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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: ptanner who wrote (147685)6/17/2002 2:23:02 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1580041
 
Most studies indicate that it would be very difficult to stop a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant."

I think we would be hard pressed to find something which is not vulnerable to a terrorist attack and I am not going to list/discuss other possible targets but a nuclear power plant would be not be at the top of my list.

PT, it seems to me that blowing up a nuclear power plant would have far more serious impact on this country than almost any other target. We would have a Chernobyl on our hands.

"We might want to start thinking of making a slow transistion from this source of power."

We are by default (no new plants) and poor engineering/construction/management/operation of other facilities. Heck, we have a LOT of coal... and certainly we could figure out some ways to reduce the unfortunate byproducts. At this time it seems natural gas is the most economical route. Windpower is also booming but from a very very low base.

I don't think we have a lot of choices in that matter. I think we need to start weaning ourselves of both oil and nuclear asap. We are at risk for both........Bush has left the anti ballistic missile treaty and has started building silos in Alaska. Increasingly, the US is becoming a militaristic nation that preaches peace but hedges its bets with more fire power. Oil exposes us to economic blackmail, and nuclear power offers a prime target for seriously damaging our economic and environmental well being.

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