Kansas Progressives Fear Nuke Renaissance

Prog bloggers offer fear-based testimony against what is one of the cleanest producers of energy on the planet that has suffered decades of attacks from the oil industry . . . Here's a "progressive" argument for maintaining the status quo . . .  

Now comes a firm founded by one of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates, with the lure of bringing “advanced” nuclear power to Kansas. TerraPower announced a partnership last month with the state’s Department of Commerce and Evergy, one of the owners of Wolf Creek, to explore placing a natrium reactor somewhere in the utility’s service area of eastern Kansas.

The gold rush for new nuclear is on . . . 

Those vying to bring TerraPower jobs to their communities might want to cool their enthusiasm long enough to consider the safety and security risks presented by natrium reactors.

These risks were described to me by Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit science advocacy group. Lyman is an expert on nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and safety and security. He’s also one of the authors of “Fukishima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Reflector: Hoping Kansas will get ‘advanced’ nuclear energy? Careful what you wish for in the Age of Damocles.