If you are willing to ignore the un-solved problem of spent fuel with
half-lifes of thousands of years. And don;t fool yourself, the only way
nuclear power ever made it in the states is that the plants did not have to
get insurance for the possibility of an accident. If they had to operate in
a free market, they never would have happened.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Faure, Marin" <Marin.Faure@PSS.Boeing.com>
To: "'Land Rover Mail Group'" <LRO@works.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:18 PM
Subject: LRO: Re: Power
> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 15:09:23 -0300
> From: john.cranfield@ns.sympatico.ca (John Cranfield)
> Subject: Re: LRO: Power (was wasted youth)
>
> >However to all those who try to assure us that nuclear is non poluting
> have you so soon forgotten Chernobyl.
>
> The problem with using Chernobyl as an example of the nuclear power
> generation industry in action is that the Chernobyl plant was a shining
> example of how to do everything wrong in designing, operating, and
> maintaining a nuclear power plant. If that type of plant was state-of-
> the-art in nuclear power plants, then I would agree nuclear's not a good
> way to go. But in fact, a nuclear plant can be designed, operated, and
> maintained to be as reliable and safe as any other form of power
generation
> except possibly hydro.
> ___________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle
>
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