[TheForge] Hellooooooo!

[Darrell]

There is always some risk. But the truth is, Ted Kennedy's car has killed 
more people than our nuclear power plants have.

Darrell

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Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hellooooooo!


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> Todd Rich wrote:
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>> So the French don't have people problems?  They are running a large chunk 
>> of their power off of nuclear plants and reprocessing the fuel and 
>> vitrifying the waste.
>
> Certainly they do, but the French run things with a fundamentally 
> different attitude from that of Americans.  If we instituted the same 
> procedural rigor in the design, installation, and operation of a nuclear 
> power facility that we took with SAC weapons systems (missiles and 
> bombers), then I would not have a problem with going that way, assuming 
> that the wastes can in fact be dealt with adequately.  But how many 
> incidents have there been of contractors cutting corners on critical 
> elements of a reactor's construction?  How about the decision to locate 
> Diablo Canyon on top of an earthquake fault in California?  This is the 
> kind of shit that makes this nation not only a laughing stock in the eyes 
> of the world, but a dangerous one at that.  Here, there is always some 
> money angle that blackens the works.  Some dickhead will use bad materials 
> because they cost $2 less, which he pockets, knowing that no matter what 
> happens, there will be little if any consequence.
>
> Look at Kenny boy and his buddies at Enron.  They ruined countless tens of 
> thousands of lives and they're basically laughing through their days. No 
> accountability.  That is what is scary about allowing nuclear energy to 
> gain a new foothold.  Solve that problem, the solutions of which are not 
> that hard to come to, and it would probably all be OK. Until then I would 
> not trust it to the door.  You need real accountability with real horrors 
> waiting for those that betray the public trust.  This isn't an academic 
> exercise.
>
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