What You think about use of new, ecological nuclear power against Fukushima,

[Pirate88179]

Nuclear power is not the enemy, no more than guns or bombs are.  It is how they are used that needs to be called into question in my opinion.  Why they did not have back up generators (which they did) to operate the cooling pumps after being flooded by the waves is beyond me.  It could happen so they should have planned for that.  It did happen.  My hopes and prayers are with the Japanese people in this dire time.  No one deserves this.

Bill

[the_big_m_in_ok]

Nuclear power is not the enemy, no more than guns or bombs are.  It is how they are used that needs to be called into question in my opinion. ...

Excellent!  A reasonable statement on this thread.  I fully agree.  Nuclear generators are just atomic heaters that boil water or another medium to generate electricity.  An atom bomb releases all it's energy in a few millionths of a second, and all that sudden energy kills people, which damages the environment.

... Why they did not have back up generators (which they did) to operate the cooling pumps after being flooded by the waves is beyond me. ...

They did have backup generators (I'm told on the news---in basements!?!?) that were flooded by the tsunami.  I would have put the AC generators on higher ground, on a hill, away from the seaside cliffs.  Then run power line mains to the plant on sturdy support mounts.  The Japanese engineers didn't think of that, though.

It could happen so they should have planned for that.  It did happen.

Money might have been a reason.  If they took more precautions, the cost would have gone to the Moon on a figurative "Saturn V" launch rocket.  Way, WAY! too expensive.
Also, they didn't expect a 9.0 earthquake to hit the area, followed by a 15m tsunami.  Not both at once on the same day.

My hopes and prayers are with the Japanese people in this dire time.  No one deserves this.

Every Friday, I myself say a particular healing prayer for Japan in my synagogue.  I'm with you on this.  Nobody deserves something as deadly as radiation.
Good going, Bill.

--Lee

[neptune]

As I see it ,  the only difference between a nuclear bomb and a nuclear power station is the length and predictability of the fuse . Nuclear accidents are assessed on a scale of one to seven . That in itself is illogical , but it gets worse . A scale 2 is ten times as serious as a scale 1 . A scale 3 is ten times as serious as a scale 2  , and so on . This is totally illogical and can only have been created with one purpose in mind , to deceive . The Fukushima accident has recently been uprated from scale 5 to 7 . That presumably means that it is 100 times as bad as first admitted .Of course I have sympathy for the victims .

[raburgeson]

They forgot to finish the statement. "Nuclear power is the path of the future" should be ended with "world extinction".

[Doctor No]

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