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It is decidedly so.
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bobperk
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The only people who don’t want to live near nuclear plants are people who already don’t live by them. Folks who live near a plant (with the exception of a tiny fraction) love them because of the jobs they provide and the taxes they pay for great schools and community amenities.
Wind and solar are supplemental power sources, not baseline. Just as there is an infinitesimal chance of a nuclear accident, there is risk involved with relying on just solar and wind. Grid instability, power failures, there is a cost to that as well.
Imagine your father or mother, son or daughter, hooked up to a life support machine at a hospital that ran on solar or wind power with no backup in place…who would agree to that?
Good to see another pro-nuclear advocate on here. I believe it is the most Catholic form of power generation.
Wind and solar are supplemental power sources, not baseline. Just as there is an infinitesimal chance of a nuclear accident, there is risk involved with relying on just solar and wind. Grid instability, power failures, there is a cost to that as well.
Imagine your father or mother, son or daughter, hooked up to a life support machine at a hospital that ran on solar or wind power with no backup in place…who would agree to that?
Good to see another pro-nuclear advocate on here. I believe it is the most Catholic form of power generation.
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Gingersnaps4
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There are entire cities and towns of people that are happily living next to nuclear power plants. You can see the Limerick Generating Station nuclear plant reactors from the front yard of my aunt and uncle’s home in PA, there’s a whole town within sight of it and it’s a very nice town, nobody has a problem with the plant being there.
Nuclear energy has its bad points but it’s also brought so much good! My son has his degree in Nuclear engineering and is now in school going after his masters and doctorate in the career field of Radiation Oncology and health physics. He’s going to use nuclear medicine to save lives! I’m sure that nearly everyone here complaining about nuclear energy has benefitted from it, and if not then someone you know has.
Nuclear energy has its bad points but it’s also brought so much good! My son has his degree in Nuclear engineering and is now in school going after his masters and doctorate in the career field of Radiation Oncology and health physics. He’s going to use nuclear medicine to save lives! I’m sure that nearly everyone here complaining about nuclear energy has benefitted from it, and if not then someone you know has.
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JoeShlabotnik
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Pope Francis is a jesuit. They are well educated and are the most intelligent of the Catholic Church.
I am sure he knows the difference between nuclear power and a nuclear bomb.
The common thing between them is that the radiation produced from bomb fallout or from nuclear waste spills (from core meltdowns) kills people.
The human error is the one factor that makes nuclear power dangerous. You cannot mess around with this radioactive stuff.
I am sure he knows the difference between nuclear power and a nuclear bomb.
The common thing between them is that the radiation produced from bomb fallout or from nuclear waste spills (from core meltdowns) kills people.
The human error is the one factor that makes nuclear power dangerous. You cannot mess around with this radioactive stuff.
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JoeShlabotnik
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Well, the first time they experience a nuclear accident at the Limerick Generating Station, they may be wanting to sell their homes, asap.
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Gingersnaps4
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Yeah but the same could happen with a coal plant, an industrial plant accident of any kind, or a chemical spill from a railroad, etc. this scenario isn’t exclusive to nuclear plants, by any means.
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JoeShlabotnik
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But radioactive waste can be lethal. Look at Chernobyl and Fukushima. After these many years, the Fukushima disaster has yet to be contained. Radioactive stuff continues to pollute the waters east of Japan.
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esieffe
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I think Yucca Mountain would have answered that problem nicely, but Sin City isn’t having it! It would have been the safest place on earth to store it, if the articles I have seen on it are correct.
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository - Wikipedia
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JoeShlabotnik
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Should be a terrorists delight having truck transport all the radioactive materials around the country to Yucca Mountain.
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esieffe
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Much easier to guard routes going to ONE place in the US vs. five or six.Should be a terrorists delight having truck transport all the radioactive materials around the country to Yucca Mountain.
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JoeShlabotnik
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But if you have no radioactive waste to transport, then there is no need to ship the materials anywhere.
The best reason to be done with nuclear power is to not have to store the radioactive waste.
The best reason to be done with nuclear power is to not have to store the radioactive waste.
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true, but the reality is otherwise. There is waste, and it needs to be put somewhere as safe as we can hope it to be. Nuke plants are vastly expensive, and there are always cost overruns in the millions to build them. Regulations only get tighter, and as a result of all of this, you don’t see too many plants getting built. We see what happens in other countries when they are built on a tight budget.
My comments shouldn’t be interpreted as a personal endorsement on nuclear power. The reality is though that they are there. Even if you could instantly replace the gigawatts of energy they provide to their service areas, it isn’t as if you could simply “turn it off” and go home, not unless you want another Chernobyl.
My comments shouldn’t be interpreted as a personal endorsement on nuclear power. The reality is though that they are there. Even if you could instantly replace the gigawatts of energy they provide to their service areas, it isn’t as if you could simply “turn it off” and go home, not unless you want another Chernobyl.
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