Los Alamos experts to debate future of energy

Nuclear power, says Ben Luce, policy director of the New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy, has drawbacks that make renewable energy the better choice for feeding an electricity-hungry world. But many of those drawbacks are exaggerated and would nearly disappear with a new generation of nuclear power plants, says Donald Petersen, a retired scientist who works with a group educating people on nuclear power.

And, according to Petersen, existing technology can be used to build new nuclear power plants that create less waste – at a rate of one pound to every 2,000 pounds currently spat out – and even use existing radioactive waste as a fuel.

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