Enviros, at least the leaders, do not want cheap power, they want people living back in the dark ages, except for themselves of course, and they will find fault with any form of energy that is cheap and safe and delivers the goods. He**, they even find fault with their wind and solar crap(and rightly so), for the wrong reasons but still they bitch about them.
Communist simply do not want us to be well off, they can't control people who are self sufficient and earn enough wealth to live comfortably.
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While it maybe low today what will the total number of radiation-caused deaths be in ten years that can be associated with the event. It may still be low or not.
One must look at more than just today to make accurate statements about the death toll.
By the by does anyone know what the death toll for the tsunami is?
That's nothing. About 170,000 people died to the Banqiao dam failure in China in 1975.
The problem with nuclear power is not the concept.... it’s the fact that we seem to be stuck on materials that are better suited to weapons than energy. Thorium reactors would be the better choice for safety and they are just as effective.
At least four people have died at Fukushima. Granted, they didn’t die from radiation poisoning, but they did die.
Reminds me of the way the old Soviet tied to hide that little 'accident' outside of Kiev. Except in the Internet age, some stuff gets out no matter haw hard TEP or their Govt enablers try to hide facts.
BTW, Japanese tea is now off my diet unless from Thailand...
Excellent article. I was a Beckmann “fan” way back, and his book (The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear) is a classic.
Just a couple of months ago, I learned about the amazing potential of Thorium-based nuclear power. Imagine a source of nuclear power that
— produces less than 1% of the waste of current nuclear plants
— cannot melt down
— cannot contribute to nuclear weapons proliferation
— is simpler and safer because it operates at low pressure, hence does not need a massive pressure vessel
— can actually “burn up” existing nuclear waste.
Sound too good to be true? Check out
http://www.thoriumenergyalliance.com/ThoriumSite/portal.html
Reactors damaged by a 1,000 year event and 0 loss of life.
The fact that there wasn't a catastrophic meltdown that poisoned the surrounding area for decades speaks to the relative safety of the plants. Even in the face of the worst earthquake and tsunami in recent Japanese history, and even with all three of the back-up safety plans going awry, those plants still haven't ruined the country.
The only reasons that nuclear power exists is because of military needs and because of government mandates (only governments can afford the costs involved). Other than that it is far too expensive to operate a nuclear plant even when insurance companies cap the payouts on losses and governments foot the bill for cleanup from disasters. If politicians weren’t paid off (via lobbyists), there wouldn’t be any nuke plants except on military installations. Even wall street investors know better than to throw money into a black hole...Germany understands now thanks to Fukushima, better late than never.
Pro nuke people need better talking points for brainwashing in light of recent events.
Exactly. We need more nukes, not less. Safest form of mass production of energy (by man) in history.
A - One less than died in Ted Kennedy's Oldsmobile.
Fast forward two years to see how utterly preposterous this article is. Fukushima is a nuke mess getting bigger still.