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Small, Scattered Distribution

Comment comment by gnifyus on 31 January 2008

This smaller scale distributed model can especially apply in the case of nuclear energy. Instead of building gigantic plants that are next to impossible to cool and manage; why not have many smaller generation plants that tie into the same grid? The only issue I see with this is that it would probably be harder to keep the nuclear materials secure from theft.

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RE: Small, Scattered Distribution by NomadSoul :: NR6

For the immediate future, perhaps, although I think we need to move away from nuclear and into renewables as much as possible. The waste products of nuclear power are difficult to deal with--and as you say, there is a lot of potential for theft and/or destructive misuse.

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