Thread: Seriousness Will more nuclear power plants be built?
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Old 04-09-2009, 01:54 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
For one thing, the production of solar cells is not exactly an "environmentally friendly" process; they contain all sorts of highly toxic substances, like cadmium.
More toxic than plutonium-242? Or Cesium-137? Or cobalt-60? Or Strontium-90?

I think not!

And I wonder how much a lead glass billet the size of a boxcar might cost. Think maybe that might run up the cost of a kilowatt-hour?
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