Reprocessing and Vitrification and Public Fear of Nuclear Energy

I am very happy with the possible prospects that Reprocessing and Vitrification combined would bring to Nuclear Energy. However, these methods are so little known that it is necessary for those few of us who do care and do research to make sure that everyone else who doesn't share our enthusiasm is aware of these great possibilities.

It is time for this country to step up to the plate and start producing cheap, affordable, safe, and reliant energy. We can do this easily through Nuclear Energy. I have previously shown that financially Nuclear Energy is plausible, I have shown that Waste Management is not an issue, anyone who has done much research in Nuclear Energy safety recently and in particular the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant knows that Nuclear Energy is safe.

Why then is the progression and use of this great energy source being held back? Ignorance and fear.

These tend to be major reasons for why people are so often afraid of things. It isn't that they don't make sense, it isn't that they are particularly dangerous, it is that people believe they are because they've been told over and over again.

These people act like a child told that a stove is hot and can very well burn you. However, these people carry this childhood masquerade just a little too far in adopting the "if it can hurt me then I'm going to stay completely away approach" that a 3 or 4 year old might have of that stove that might, if handled improperly, burn you while completely disregarding or not being able to comprehend the many benefits afforded by this great technology.

This is due to the ignorance factor. Just as children are afraid of the dark because of the unknown dangers so are people afraid of Nuclear Energy because they are simply unaware of what it actually entails.

It is necessary to make the general populace of the United States so well-versed in facts on Nuclear Energy that they will be able to understand what is meant by such scary, obscure, and unknown terms such as "Reprocessing" and "Vitrification."

Until the populace understands the true benefits and short-comings of Nuclear Energy we will be stuck as a society and civilization in a perpetual childhood in regards to Energy production in general. Head under the covers, afraid to consider any possibility relating to the unknown.
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Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onagawa_Nuclear_Power_Plant

http://nuclearenergyforutah.blogspot.com/2012/11/nuclear-energy-total-costs.html

http://nuclearenergyforutah.blogspot.com/2013/03/reprocessing-and-vitrification-nuclear.html

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