BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - 5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?

LilAbner[_3_]

On 8/23/2011 10:09 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:36:03 -0600,
wrote:

On 23/08/2011 4:10 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:26:47 -0600,
wrote:

On 23/08/2011 1:02 PM, X ~ Man wrote:
On 8/23/11 2:55 PM, iBoat More wrote:
In articleTvKdnUZZA_VGaM7TnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@earthlink .com,
says...

The epicenter wasn't that far from the nuke plant on Lake Anna. Sure
hope there's no problem there...

Uh, it was a 5.9, there will be no problems at the nuke plant.

You have no credentials and your opinion on the matter is of no value.
News reports say the nukes were shut down and the diesel generators are
now pumping cooling water through the plant. Hopefully, there was no
damage, but it has been talked about as a possibility at Lake Anna for
years. I'm sure there will be a full inspection before the reactors are
restarted.

Funny, Japanese pumps worded too but with cracked pools and
pipes...pumping water just floods the area.

It is just a mater of time before one in the USA does the same.

So, does that mean you're for or against nuclear power? Do you believe
it should be closely regulated or should we just rely on the company
(like GE) to tell us it's safe?

Yep. I was pro-nuke up until Japan's screw up. When Japan started
deliberately washing radioactivity into the Pacific, I came to the
conclusion mankind is not politically rational enough for the technology
period.

That kind of pollution makes DDT and asbestos look tame.

Well, as usual, you haven't thought through the whole issue. Compared
to, for example, death by coal-fired plants, nuclear energy is quite
safe.

FYI, DDT and asbestos were banned by GOVERNMENT action.
Nuclear is a scare word. It is dangerous because of the very reason we
need it. High energy. I doubt we can have a Japanese type emergency.
Modifications have been ongoing on older designs. Newer ones are more
advanced than the Westinghouse and Ge designs of the 50s and 60s and
Korea and China. We can never stop the natural process of the earth from
affecting everything we do and power plants of whatever kind.
We are deluding ourselves if we think we can get rid of nuclear, coal,
and natural gas and just rely on sunshine, propellers and broccoli sprouts.
What's going to power all those electric shoe boxes?Our society and
economies is what it was/is because of energy.
If we didn't have it well.... we would still be driving horses and
burning wood and use outhouses.
The European Socialist blueprint is a reduced economy and lifestyle.
Americans have too much and are too wealthy as per Brussels Bildrberg
members. We should be made to live in a more sustainable economy with
higher prices, taxes, social destruction or Multiculturism, and subject
to the Global Governance led by Brussels.