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jimlup

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31. I would like to say that I think safe nuclear energy is possible...

Wed May 22, 2013, 05:07 PM

May 2013

Honestly, I do deduce that it could be done. That doesn't mean that it will be as we can see from past incidents like Chernobyl and Fukashima along with many other less graphic small accidents that it rarely is.

I do believe that science and engineering could build a fail safe reactor. I do not however have enough faith in our political system to be convinced that it will in fact be the course of nuclear energy in the foreseeable future.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] darkangel218 May 2013 OP

What in the world were you doing in Northern Ukraine or Belarus in 1986? leveymg May 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 May 2013 #2

To establish you as an authority for your first post? Nope. FBaggins May 2013 #3

If we weren't given the potassium iodide we would've been dead darkangel218 May 2013 #5

Utter nonsense FBaggins May 2013 #7

OMG darkangel218 May 2013 #9

Wrong again. FBaggins May 2013 #11

Browsw through the pics and see if you find any speck of humanity in you darkangel218 May 2013 #12

And you think that a potassium iodide pill would have helped there? FBaggins May 2013 #13

The point of my OP was nuclear plants ARE NOT SAFE!! darkangel218 May 2013 #15

Not quite FBaggins May 2013 #18

"not very threatning condition"??? darkangel218 May 2013 #16

It simply isn't. FBaggins May 2013 #17

Everyone on DU - including you - faces a much higher risk of dying from the effects of coal smoke wtmusic May 2013 #19

You have NO proof of that claim RobertEarl May 2013 #24

It's been corected. nt wtmusic May 2013 #20

Sure... but it wasn't the spelling that I found funny. FBaggins May 2013 #21

Ignorant or a sales pitch? RobertEarl May 2013 #10

Absolutely. leveymg May 2013 #4

Thanks x. darkangel218 May 2013 #6

darkangel RobertEarl May 2013 #23

Its ok, i ignored that person. darkangel218 May 2013 #25

People experiencing an intervention... FBaggins May 2013 #30

Ignore our glow-in-the-dark trolls Demeter May 2013 #8

Pripyat has become a popular photo-toursit destination... RevStPatrick May 2013 #14

Soviet Nuclear Plants are dbackjon May 2013 #22

I've experienced "nuclear" lab accidents twice. hunter May 2013 #26

+1 wtmusic May 2013 #33

Used to live near Davis-Besse riqster May 2013 #27

Totally different Fusion Design Process 4Q2u2 May 2013 #28

I guess living through the George W. Bush pResidency isn't exactly the same thing... AndyA May 2013 #29

I would like to say that I think safe nuclear energy is possible... jimlup May 2013 #31

Wow you have been through a lot. felix_numinous May 2013 #32