Italy going nuclear.

[Wow]

France gets 80% of their power from nuclear energy and Italy is getting wise also. The US is still living in the 60s.

FOXNews.com - Italians Look to Nuclear Power to Solve Energy Woes - America's Future
MONTALTO DI CASTRO, Italy — Daunted by the threat of a meltdown, Italians voted overwhelmingly in 1987 to ban nuclear power, but a government decree could bring back the long-shuttered plants — and Italians appear comfortable with the prospect.

The government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has reversed Italy’s stated nuclear policy and has promised to start building new plants within five years.

“Italy certainly needs to produce more energy because now Italy’s the biggest importer of energy in Europe, and we have the highest prices in Europe, and that makes our companies less competitive,” said Lucio Malan, a senator in Berlusconi’s Popolo della Libertà party.

The referendum that closed the nuclear plants was held in the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, shutting down those already running and blocking the construction of new ones.

 

[Charles_Main]

More Nuke plants NOW!!!!!

 

[maneal]

Very smart. Once we get the Liberals and Environmental wackos out of the way, we should be able to start doing the same.

 

[Charles_Main]

Very smart. Once we get the Liberals and Environmental wackos out of the way, we should be able to start doing the same.

Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen

 

[cbi0090]

When the economics of assuring steady power starts affecting their ability to have their morning Starbucks, you'll see the opposition crumble.

 

[busara]

yes, oil and nuclear power are the only answers

 

[MarlPot]

yes, oil and nuclear power are the only answers

Might be for countries who don't have the land mass for placing a couple thousand winds mills

 

[Charles_Main]

yes, oil and nuclear power are the only answers

Who besides a few morons are saying that.

The answer is to use the all, Oil, Wind, Solar, Nuclear, ETC ETC.

 

[busara]

Who besides a few morons are saying that.

The answer is to use the all, Oil, Wind, Solar, Nuclear, ETC ETC.

guess sarcasm is lost over the internet. youve seen me constantly promoting alternative energy. do you forget so quickly?

 

[Charles_Main]

guess sarcasm is lost over the internet. youve seen me constantly promoting alternative energy. do you forget so quickly?

my apologies then.

 

[Chris]

And Italy is dumping their nuclear waste here....

Standoff over waste from Italy to drag on - Salt Lake Tribune

 

[Wow]

Who besides a few morons are saying that.

The answer is to use the all, Oil, Wind, Solar, Nuclear, ETC ETC.

Yep

 

[Chris]

It might be another year before a judge decides who has the final say on importing foreign radioactive waste to Utah.
EnergySolutions Inc. requested the federal court ruling in hopes of securing the right to import low-level nuclear waste from Italy and other foreign countries over the objections of the state, the public and members of Congress.
U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart will preside at a weeklong bench trial in the case next fall, according to recently filed papers. Critics hope Congress will pass a bill to outlaw most foreign waste imports before the judge decides.
Those involved have little to say about the delay.
The Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-level Radioactive waste is the target of the Salt Lake City company's request for a declaratory judgment. It was created by Congress as part of a national system to manage the flow of low-level radioactive waste and made up of representatives from its eight member states. The compact has no comment, said the panel's attorney Michael S. Tribble.
Compact members granted EnergySolutions' predecessor, Envirocare of Utah, special permission more than 25 years ago to accept low-level radioactive waste at a Tooele County disposal site. Since then, the 1-mile-square site has taken more than 90 percent of the waste going to the nation's three low-level waste landfills.
Low-level waste
does not include high-level spent reactor fuel, which remains dangerous for thousands of years. Rather, waste in the Tooele County site, primarily from government cleanups and nuclear reactors, is considered hazardous for about 100 years.
"We have no comment," said EnergySolutions spokesman Mark Walker.
The nuclear waste company basically argues that the compact has no jurisdiction over EnergySolutions' privately owned and operated facility. The compact contends Congress gave it authority for low-level waste within its entire regional boundary.
EnergySolutions triggered the controversy last fall by applying for a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to import 20,000 tons of waste from Italy's reactor cleanups and bury about 1,600 tons of it in Utah. The NRC had considered waiting for the judge's ruling before deciding on the license, but is proceeding with the license request, said NRC's Stephen Dembek.
"The Commission will consider all pertinent information with respect to both the substance and timing of its decision," he said.
Legal delays give proponents of a foreign-waste ban more time to build support. Co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, a Utah Democrat, the bill faced an uphill battle this year because Congress has only a few more weeks in this session.
"At the heart of the lawsuit is EnergySolutions' desire to force policymakers out of the debate about whether the world's nuclear waste should be dumped in the United States," said Vanessa Piece, director of the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah. "While this legal delay will keep the Italian waste out Utah for another year, we need the rest of our congressional delegation to join Representative Matheson in taking decisive action by banning the disposal of foreign nuclear waste altogether."

