IndependntLogic
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- Jul 14, 2011
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Well I tend to believe that nothing is ever as good or as bad as people say. So when people say "Oh Nuclear power with be the death of us all, tomorrow!" I think about the fact that I lived down the coast from San Onofre and never heard of any problems. On the other side, when people say "There are no valid reasons for concern, when it comes to the safety or security of nuclear plants! None whatsoever!" I am just as skeptical.
So let's put that bullsh*t-o-meter of yours to the test. What would you say are the two or three main areas of concern, when it comes to nuclear plants?
I appreciate your "cautious" approach when it come to your "decision-making" process, Indy.
Your question is a valid one, and my answers involve NOTHING from a safety standpoint.
Here are my answers:
1. U.S. nuclear power plants are showing their age. Ground has not been broken for a new U.S. nuclear power plant since the 1970s. This country needs to build MORE nuke power plants before the old ones start going off-line.
2. Storage of spent fuel bundles has been an ongoing problem for many years, because the Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada, which should have been "open for business" many years ago, has become a perpetual political football. Currently, U.S. nuke power plant facilities store their spent fuel on-site.
3, The anti-nuke pukes need to get a life, admit that wind turbines and solar power are NOT the answer to the continuing and growing power needs of the United States, and embrace the FACT that building many more nuclear power plants is the best answer.
As for "taichiliberal", I am not going to acknowledge his anti-nuke rhetoric. "Martybegan" did a fine job of responding to him.
No offense but "NOTHING" just doesn't sound very objective. And a thread later, someone brings up a valid point: Imagine if every car on the road had the same technology, safty features and were all built in the 1970's.
Now granted, a nuke plant is not a car - which is even more reason for concern. I am just not going to be convinced that we couldn't come up with completely new designs after 40 years.
As far as trusting power companies? Any company that has to make a profit, will always meet the minimum safety requirements, spend the minumum necessary to build and maintain etc...
I think we can have safe, effective nuke power. But I do think there are valid concerns and things that can be upgraded.
As far as security goes, I think it's another valid reason for concern.
But I have to take my daughter to the tennis court - we've got a month left to work on her game and I'm hoping to get her state ranked this year (she's going into 10th grade).