Nuclear Power Plants: Are Ye for it?

[Moksha]

Read a very interesting article on nuclear power plants today in the City Weekly. Got me thinking about the benefits of electricity produced from nuclear fuel rather than fossil fuel. However, there are some problems with what to do with the nuclear waste materials.

Fascinating idea though. What are your thoughts about nuclear power plants?




Nuclear Utah

[Just_A_Guy]

I'd like to see a clear-cut solution on what to do with the waste; if that can be worked out, I'm for it.

But the article presents nuclear industry insiders as stating that no one in the US has ever been hurt by nuclear energy, and then presents stats on people who have been hurt from radiation--without pointing out that those people were hurt by test blasting of nuclear weapons, not nuclear energy. That's quite a bait-and-switch, if you ask me.

[dazed-and-confused]

does three mile island strike a bell?

[john doe]

Originally Posted by dazed-and-confused

does three mile island strike a bell?

Remind those of us who aren't familiar with the numbers: how many people died in the Three Mile Island incident, and how much radiation was released to the atmosphere?

[john doe]

Salt Lake City Weekly is hardly even-handed in its articles. I wouldn't trust much of what they say unless they back it up with reliable facts and figures which they rarely, if ever, do.

[john doe]

Seems to me that even the French have had good success with nuclear power.

[pam]

How often are there accidents or incidents with nuclear power plants? I grew up less than 100 miles from one and I don't ever remember it having even one incident.

[prisonchaplain]

When gas gets back up to $5 we'll see a ground swell of support. Right now we can afford to be cautious.

[BenRaines]

There was not one bit of radiation that escaped during the emergency at Three Mile Island. No one died.

In Europe they incinerate the nuclear waste that leaves a harmless byproduct and very little remains that needs to be stored.

In the US we have not built a nuclear power plant in 30 years. We are way behind the rest of the world in the use of safe nuclear power.

Ben Raines

[Moksha]

Originally Posted by pam

How often are there accidents or incidents with nuclear power plants? I grew up less than 100 miles from one and I don't ever remember it having even one incident.

I think they had some sort of incident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.