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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey
Nuclear power does not deserve the bad rep it has IMO... especially not because of Chernobyl. A poor facility staffed by badly trained people.
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Or how about Three Mile Island - The worst Civilian Nuclear accident in the United States.
Number of Deaths - 0
Number of Injuries - 0
Amount of Radiation contamination from the accident - 1 miliREM
Background radiation that naturally occurs in the area - 125 MiliREM/Year
A chest X-Ray is 6 MiliREM by the way.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-co...mile-isle.html
And this is our WORST accident?
Nuclear Energy can be dangerous but the risks can also be mitigated with current technologies and safeguards.
I always wondered if people got spun up over TMI because of that stupid movie?