Re: “Include nuclear power in nation’s energy plan,” June 12 editorial (reprinted from Bloomberg View).
Indeed nuclear power may have been given a new lease on life with the risks posed by carbon dioxide. But don’t downplay the downside. One of the biggest expenses for the fission form of nuclear power generation is the cost of safety, and that really hasn’t been solved in the long run. There are no good solutions for dealing with nuclear waste, which, like carbon dioxide, promises increasing risk to human safety for thousands of years. Carbon tax revenues should be used to solve a different problem — sustained economical nuclear fusion. The benefits of that achievement are so huge it puts all of our energy problems to bed — forever. A tough challenge for sure, but thatap never been a deterrent to human ingenuity.
Steve Eddy, Arvada
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