Someone proposed that we build one new nuclear plant, get it approved, and then build exact duplicates of that plant in other places. That way, approvals would not be necessary. Sound good on paper.
uhhhhhh…….. hey Dumb A__ those are natural draft cooling towers not reactor containment buildings. Common mistake after all the coverage of Three Mile Island. All power plant use these or other cooling means; coal, gas, nuclear, bio-mass, etc.
Always amazes me that lots of folks get killed or injured in coal mines, gas and oil wells etc over the years, but as far as I know, there never has been one fatality linked to the nuclear production. Am I wrong on that?
Roger: Three were killed in the explosion of the Fermi fast-breeder reactor outside of Detroit. They are still dying from Chernobyl. They are just starting to die from Fukushima. Cancer and birth defects (and following deaths) jumped after the “non-event” at Three Mile Island. Most US nuclear plants are of identical design to Fukushima, made by GE. Every time there is a problem, the NRC raises their tolerances. A cap on damages is still stuck at a half billion dollars (almost reached with Three Mile Island, exceeded by today’s dollar) and the government provides most of the insurance for that. Otherwise, it would be economically unfeasible. It exists solely to provide weapon-grade uranium and plutonium, even thoughe there is already too much of each.
gordrogb Premium Member over 12 years ago
Someone proposed that we build one new nuclear plant, get it approved, and then build exact duplicates of that plant in other places. That way, approvals would not be necessary. Sound good on paper.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 12 years ago
uhhhhhh…….. hey Dumb A__ those are natural draft cooling towers not reactor containment buildings. Common mistake after all the coverage of Three Mile Island. All power plant use these or other cooling means; coal, gas, nuclear, bio-mass, etc.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
joe: Right. Heat pollution can be as bad as other forms in the narrow environment of the discharge basin.
gordrogb Premium Member over 12 years ago
Always amazes me that lots of folks get killed or injured in coal mines, gas and oil wells etc over the years, but as far as I know, there never has been one fatality linked to the nuclear production. Am I wrong on that?
hippogriff over 12 years ago
Roger: Three were killed in the explosion of the Fermi fast-breeder reactor outside of Detroit. They are still dying from Chernobyl. They are just starting to die from Fukushima. Cancer and birth defects (and following deaths) jumped after the “non-event” at Three Mile Island. Most US nuclear plants are of identical design to Fukushima, made by GE. Every time there is a problem, the NRC raises their tolerances. A cap on damages is still stuck at a half billion dollars (almost reached with Three Mile Island, exceeded by today’s dollar) and the government provides most of the insurance for that. Otherwise, it would be economically unfeasible. It exists solely to provide weapon-grade uranium and plutonium, even thoughe there is already too much of each.