No kidding. The thousands and thousands of people dead from Three Mile Island should give all of you pause...oh, wait...
In 1983, when I was a freshman in high school, I had to take a cource called I.P.S. (Introduction to Physical Science). The Physics teacher taught it, and he had an unusual sense of humor, which might stem from the fact that he once helped build ICBMs. Someone once asked him in class about the prospect for a war with Russia, fighting in Europe, etc., etc.
His response was that the LAST thing we would have to worry about was fighting the Russians. He pointed out the second-floor windows. “See those refineries? That’s a primary target. They might have a nuke targeted on the Navy yard, but they’ll have six or seven pointed at those. They might try to destroy the Navy yard if they can, but they’ll make DAMN sure to destroy those refineries. You won’t be fighting the Russians: if the balloon ever goes up, we’re dead.”
He was smiling his usual wry smile at the time. You just had to know him, I guess. My point is that the beginning, middle, and end of my concern about the refineries and reactors around here is the fact that they make for attractive targets, and p*ss on the greenies.