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To: ColtonGang who wrote (19823)	3/29/2001 2:39:04 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24042

Colton, you need to sell the environment to Californians, not to me. It is they that need to build more power plants not me. I am not going to get into an environmental debate with you here.This is not the forum, TA

To: ColtonGang who wrote (19823)	3/29/2001 3:01:07 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24042

Once Golden, Now Tarnished interactive.wsj.com Letters to the Editor The power shortage in California brings to mind the fact that nuclear power sources could help remedy the situation. Nuclear power has never been popular in California; to some it seems like an invitation to set off nuclear bombs in the state. Nuclear plants have been held up for years by litigation over the licensing process. Times have changed, however. There is a history of about 20 years of safe operation in the U.S. Nineteen percent of our electricity is generated by nuclear plants. The cost of nuclear power is less than the cost of power from a coal-fired plant. The up time for nuclear plants is very high, about 90%. No one has been injured by a nuclear accident. We have plenty of fuel for nuclear plants. The amount of fuel used in a nuclear plant in one day is about three pounds for a one gigawatt plant. This is a piece of uranium about two inches in diameter. No contaminants like carbon dioxide are emitted from the plant. The most important waste is the spent fuel which must be replaced every couple of years. The spent fuel is indeed radioactive and must be treated with great care. It does cool off in a couple of years and can be buried permanently in a prepared repository. If people are given the choice between rolling blackouts or nuclear power sources they will make the right choice. The approval of nuclear power has been steadily rising in the general public for a number of years. W.D. Walker Professor of Physics, Emeritus Duke University Durham, N.C.