Is A Candu Really The Answer For Alberta's Oilsands?

Yes.

There are reactors that are 'better', but should't they buy at home?

The amount of natural gas used in the oilsands every day is staggering. A reactor or two will go a long way to reducing the price of NG, and reducing emissions from the area.

Or, we could make the bold move and build breeder reactors (like Japan has) instead of regular Canud's.

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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

But none of them figure into their cost, the real problem of getting rid of the unwanted stuff. Yucca Mountains are merely hiding stuff one doesn't really know what to do with.

And developiing altnerative heat sources doesn't address the effluent generated by obtaining the oil anyway........

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"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
-Max Planck

" ...the real problem of getting rid of the unwanted stuff."

*tongue in cheek* Cant they just fire it at Muslims?

"the real problem of getting rid of the unwanted stuff."

Hence, 'Breeder Reactors'. They produce more fuel than they use.

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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

"But none of them figure into their cost, the real problem of getting rid of the unwanted stuff. Yucca Mountains are merely hiding stuff one doesn't really know what to do with."

Easy, if you don't want to use it for Breeder Reactor fuel then case it in ceramic and put it underground, maybe even back into the same mines it came from if conditions permit.

Everyone has this fear that somehow big bad radiation is going to get us if we try to bury it under 1,2, or even 3 miles of rock.

Helllllooo....it came from the earth, putting it back shouldn't be all that hard to accept.


It's not like all of a sudden someone "invented" radioactive materials and we are at a loss of what to do with them.

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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"

"The Weapon" - Rush

True, but the "private" companies that provide us with "clean, safe" nuc-u-lar power do not take that cost into account. They leave that up to the tax payer, and they don't much seem to care if they leave the stuff just laying around when they are done.

Maybe bury the stuff under the various CEO's dwelings....?

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"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
-Max Planck

LOL

Good points

I wouldn't trust corporate CEObots for the right time if we were both looking at the same clock at the same time.

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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"

"The Weapon" - Rush