Standoff over waste from Italy to drag on - Salt Lake Tribune

 

[jreeves]

It might be another year before a judge decides who has the final say on importing foreign radioactive waste to Utah.
EnergySolutions Inc. requested the federal court ruling in hopes of securing the right to import low-level nuclear waste from Italy and other foreign countries over the objections of the state, the public and members of Congress.
U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart will preside at a weeklong bench trial in the case next fall, according to recently filed papers. Critics hope Congress will pass a bill to outlaw most foreign waste imports before the judge decides.
Those involved have little to say about the delay.
The Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-level Radioactive waste is the target of the Salt Lake City company's request for a declaratory judgment. It was created by Congress as part of a national system to manage the flow of low-level radioactive waste and made up of representatives from its eight member states. The compact has no comment, said the panel's attorney Michael S. Tribble.
Compact members granted EnergySolutions' predecessor, Envirocare of Utah, special permission more than 25 years ago to accept low-level radioactive waste at a Tooele County disposal site. Since then, the 1-mile-square site has taken more than 90 percent of the waste going to the nation's three low-level waste landfills.
Low-level waste
does not include high-level spent reactor fuel, which remains dangerous for thousands of years. Rather, waste in the Tooele County site, primarily from government cleanups and nuclear reactors, is considered hazardous for about 100 years.
"We have no comment," said EnergySolutions spokesman Mark Walker.
The nuclear waste company basically argues that the compact has no jurisdiction over EnergySolutions' privately owned and operated facility. The compact contends Congress gave it authority for low-level waste within its entire regional boundary.
EnergySolutions triggered the controversy last fall by applying for a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to import 20,000 tons of waste from Italy's reactor cleanups and bury about 1,600 tons of it in Utah. The NRC had considered waiting for the judge's ruling before deciding on the license, but is proceeding with the license request, said NRC's Stephen Dembek.
"The Commission will consider all pertinent information with respect to both the substance and timing of its decision," he said.
Legal delays give proponents of a foreign-waste ban more time to build support. Co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, a Utah Democrat, the bill faced an uphill battle this year because Congress has only a few more weeks in this session.
"At the heart of the lawsuit is EnergySolutions' desire to force policymakers out of the debate about whether the world's nuclear waste should be dumped in the United States," said Vanessa Piece, director of the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah. "While this legal delay will keep the Italian waste out Utah for another year, we need the rest of our congressional delegation to join Representative Matheson in taking decisive action by banning the disposal of foreign nuclear waste altogether."

Standoff over waste from Italy to drag on - Salt Lake Tribune

Why should we go nuclear with the enviromental hazzard of low level waste?


Low-level waste includes items that have become contaminated with radioactive material or have become radioactive through exposure to neutron radiation. This waste typically consists of contaminated protective shoe covers and clothing, wiping rags, mops, filters, reactor water treatment residues, equipments and tools, luminous dials, medical tubes, swabs, injection needles, syringes, and laboratory animal carcasses and tissues. The radioactivity can range from just above background levels found in nature to very highly radioactive in certain cases such as parts from inside the reactor vessel in a nuclear power plant. Low-level waste is typically stored on-site by licensees, either until it has decayed away and can be disposed of as ordinary trash, or until amounts are large enough for shipment to a low-level waste disposal site in containers approved by the Department of Transportation.

NRC: Low-Level Waste


Low-level waste disposal occurs at commercially operated low-level waste disposal facilities that must be licensed by either NRC or Agreement States. The facilities must be designed, constructed, and operated to meet safety standards. The operator of the facility must also extensively characterize the site on which the facility is located and analyze how the facility will perform for thousands of years into the future.

NRC: Low-Level Waste Disposal

 

[TheStripey1]

Very smart. Once we get the Liberals and Environmental wackos out of the way, we should be able to start doing the same.

Just figure out what to do with ALL the waste, and I'm in favor of initiating the building right now, in say, the plot of land behind your house...

how about it?

More Nuke plants NOW!!!!!

see above... behind yours can be the second new plant...

Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen

I won't be...

When the economics of assuring steady power starts affecting their ability to have their morning Starbucks, you'll see the opposition crumble.

figure out what to do with the waste and then we can discuss where to place them... until then, I'm against it...

yes, oil and nuclear power are the only answers

no, there are also wind, solar, wave action and algae based biofuels...

Might be for countries who don't have the land mass for placing a couple thousand winds mills

true... but we have plenty of land for that...

The answer is to use the all, Oil, Wind, Solar, Nuclear, ETC ETC.

yes, yes, yes, no, and define them...

guess sarcasm is lost over the internet. youve seen me constantly promoting alternative energy. do you forget so quickly?

no, but I haven't seen you do it...

And Italy is dumping their nuclear waste here....

Standoff over waste from Italy to drag on - Salt Lake Tribune

now see, why should WE be the dump site for THEIR nuclear waste?