"John" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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John wrote:

LOL It is not the tree hugger that have a problem with nuclear, it is
the general population and the NIMBY attitude. Nobody wants a nuke
generator built in their county or on their lake. Nobody wants a used
nuclear fuel dump in their state. Now if you could convince your next
door neighbor that you should store spent nuclear rods in your city -
maybe we could push nuclear forward.



I live, oh, 25-30 miles, I would guess, from a nuclear powerplant. I
fish near it when I can. Other than the fact that my dick has grown
another six inches and its tip now glows in the dark, I haven't noticed
anything unusual.

Seriously, there is talk about building a second reactor on the site,
which I favor. It is good, clean power, and so long as the spent fuel
rods are stored in Texas, Alabama, and Mississippi, it is ok with me.
The local unions also favor it because they, of course, will get the
work.


We live within 14 miles of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant (not a typo
... that's how they spell it). The Pilgrim Plant, located in Plymouth is
one of the oldest, if not *the* oldest, continuously operating nuclear
plant in the US. Before 9/11 they maintained nice public walkways and
grounds, including fishing spots from the breakwater. Obviously they are
now all closed. The operating license expires in 2012 and an application
to extend the license until 2032 has been submitted but is being opposed,
as usual, by the regular group of anti-nuke activists. You know the
type. Mostly women who wear their hair in long braids, never shave their
legs and make their own dresses dyed with cranberry juice or squished
blueberries.


Ya the ones that I went to elementary school with, back when they made us
practice air raid drills weekly - and made you say the pledge of
allegiance daily....
Funny how when you are taught as a child to be afraid of nukes - it sticks
with you.


All the spent fuel rods used since it began operation in 1972 remain
stored on site. There has never been a serious accident or event.

Eisboch


Thank God.
Read the book "We almost lost Detroit" True story of a near meltdown at
the Fermi plant. That tower is now a monument to how close a nuclear melt
down came, it is now completely filled with concrete to contain it.

http://www.amazon.com/Almost-Lost-De.../dp/0425067009



Fortunately, that accident was related to one, unique and obsolete design
that is not used anywhere else in the US, as I understand it.

Eisboch