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No I think we are all pretty much screwed if there's an accident, I misread your post I thought you were talking about radiation around the plant while in normal operations.
No I think we are all pretty much screwed if there's an accident, I misread your post I thought you were talking about radiation around the plant while in normal operations.
I live every day in total fear of that evil thing blowing up. But I did get a good deal on my house in Fuquay because of its close proximity to the toxic site.
There is no danger from living near a plant during normal operations of the plant. The radiation which is produced is heavily shielded and insulated. If you put a Geiger counter up to the outside wall of a radiation plant it will read background. Radiation is shielded by lead, concrete, and to some extent air.. It depends on the type of radiation; that used at power plants is high energy gamma radiation.
The nuclear industry is quite safe. It won't be perfect. An accident could still occur. However, the 3 mile island accident is the only one in US history and it was relatively small. The accident that occured in Chernobyl (which was catastrophic) was done by bypassing many (many) safety measures and by using a design which we dont have, where the coolant rods need to be raised up to stop the reaction (ours do the reverse, ensuring if there is a loss of power that the rods will fall by gravity and thus stopping the reaction).
People who are in this industry will say the same thing over and over, nuclear power is quite safe, and is one of the best bets for sustaining energy needs. If you choose not to believe people who study this type of thing, consider, would they put themselves in danger on a daily basis if they didn't absolutely know that the plant was as safe or safer than many other occupations?
I am not a nuclear power expert, but I have some education in the field and my wife is such an expert.
Hi. We are thinking about moving to NC and visited the Cary area. We really liked it but noticed there is a nuclear power plant very close to it. Any thoughts about the risks associated with this? I read that cancer risks increase even within a 20 mile radius of a plant.
The risk you incur by the process of moving here, i.e., by driving on Third World American roads and bridges among people who should not be behind the wheel, is far, far greater than that incurred by living next to a nuclear power plant.
Am I correct that there is a risk of problems if a severe drought would occur? I know they use a lot of water for cooling purposes, and if I recall there was talk during the last drought that if it continued it would cause problems.
Am I correct that there is a risk of problems if a severe drought would occur? I know they use a lot of water for cooling purposes, and if I recall there was talk during the last drought that if it continued it would cause problems.
I think they would shut off water to people's houses and import water before they'd cut back on the nuclear power plant's needs. At least I hope they would...
Nuclear power plants are extremely safe personal health wise. Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, and even at times hydroelectric have a much stronger impact on your personal health (by a gigantic factor at times) then a nuclear will.
Anti-nuclearism in this country is quite sad and extremely misinformed due to accidents in the infancy of nuclear power (name one industry that hasn't had accidents). If we kept up to date with nuclear technology as a whole, instead of patch upgrades, it would be more dangerous to your health breathing next to a candle then living near these plants.
Am I correct that there is a risk of problems if a severe drought would occur? I know they use a lot of water for cooling purposes, and if I recall there was talk during the last drought that if it continued it would cause problems.
Problems in the sense that the plant might have to shutdown, not in the sense that the plant would explode.
Until we find viable alternatives, I chose nuclear
From a health point of view it is much healthier to live near a nuclear power station as opposed to a coal power station. Until we find viable alternatives, I chose nuclear.
If it was so unsafe to live near a nuclear power plant the USA navy would not use such technology to power its aircraft carriers and subs.
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Until we find viable alternatives, I chose nuclear
