Comments on: 3500 Barrels Of Yellowcake Uranium Transported From Iraq To Canada http://stuckon-stupid.com/2008/07/07/3500-barrels-of-yellowcake-uranium-transported-from-iraq-to-canada/ Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.- Einstein Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:40:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ By: Rotwang http://stuckon-stupid.com/2008/07/07/3500-barrels-of-yellowcake-uranium-transported-from-iraq-to-canada/#comment-6423 Rotwang Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:49:59 +0000 http://stuckon-stupid.com/?p=1461#comment-6423 Who cares? This isn't exactly a big secret. The whole stash was well-known, secure and under IAEA seal. The US started moving it out-of-country several years ago, and announced it at the time. This story is non-news. As for nuclear power applications, there are reasonably compelling technical and logistical reasons why someone would rather operate a nuclear-steam power plant, even if they're sitting on an "ocean of oil." Saddam's intentions, I'm sure, were hardly innocent...but I get tired of hearing the "ocean of oil" argument from people who aren't in the powergen business, don't know the technology, the applications or the relative economies of fossil-fired and nuclear generating systems. Who cares? This isn’t exactly a big secret. The whole stash was well-known, secure and under IAEA seal. The US started moving it out-of-country several years ago, and announced it at the time. This story is non-news.

As for nuclear power applications, there are reasonably compelling technical and logistical reasons why someone would rather operate a nuclear-steam power plant, even if they’re sitting on an “ocean of oil.” Saddam’s intentions, I’m sure, were hardly innocent…but I get tired of hearing the “ocean of oil” argument from people who aren’t in the powergen business, don’t know the technology, the applications or the relative economies of fossil-fired and nuclear generating systems.

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