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To: Krowbar who wrote (21099)4/28/1998 8:18:00 AM
From: Alan Markoff  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Hi Delbert,
Maybe we should say how many have died yet? I think in the testing if the rat or whatever survives a year or 2 it is safe. Then when our grandchildren are born with defects they say Sorry, we were wrong and then fight all responsibility to their error. We know radiation is extremly harmful and I used to sell X-ray equipment and know nobody is sure of the long term effects. There is a need on large scale for power so they are solving a problem I hope by not creating a new one. Has anybody seen the Nightline special on the deformed frogs in America? Born with nine or more legs all over the Country, at least these are the few frogs we have left. When I was young frogs were everywhere but my sons have only seen 1 or 2 in there lifetimes. We need to take these things very seriously IMO.
Nancy



To: Krowbar who wrote (21099)4/28/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: LoLoLoLita  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Del,

Please see my post #21109 on Chernobyl. I work on nuclear accidents,
and both *feel* as well as *know* how devastating it was, and the story is not yet over.

There are pros and cons to nuclear power that could debated elsewhere here on SI. But the calamity faced by Byellorussia and and Ukraine is ongoing, despite Ukraine's hope of reopening one of reactors at that site.

David