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Ah, the old days when Jimmy Carter had been a nuclear officer but couldn’t even pronounce it.<\/p>\n
Well, the Army is getting into the nuclear business. Not with ‘special weapons’ (somewhere I have a photo of a Special Weapons transport truck driving by some clueless German anti-nuke demonstrators) although some of the heavy arty and missile units probably just shrug at the thought – nope, someone may be using some sense and saying “well, solar and wind aren’t reliable – what can we do instead? and getting the answer: nuclear power – coming to a base near you real soon.<\/p>\n
Many public and private sectors are reducing their reliance on dirty energy sources like coal, oil, and natural gas, including the U.S. Army. The organization and the Department of Energy are developing and installing nuclear microreactors on bases throughout the country, Army secretary Dan Driscoll and energy secretary Christopher Wright announced in October.<\/p>\n
While nuclear energy is not renewable energy, it produces about 960 fewer tons of carbon than coal per gigawatt-hour of electricity, according to Our World in Data. It is even more efficient than renewable resources like hydropower, wind, and solar. Nuclear power is also safer than most of these fuels, accounting for 0.03 deaths per terawatt-hour of electricity.<\/p>\n
The small-sized reactors, like those the Janus Program will use, are more affordable to construct than entire power plants. They can also operate for 10 years or more without refueling, according to the Department of Energy, minimizing nuclear waste and the challenges that come with it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Don’t have to build an 88 gigawatt reactor for most usages.<\/p>\n
The article cites the evils of uranium mining as a negative. Given the negatives associated with every other form of power generation, starting with gross inefficiency – one would think the power plants would look pretty desirable in comparison.<\/p>\n
Now, we just need to remember – wasn’t it during the Obama administration that a large deal in uranium (see: Uranium One sale to the Russsian company Rosatom) occured? Funny that.<\/p>\n
They still own somewhat less than 20% of our uranium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"