U.S. Urging NATO to Maintain Nuclear Deterrent

When it comes to all things Nuclear, less is more. (false)We simply have to own up to the idea that moving toward a sustainable Photon(Photovoltaic) source for our power needs, virtually guarantees our future is in place as Planetary care-givers. (Cost and toxicity) Ms. Clinton disappoints me. The energy from the Nucleus is, by planetary design, meant to be widely distributed and beneficial for all beings.(False) We made a huge, and potentially fatal, mistake by concentrating unstable matter for power and death.(ALL the choices are bad.) We have the KSA's ( knowledge, skills, abilities ) to stop concentrating new material and effectively utilize the residual energy in what we have.(Many will die) One idea is to design a class of Reactors that are smaller and operate as nuclear incinerators(Carter's). Another is to highly concentrate high-level radioactive material and configure it as a thermal electron energy source(We and the Russians did this. They are poisoning people now.). A battery. Then put pigtails on them and use Yucca Mountain as an energy generatorA Political football.The instalation is wet and unstable). Another is to challenge our Quantum geniuses with the idea of accelerating half-lives(Done. The neutron spalation facility at Oak Ridge.). What is missing is the leadership and the focus on doing it.(False)

Just bad press and political relations. At the Federal level, The political will. Nuclear power is the cheapest cleanest carbon free power available. The breeder cycle is the onlyway to make it last as long as it must. I can go into details and cite references. You will have to ask for that. Better done in person. It is all in the engineering literature. Start with the I.S.E.S. Journal from the mid seventies. Or dig at Boing boing.

U.S. Urging NATO to Maintain Nuclear Deterrent

TALLINN, Estonia — Fresh from signing a strategic nuclear arms agreement with Russia, the United States is parrying a push by several NATO allies to withdraw its aging stockpile of tactical nuclear weapons from Europe.

Tactical nuces Are generally thought to be useless. They just make suicide troops. We have already agreed to their removal. This is a fight over timing or an effort to tell our allies who is boss. Maybe both.