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Pastimes : The Case for Nuclear Energy
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To: Snowshoe who wrote (18)1/15/2001 10:38:36 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 312
 
Even though you may feel it is safe, a significant section of the general public is very afraid of nuclear power.

Ah.. there lies the rub, eh?

Here we have a population of individuals who are freaking out about nuclear power, despite the fact that there has been no confirmed death due to the actual operation of a nuclear power plant.

No one died at TMI... Radiation was never in danger of breaking through the extensive containment safety measure.. and the 2nd TMI unit has been operating fine for years since being certified to come back online.

What is a fact is that thousands of people have died in the mining, transporting, and usage of fossil fuels.

If I were an enviro-wacko PETA freak, I should logically be begging for nuclear power, since I would believe even one bird killed by a wind turbine would be one too many.

What this thread aims at achieving is a logical and factual discussion that will debunk the pseudo-science and fear-mongering we're currently seeing displayed with this DU crap.

And I don't mind a discussion about wind power being added to this one since it is a renewable resource that provide a relatively decent cost/benefit ratio. It's just that you have to have an even higher annual growth rate than 40% to achieve comparable production to a 1/400th percent increase in nuclear (434 nuclear plants worldwide).

One Nuclear plant will bring online 2000 MW of power, or 12-15 BILLION KWh

You have only to look at this link to see how few nuclear plants are required to meet substantial quantities of a state's power requirements:

nei.org

Regards,

Ron
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