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In the USA's continuing effort to make more Nuclear Power Plants did anyone else pay any attention to the USS Minnesota SSN-783 being christened today?
How many accidents have occurred with nuclear submarines that resulted in radiation leakage since the first nuclear sub was christened in 1954?
How many accidents have occurred with nuclear aircraft carriers that resulted in radiation leakage since the first one was christened in 1961?
Be afraid, be very very afraid of what might happen at some place some time to something....
Talking about nuclear power plants......... Still have not seen one answer from anyone on these observations.....
France has 78% of their power generated from nuclear plants yet we don't see any abnormalities in their cancer statistics, why is that?
Their first reactor went online in 1964, almost 50 years of non-stop operations and nobody has gotten sick, explanation?
There are over 2.8 million people living within a 50 mile radius of 3 mile island nuclear plant, no sicknesses no increase in cancer rates since 1974... Explain?
Indian Point nuclear reactor on the Hudson river up from NYC, no sicknesses or cancer reported because of it since 1962, explanation?
Using the logic I see displayed here with Chernobyl (a first generation nuclear reactor)...
When the astronauts were burned to death in their space capsule why didn't America stop with the space program because we saw just how dangerous space capsules were to a persons health....
Think about it.....
Obviously we didn't stop, we re-engineered and made it safer/better....
We are now on 3rd generation nuclear reactors...
As I said before, Fukushima was a massive screw-up on the location of the reactor, not of the reactor itself....
Be afraid, be very very afraid of what might happen at some place some time to something....
Sooner or later a massive meteor will impact the Earth and wipe out humanity or a super volcano will erupt destroying all plant life on Earth, just what will we do?
You do realize that constantly smacking yourself would be more appropriate in an S&M forum?
Yes it surely does look like a radioactive wasteland......
Are you in total denial? Watch this video and pay particular attention to the last words this the reported says. "This land will never be inhabited again."
I presume that by "were located", you mean on the ocean near an earthquake fault, just like the San Onofre Nuclear Plant between San Diego and LA? Which in a disaster could easily cause 10 million people to get cancer.
Your senseless, ungrounded hype/tripe is precisely why all anti-nuclear rants are consigned to the trash basket in these parts. In case you forgot (or were just too lazy and too biased to inquire), two nuclear bombs were detonated in Japan, and the vast majority of the survivors exposed lived to a normal old age.
This is not to downplay the risks -- most of us realize they're present. But the worst case to date involved Chernobyl -- where a nuclear-armed absolutist Marxist regime held power while the "peace" movement in our midst did everything in their power to sustain it.
Now let's talk a little about alternatives: Solar power is totally unsited for the continuous flow and ability to meet demand peaks that an industrialized society requires; wind power does somewhat better, but some of the greenies are so spolied that they whine about the esthetics of the turbines. Geothermal is a godsend -- if you're lucky enough top live in one of the handful of places where the surrounding environment is stable -- like Iceland.
That leaves only the mainstream sources: Oil is finite in supply, expensive, and likely to become moreso; coal is on the present Administration's enemies list, and natural gas might involve (Horrors! ) fracking -- another one of those ideas the greenies are seeking to tie to every evil imaginable, simply because it matches their prejudices.
Nuclear power has regained ground in the thirty-years-plus since Three Mile Island precisely because it has strengthened and secured its own safety record. The suprisingly little attention paid to Fukushima once things stabiliszd are simply further evidence in its favor.
I've lived within five miles (and as close as one mile) to a 2MW nuke (PP&L Susquehanna) since its completion in 1982, BTW.
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People aren't responding because you're so far off base that to explain it to you would be as pointless as explaining astrophysics to a four year old.
Like I said, come here with knowledge on the topic (or at least a better attitude), or go away. Since you've done neither, I'll have to do it for you via the cozy ignore list so we adults can continue the conversation.
That's all you can do....I did it long ago.
Good thread....I'm with you 110% and have been since long before Three Mile Island. Some people are gung-ho on nuclear because they're convinced that fossil fuels are the ultimate evil and some people just don't get it and never will. If you can't see it, smell it, or touch it and it doesn't kill you instantly, it's harmless in their simple minds.
France has 78% of their power generated from nuclear plants yet we don't see any abnormalities in their cancer statistics, why is that?
Their first reactor went online in 1964, almost 50 years of non-stop operations and nobody has gotten sick, explanation?
There are over 2.8 million people living within a 50 mile radius of 3 mile island nuclear plant, no sicknesses no increase in cancer rates since 1974... Explain?
Indian Point nuclear reactor on the Hudson river up from NYC, no sicknesses or cancer reported because of it since 1962, explanation?
Should our knees tremble in fear at everything that might cause death and destruction?
Cancer deaths in US have doubled In the last 40 years. 85,000 toxins have been approved for our air, soil, food & water. 30% of Americans die from cancer. Govt corp alliance keeps upping our odds with more approved toxins & gives us false medical advice &/or keeps silent on dangers.
Probably most cancers are caused by environmental toxins of some sort. A nuclear plant with no problems might not kill anyone, but how can anyone say a nuclear meltdown never caused a death, or even serious health problems? I'd guess the issue is politicized by both sides, Wikipedia might know.
One thing not often brought up is some people can live after being exposed to 100 times the radiation that killed someone else. I hope they can find out why the difference & how to boost up our radiation tolerance if we ever have a leak near us. Best wishes.
Cancer deaths in US have doubled In the last 40 years. 85,000 toxins have been approved for our air, soil, food & water. 30% of Americans die from cancer. Govt corp alliance keeps upping our odds with more approved toxins & gives us false medical advice &/or keeps silent on dangers.
In fact cancer deaths have tripled since 1900 but the cause is not nuclear reactors....
Too bad nothing you posted addresses any of the questions I brought up....
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Probably most cancers are caused by environmental toxins of some sort. A nuclear plant with no problems might not kill anyone, but how can anyone say a nuclear meltdown never caused a death, or even serious health problems? I'd guess the issue is politicized by both sides, Wikipedia might know.
So you are absolutely clueless as to the topic of this thread and are talking from an ignorant standpoint.....
*FAIL*
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One thing not often brought up is some people can live after being exposed to 100 times the radiation that killed someone else. I hope they can find out why the difference & how to boost up our radiation tolerance if we ever have a leak near us. Best wishes.
Thanks for contributing zero to this topic.....
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Are you in total denial? Watch this video and pay particular attention to the last words this the reported says. "This land will never be inhabited again."
) fracking -- another one of those ideas the greenies are seeking to tie to every evil imaginable, simply because it matches their prejudices.
