To do that, we all need to convince the US Government that we want innovation in energy production. We prefer to have companies compete to give us the best deal for electric power. Since there is no industry with a better safety record worldwide in over 70 years of normal commercial operation of nuclear reactors, why should we not get our wish? After all, citizens run US Government actions. Maybe not directly, but certainly in their power to petition their elected officials and replace them if they ignore their "bosses", or, worse yet, allow industry to pay them to make beneficial business deals that are detrimental to the citizens.
To prevent that from happening, citizens need to understand their predicament. Only each individual citizen can get the education they need to plot their most beneficial situation. Considering that data center, cryptocurrency, and massive central computing are forecasting massive increases in demand for electricity, we either keep the same electricity production levels and let big data bid up the price to a dollar a kWh (they claim they can make a profit at that level) or massively increase our production to compete electricity closer to the penny per kWh retail cost. The data boys want power, and they want nuclear power. So, why not let them have it?
Existing stockpiles of SUNF contain 270 years of equivalent existing electricity demand in the US. The value of this electricity is $100 TRILLION at 10 cents per kWh. Technology exists to make it happen. Companies are already capitalized privately with existing, tested designs today. The only thing holding them back is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and their US Government handlers.
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You the reader of this article, now know more than 99% of all US citizens about fast reactors and their promise. We must pass this along to others and establish the power the Founding Fathers vested in "we the people" to blast through the lobbyists and Members of Congress to get what will benefit citizens. Recycle now, or forever keep paying more and more for the basic need for electricity.
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Rolan Stein is a Perth-based writer who shrouds himself in mystery. Asked for biographical details, he points like a mute to his blog, The Boomtown Rap, which he describes thus: "wide-ranging, acerbic, uneven and somewhat schizoid ... but leavened by wit, I hope. That's my blog and that's me."
Oliver Hemmers has a Doctorate in Physics from the Institute of Radiation and Nuclear Physics at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He was a Researcher in Physics, the Executive Director of UNLV’s Harry Reid Center and C- level executive. small Modular Reactors (SMR’s).
Steven Curtis has 32 years of experience in all levels of project management and leadership. His breadth of experience includes DOE/NNSA, EPA, University of Nevada. Las Vegas, Desert Research Institute, Active Army, Nevada Army National Guard, and consulting for FEMA and DHS, Readiness Resource Group, Inc, and National Security Technologies, LLC. Steve is currently consulting or Readiness Resource Group, Inc. in the area of National Security.
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