Nuclear is on its way out - the sooner the better. Just from an economic perspective, when all's running smoothly, nuclear looks ok. However, when a nuclear plant goes bad, it can go very bad, and related costs skyrocket. Who is going to provide comprehensive insurance policy for a Thai nuclear power plant?

Thailand needs to look to alternatives for power production. Some alternatives, like wave power, and power from river flows and even thermal can be implemented, small scale, for communities near those resources. There are many Thai towns situated close to coastlines, rivers and some are close to hot springs. Most power is generated by either heating water or having pressurized water - to turn turbines. Thermal is pre-heated water. Iceland and Japan have some of that harnessed.

The #1 most important thing Thais need to learn for an energy policy, is; USE LESS POWER. Currently, Thais use much more electricity than they need to, and there's no social movement to change that. The average 7-11 has dozens of of lamps, dozens of motors, and over a half dozen floor mounted refrigeration units. The places are cooled, even when the ambient temperature outside is cool. It's almost as if they're trying to use as much electricity as possible. None have a skylight. None have a swamp cooler or tinted windows. None have solar. It's a microcosm of how Thais waste electricity.

Thank f... for that!

Can you imagine the Shinawatra administration in charge of a nuclear generator...???

I can't imagine any Thais running it, why pick on the Shinawatra administration (signally)

Homer Simpson does Thailand

USE LESS POWER.

Everyone seems to forget this very important point.

USE LESS POWER.

Everyone seems to forget this very important point.

Correct...so get the f*kc off the internet and stop bleating about wasting power... go and dig a well or something

China's Three Gorges Dam project activated its last 32 electric generators this month and the dam now produces more electricity than 15 nuclear power plants, however, the dam will never contaminate the planet with radiation. http://www.businessi...am-video-2012-7

Edited July 29, 201213 yr by ronz28

Recent discussion by nuclear experts of the extreme consequences of operating nuclear power plants follows. Thailand should consider these extreme risks and choose some of the other safe methods of generating electric power.

Edited July 30, 201213 yr by ronz28

Probably best if they figure out 3G and the internet first.

China's Three Gorges Dam project activated its last 32 electric generators this month and the dam now produces more electricity than 15 nuclear power plants, however, the dam will never contaminate the planet with radiation. http://www.businessi...am-video-2012-7

It has however caused it's own environmental problems

http://en.wikipedia....es_Dam#Wildlife

Edited July 31, 201213 yr by Mosha

Here is information on nuclear power.

http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeSafetyOfNuclearPowerPlants

Clean and Green, no Carbon dioxide emmissions when operating. Power 7/24/365, year in year out

A source of essential base power.

Here is information on nuclear power.

http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeSafetyOfNuclearPowerPlants

Clean and Green, no Carbon dioxide emmissions when operating. Power 7/24/365, year in year out

A source of essential base power.

The inhabitants of Chernobyl and Fukishima may like to talk with you about nuclear power being clean and green.

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Here is information on nuclear power.

http://nuclearinfo.n...learPowerPlants

Clean and Green, no Carbon dioxide emmissions when operating. Power 7/24/365, year in year out

A source of essential base power.

as in "nuclear base"? Just what we need, a few of those...

Base power is what is connected to the electricity grid 7/24/365. There is a level where power consumption never falls below on a system and increases with the peak load .

Peak loads can be supplied by switching in other plant, eg, hydro, gas turbines or in some cases diesel generation.

The effect of solar PV and wind generation on a large grid system is negligable.

Edited July 31, 201213 yr by electau

U.S. Freezes All Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Decisions from http://ens-newswire.com/?p=47633 Its about time the nuclear power industry is forced to admit to and consider in any planning for a nuclear power plant, the disposal of that perpetual radiation poisoned spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants instead of pushing it off to future generations to figure out how to deal with it for eternity.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that spent nuclear fuel stored on-site at nuclear power plants “poses a dangerous, long-term health and environmental risk.”

From

ens-newswire.com

Edited August 8, 201213 yr by ronz28