The cost will be passed on to rate payers, not investors, Hiniker said. Brown said the expense is a sign of strength, not weakness. This is the sign of a good, strong safety culture at a nuclear plant, and that is what is going on at Kewaunee. Disputes about cost are unresolved. The federal government is attempting to site a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, and assuring the state's residents that radioactive materials can be safely stored below the mountain for 10,000 years.
Many folks have a hard time imagining that.
New research raises the promise that radioactive half lives can be dramatically reduced, to say 200 years, Emmert said. People with the environmental groups say the technical issues are show stoppers. I think they are issues that need to be dealt with. That is what research is. All Rights Reserved.