As Nuke Power Dies, Lithium Must Not Be the New Plutonium

As Nuke Power Dies, Lithium Must Not Be the New Plutonium

Atomic Energy’s death spiral has spawned a run to green power.  But the toxic mineral lithium has become a critical pitfall…with clear ways around it that demand attention.  Humankind’s 400+ licensed large commercial reactors embody history’s most expensive technological failure.Once hyped as “too cheap to meter,” just three “Peaceful Atom” plants have opened in the US since 1996, all of them very late and hugely over budget.  Four at Japan’s Fu…