“So beware of the chicken-little sky-is-falling so-called experts who will try to equate the Japanese problems with nuclear power as something that could happen in the US.”
Come-on to say this can never happen to us is crazy talk. We have had close calls in the past and in accordance with Murphy’s law it will happen in the future. Nuke’s are cheap power with risk, some don’t mind taking risks while others prefer to play it safe.
Chicken Little is not illegally occupying the Oval Office but Bozo Barry is enjoying his role of stirring the radiation stew while the Japanese look more incompetent every day
LOL LOL !
Well, let’s take a look at the closest of the “close calls.”
Three Mile Island was a partial core meltdown, which occurred in part because the operators did the wrong things again and again in response to systems failures. In other words, it was pretty much as bad as it could get. People living adjacent to the plant received about the same radiation exposure as a couple of chest x-rays.
Most of the chicken-little anti-nuclear types have an agenda that is not in the best energy interest of the US. Yes accidents can happen and multiple redundancy is necessary to prevent such from becoming beyond serious no matter the location. IMO in this country, location is the most important factor -- away from major earthquake faults and high enough about sea level to avoid a tsunami or flooding from a hurricane.
If playing it completely, absolutely, positively safe is the goal, then we don't build nuclear plants, live near a chemical plant or oil refinery, don't drive a car or fly in a plane; we build an underground home in tornado country and a concrete and steel residence on a hill in hurricane country. Risk is part of living; it can not be avoided. We spend big bucks in all aspects of commerce to reduce it (some of which is beyond the pale due to sue happy tort lawyers). What one needs to do is to evaluate risk objectively and not listen to those who either downplay it or hype it. Those that do have other agendas.