tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post8932721730248174603..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: The other 3 Mile Island?William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-3663467809869103952011-03-22T13:38:27.452-04:002011-03-22T13:38:27.452-04:00Whatever happened to learning from mistakes and, b...Whatever happened to learning from mistakes and, by so doing, advancing technology?<br /><br />"That doesn’t mean you don’t think every life is valuable. But you’re balancing risks, and acknowledging their reality in the real world we live in."<br /><br />One time on "This Week with David Brinkley," Sam Donaldson was arguing for the return of the 55-mph speed limit to save lives. George Will countered with something like, "Why don't we then bring back the horse and buggy and make the speed limit 10 miles-per-hour and you'll have absolutely no deaths."LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47781868293966419162011-03-22T09:55:27.696-04:002011-03-22T09:55:27.696-04:00France and China will have no part of this current...France and China will have no part of this current nuclear hysteria. Between them they will continue to get a growing share of their power from nuclear power and be at the forefront of nuclear power technology. France is the only country with an active advanced nuclear re-processing program.<br /><br />China has more than 21 new nuclear power reactors coming on line between now and 2015. They have considerably more than that planned or at the beginning stages of construction.<br /><br />"In France, which gets 79% of it electrical power from nuclear, Électricité de France announced plans to replace the current nuclear plants with new 1600 MWe units as they reach the end of their licensed life, starting around 2020. This decision confirms that France is planning to continue indefinitely using nuclear power as its primary electricity source. In order to replace the current 58 reactors, one new large unit will have to be built about every year for about 40 years."viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-51205753106713851812011-03-22T09:49:58.398-04:002011-03-22T09:49:58.398-04:00Even the Guardian moonbat--oops Monbiot--says Fuku...Even the Guardian moonbat--oops Monbiot--says Fukushima has changed his view:nuclear is safe and he supports it. Naturally the greenies are for things that don't work, opposed to things that do work and now are for nuclear only after they damned near killed it in the public mind.cfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415260679597997353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-58341273305612518352011-03-22T09:46:16.273-04:002011-03-22T09:46:16.273-04:00Annual death statistics, USA
Motorcycles – 2,500...Annual death statistics, USA<br /><br />Motorcycles – 2,500<br />Bicycles 1995 - 800<br />1999 struck by trains – 530<br />Candles - 126<br />1999 bus deaths - 58<br />wind power worker fatalities incl. falling from turbine towers and transporting turbines - 41<br />Skiing deaths – 34 <br />Dog Bites – 20 <br />Drawstring hoods – 17<br />Window blind cords – 13<br />Roller skates - 10 <br />Nuclear power plants – 0 deaths per year<br /><br />Safe nuclear does exist, and China is leading the way with thorium<br />by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 3/20/11<br /><br />"China’s Academy of Sciences said it had chosen a “thorium-based molten salt reactor system”. The liquid fuel idea was pioneered by US physicists at Oak Ridge National Lab in the 1960s, but the US has long since dropped the ball. Further evidence of Barack `Obama’s “Sputnik moment”, you could say. Chinese scientists claim that hazardous waste will be a thousand times less than with uranium. The system is inherently less prone to disaster." <br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8393984/Safe-nuclear-does-exist-and-China-is-leading-the-way-with-thorium.html" rel="nofollow"> UK Telegraph</a>viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-5395866960713444302011-03-22T09:30:29.674-04:002011-03-22T09:30:29.674-04:00In addition, shutting down a nuclear plant doesn&#...In addition, shutting down a nuclear plant doesn't always increase safety - several of the most troubled plants at Fukushima were shut down for maintenance when the quake/tsunami hit. Germany will increase emissions from coal or gas, but they won't necessarily improve safety. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I think Dr. Krauthammer was right, this event will probably spell the death of commercial nuclear power. It shouldn't, but it probably will.Bill Dyszelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863109469690482242noreply@blogger.com