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Environment & Energy

davidpdx

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18. 2,000 employees at high risk for thyroid cancer

Reply to wtmusic (Reply #15)

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 06:45 PM

Jul 2013

These are just the ones we know about:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014542954

You may not see people drop dead quickly like if an atomic bomb had been dropped, but there will be a slow long lasting effect.

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TIME: Nuclear Energy Is Largely Safe. But Can It Be Cheap? [View all] wtmusic Jul 2013 OP

Nuclear energy "safe" darkangel218 Jul 2013 #1

My thoughts exactly davidpdx Jul 2013 #3

BP Statistical Review of World Energy? davidpdx Jul 2013 #2

Ooh scary picture. wtmusic Jul 2013 #7

The author seemed to go out of his way to point out the lack of deaths davidpdx Jul 2013 #14

Some people will die of cancer; probably very few. wtmusic Jul 2013 #15

2,000 employees at high risk for thyroid cancer davidpdx Jul 2013 #18

Thyroid cancer is 95% curable wtmusic Jul 2013 #20

Safe until it isn't, and then wildly unsafe. Not cheap, so lets get rid of back up systems and Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #4

No, to make this stuff up requires... kristopher Jul 2013 #5

Typical antinuke kneejerk. wtmusic Jul 2013 #6

yes I understand your agenda. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #11

Cost, Safety and Development Time One_Life_To_Give Jul 2013 #8

"Always safe"? wtmusic Jul 2013 #9

We have a practical, proven 0 carbon energy solution and it isn't nuclear kristopher Jul 2013 #10

If it was practical and proven... there wouldn't be a problem. FBaggins Jul 2013 #12

Renewables are both practical and proven kristopher Jul 2013 #13

Because it makes SENSE PamW Jul 2013 #16

It only makes sense to phissionophiles kristopher Jul 2013 #17

Are you saying that Utilities won't or can't deal with the varibility of solar or wind? Finishline42 Jul 2013 #19