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Those railroad tracks aren't hauling any spent nuclear waste anywhere. Progress Energy announced in 2003 that it wasn't going to do a major expansion at Shearon Harris regarding waste storage and halted any plans to ship spent fuel to the site.
+1. I’d encourage everyone to attend one of their public days, ask questions and get factual information. I can understand how nuclear plants can make anyone feel uneasy but it’s like air travel which is actually statistically much safer than traveling by car. Yet more people are afraid to fly than to drive.
I’d encourage everyone to attend one of their public days
I have always wanted to take a tour, but every time I looked, any kind of public event had already happened. Do they have a newsletter or anything that alerts of upcoming events?
Of all the stuff I have to worry about this is pretty low on my list, but concerning sure. Personally I would rather have deal with nuclear waste material than coal. They say there was 160 million tons of ash in the NC store ponds. I looked up how much nuclear waste there was the the entire USA and it was 90 metric tons. I think it's a lot easier to deal with 90 metric tons than 160 million tons.
+1. I’d encourage everyone to attend one of their public days, ask questions and get factual information. I can understand how nuclear plants can make anyone feel uneasy but it’s like air travel which is actually statistically much safer than traveling by car. Yet more people are afraid to fly than to drive.
The transport casks use for nuclear material are little bunkers.
I think it's a lot easier to deal with 90 metric tons [of nuclear waste] than 160 million tons [of coal ash].
Unfortunately it's not a tonnage issue - as in, if you're comparing the volume of two materials and coming to a conclusion of, "less is easier", that would be a mistake.
I think such plant would be a terrible idea, in any location. Duke Energy already had pretty bad history with regards to pollution. And now instead of looking for using renewable energy they just seem to want a plant as a convenient method to solve their old problems at the expense of public health and interest.
I have always wanted to take a tour, but every time I looked, any kind of public event had already happened. Do they have a newsletter or anything that alerts of upcoming events?
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