Going Nuclear
1979 3 Mile island
1986 Chernobyl
One of the things I keep hearing is that No One died at 3 Mile Island.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/12984_threemileislandworkeronhowhesurvivednuclearcatastrophe
“…“This job has its hazards,” he says, noting that within three months of the Chernobyl meltdown nearly 30 first responders had died. “That’s just the way it is.”…” :an excerpt from the above article.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/19/5325
The truth is people die at every stage of the Nuclear process:
Mining
Processing
Plant Operation
Waste Disposal
Wasn’t some guy running around a few weeks ago ranting how anti nuke liberals are anti-science? I wonder if it’s for blog readership numbers or if folks really think that way.
Good blog.
On the edge of tl:dr but my ADD is acting up. 😉
We’ve got 300 fellows in Japan right now who know they will be dying soon. They sacrifice their lives so that their fellow earthlings can have a chance at escaping large doses of radiation. Such a needless loss of so many great souls.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42371032/ns/world_news-asiapacific/?GT1=43001
I have always had concerns with nuclear energy. It is in reality a clean source of energy, as long as it is contained, but that is a mighty big “IF” The potential for disaster is enormous, although it is not completely inevitable. Moose makes an excellent point with what was just released by the media. There are many who are doomed to certain death for doing what they have done to ensure the safety of others. We face the same possibilities right here in the states, and I live in Texas, so I am in one of the danger zones in the event of a possible disaster with one of our plants. And if we view history, we know there will be other problems, and they may be far worse that what we have seen so far…Good blog, my friend…
More than 100,000 thousand coal miners have died in their profession in the last 100 years.
America still gets the most electricity from coal more than any other source.
Just sayin.
The other day I heard a man refer to the nuclear energy process as “ice nine.” That stopped me in my tracks and to be honest, it scared the hell out of me. It also raised a lot of questions in my mind. Things I think are common sense questions…radiation, nuclear waste, greed, etc. And yes I believe they are heroes too, 100%.
The two things that bother me most:
1. Will Fukushima still be monitored after the cameras are gone.
2. Is Nuclear and Coal the only 2 solutions, for producing electricity?