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Platapus · 05-07-10, 09:40 PM

As far as I have been able to find out, the United States death toll from Nuclear power reactors is 3 in 1961 (SL-1 Incident)

Our worst nuclear reactor accident was Three Mile Island and that resulted in zero deaths. More people have been killed in the construction and operation of hydro-electric dams than have been killed in nuclear power plants in the United States.

Nuclear power has the potential of being dangerous, but that danger can be mitigated. What is more scary is that we have some very old nuclear reactors operating in the US. When one of them fails due to old age/old technology, the anti-Nuke people will proudly claim "see, we told you"

We need to shut down the older reactors and build many smaller, safer, more efficient nuclear reactors.

Nuclear power is not easy. It takes careful planning, and regulation. But it can be a safe and controllable source of power.

Fission is not the ultimate answer. But it will serve us well until we can develop other means of obtaining power.

05-07-10, 09:40 PM	#11
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	As far as I have been able to find out, the United States death toll from Nuclear power reactors is 3 in 1961 (SL-1 Incident) Our worst nuclear reactor accident was Three Mile Island and that resulted in zero deaths. More people have been killed in the construction and operation of hydro-electric dams than have been killed in nuclear power plants in the United States. Nuclear power has the potential of being dangerous, but that danger can be mitigated. What is more scary is that we have some very old nuclear reactors operating in the US. When one of them fails due to old age/old technology, the anti-Nuke people will proudly claim "see, we told you" We need to shut down the older reactors and build many smaller, safer, more efficient nuclear reactors. Nuclear power is not easy. It takes careful planning, and regulation. But it can be a safe and controllable source of power. Fission is not the ultimate answer. But it will serve us well until we can develop other means of obtaining power. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.