I have a question about nuclear weapons. Anyone here know much about them?

[jeff47]

54. You should stop making dumb assumptions about other posters.

Or would you like me to start claiming you want us all shivering in the dark?

I'm pro-reality. There's enough bullshit on both sides of nuke/no-nuke.

However, as Fukushima is actually teaching us, right at this very moment, a nuclear power plant shorn of electricity and replenished water, is a dangerous thing.

No. That is the case for a first-generation plant like Fukushima. Which we already knew. Newer designs could theoretically deal with it, but these designs have not been built due to costs, lawsuits and lack of governmental approvals.

Whether the radiation comes from spent fuel rods, or those in the reactor vessel, matters little to those getting dosed.

Unless, of course, your goal was to prevent such a catastrophe. Because the difference tells you where you actually have to change what you're doing to avoid disaster.