[OldDeckHand]

"good point,,, if a nuke ever went off at a power plant, nobady could convince the public that it wasn’t an accident at the plant."

Ah, probably not.

First, Georgia only has two nuclear plants - one in Baxley, and one in Waynesboro - neither are anywhere near where these men were arrested.

Second, I went to school to be an economist and a lawyer, and even with my embarrassingly limited understanding of physics, I know enough to understand that nuclear power plants don't "blow up". Even with a massive conventional explosion inside the reactor chamber, there is not NEARLY enough fissile material at a nuclear plant for it to "blow up". The laws of physics dictate that there need be a certain quantity of fissile material available to reach critical mass, and that quantity far exceeds what is found in ANY nuclear power plant. You could have a huge "dirty bomb", but you could not have a "nuclear explosion".

If we live in a country that educates people so poorly that they believe nuclear power plants can "blow-up" (like thermonuclear warhead), we have MUCH BIGGER problems than Al Qeada, because we clearly would have a country of imbeciles.

[smokingfrog]

we clearly would have a country of imbeciles...

They voted for 0bama, didn't they?

[Kabud]

nuki power plant has RADIOACTIVE material

if it blows: it will be Chornobyl like event: spread of radiation of a long term type, not like nuki exploision

[matthew fuller]

"If we live in a country that educates people so poorly that they believe nuclear power plants can "blow-up" (like thermonuclear warhead), we have MUCH BIGGER problems than Al Qeada, because we clearly would have a country of imbeciles. "

A very large chunk of our country "knows" that fire can't melt steel, and a majority of voters in this country elected an illegal undocumented muslim to the presidency. We clearly DO have a country of imbeciles.

[fr_freak]

If we live in a country that educates people so poorly that they believe nuclear power plants can "blow-up" (like thermonuclear warhead), we have MUCH BIGGER problems than Al Qeada, because we clearly would have a country of imbeciles.

Welcome to the party, pal. We live in a country where people are far dumber and believe far more asinine things than that. Why don't we have an advanced nuclear power program now? Answer: because millions of gullible Americans believed the Left when they said that nuclear power plants are going to kill or mutate everyone. Of course, then the Left says that fossil-fuel plants are causing the earth to warm up, and everyone believes that. Basically, the Left won't be happy until all of the peasants are living in mud huts with no running water.

[brivette]

what an articulate response! as a former navy nuke, I’d be more afraid of the sub’s sitting in Groton than a conventional power plant...