Even the most avid climate activists know wind and solar nor massive batteries will not be able to supply enough electricity for the future without fossil fuels. Geo thermal and hydro will continue to produce a small percentage of our overall demand. As we switch to electric vehicles, demand will increase exponentially. We will need to rely on many more nuclear plants to be a base load for that increase.

            China and many other countries are planning to build over 200 new design nuclear plants. The United States is still building an old style plant in Georgia and has gone over budget by over 300 percent. Several new designs for smaller, cheaper reactors are being designed. Two are from Mill Gates’ funded design groups. Six have been submitted by various groups with more to be submitted.

            I live in an area with six units in three plants (two boiling water and one pressurized water) and thousands of tons of stored used nuclear rods both in pools and casks. Permanent storage of those rods was supposed to be in Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The plan was to turn the nuclear waste into glass cylinders to be stored in drilled holes deep inside the mountain. Billions was spent on getting it ready until Nevada Senator Reid stopped the work just before opening. For safety from terrorism and accidents, it must be opened and operated as soon as possible.

            We need to build lots of new design safe nuclear plants for a stable nighttime base load and for days when no wind and sunshine are available.