investigations ongoing of French nuclear facilities, the consistent records of leaks and unplanned radioactive releases, such as the one that threatens the Champagne wine-making region, and a major dairy region because of the contamination of water supplies. The reprocessing process is dirty, expensive and dangerous. There have been deaths at reprocessing plants in France, Russia and Japan. We have a still unmitigated reprocessing site in West Valley NY. Naturally the French will put their best foot forward, because they want us to buy nuclear Technology from French owned Areva.

I support nuclear more than wind or solar but we must include all so we're not relying on one...like we have for coal.

Wow for once I agree with Bennett. Whoda thunk it.

But big coal and oil business will do whatever they can to shoot this down.

So, where are we going to get the water to run these plants?
I don't like the idea of nuclear just because it's so water consuming. It could double the amount of water we use as a state. I like the idea of using geothermal energy due to the fact it has achieved grid parity when the right technology is used, it creates no CO2, just like nuclear and it is a stable renewable source of energy.
I think Bennette needs to get into a real debate with someone about how efficient energy sources are and not just throw a conference meeting with people he selectively gets to choose to speak. I do not believe his sources are invalid but the fact only the GOP was involved and the fact he got to cherry pick his sources is a red flag in my eyes.

I think we need to have a true debate on this issue. We need to have the GOP build a case and try to support nuclear energy and not just cherry pick sources to speak at a conference they throw.
Also, where are we going to get the water to operate said power plants. building a nuclear power plant could double our water consumption as a state.

@leenaree-419pm
Believe it or not the technology that the rest of the world is using is a US Patent that was developed and is owned by US companies. Jimmy Carter pulled the plug on us using it (thanks jimmy - the most highly trained nuclear president we will ever have, goes to show the Naval Academy can graduate some really dummies). It was all political and has continued to be political. It has nothing to do with technology or safety. Comparing foreign accidents and expecting it to equate to similar problems in the US is smoke and mirrors, fear mongering at its best. The left-leaning tree-huggers will never accept nuclear as a solution to any of the current problems. To accept would mean that their WHOLE approach is incorrect. The house of cards would tumble down and their basis for life would disappear. They would wander the streets aimlessly, looking for something to assist them in finding meaning to their irrelevance.

Question,

Why is it that Bob Bennett only acts conservative when an election is near?

So the Democrats boycotted it and only the Republicans attended. What a grown-up group of Senators we have leading this country. Obviously this was nothing more than political bravado, and probably they all (Republicans and Democrats) went out to dinner after that. You voted for them, you deserve them.

We have a choice. Why do we keep promoting less than optimal solutions? Nuclear power requires the handling and disposal of highly toxic radioactive material, the use of large amounts of water (itself an increasingly critical resource) and massive up front costs. The same investment is natural gas, wind and solar costs less, is less environmentally invasive and can be delivered much faster.