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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:31 PM Original message |
Did Florida Go to the Radioactive Brink? (yesterday) |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. BULL SHIT Scare article |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. and the waste? |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. shhhhhh... you're not supposed to talk about that stuff.. /nt |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. good grief |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Umm, yes, a storm very well could |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Amen, Ensho...I have relatives by marriage who have been horribly |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. How on Earth is a storm going to damage a containment building? |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. stored safely on site, as has been done for decades |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. LOL!. Do you realize how many of those on site storage facilities are leaking right now |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Exactly. And also virtually the only alternative as oil supplies dwindle. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. You're totally discounting things like wind, solar, geothermal, biomass etc. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Which explains why the massive increase in world wide nuclear capacity |
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raincity_calling (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Clearly you don't |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I understand it better than you, apparently |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Please provides cites |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. That explains why so many nuclear plants are being built, while solar panels remain unsold |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Right |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not a good idea to build more reactors in hurricane alley without effective backup plans. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. The center of Andrew passed only a few miles from Turkey Point |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's the auxillary systems that support the main containment building that seem to worry. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I went through Hurricane Andrew, and also worked at Turkey Point before |
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RexDart (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Yikes... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've been wondering what might happen around here this coming |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. the nuke plants on Fl.'s west coast already have the problem of too hot water |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Can decentralized solar panels provide power equal to those antiquated nuclear time bombs? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Jimmy Carter had a proposal in the 1970s to put solar panels on the houses of America. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I knew the Carter/White House/Ray-Gun part of the story, but... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Negative..Cant smelt shit |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Or use geothermal like Iceland is doing |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. The fact that it shut down proves its safety designs work, |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. Someone was hacking into the nuke facility by internet |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm looking for another ENRON conspiracy... |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Serious nuclear accidents have been happening since the meltdown outside of Los Angeles in 1959... |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. If these were real incidents, they could not be covered up... |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The Simi incident occurred at the Santa Susana Field Lab... |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Note the date - 1959 |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. There have been approximately 30 nuclear accidents at research facilities and power plants... |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here is a link chock full of reasons for concern regarding nukes |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. instead of new nuke plants, why not look into tidal turbines? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. How well do solar panels survive hurricanes? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. that's what you have insurance for. same as your roof. if a tree limb damages it, you replace it. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. This is called a "fail safe." When there is a problem, it fails to a safe - off - state. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. So, let's burn more coal instead. That'll solve all our problems, won't it? |
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