Doug Pensinger schreef:
> Charlie Bell wrote:
>
> > Unless you live in the northern part of Ukraine... ;o)
> >
> > Yeah, that's what I read Dan as saying too. Standing next to another perason
> > exposes you to more radiation than you're getting from the power station 200
> > miles up the road, as long as all the safety measures are in place...
>
> 200 miles? Sheesh, I spent the better part of four years less than 200 feet
> from the core of a small nuke, wearing a dosimeter that was checked monthly (I
> think, it's been a while), and it never indicated radiation anything close to
> a dangerous level.
>
> Not that I'm a big nuke fan, but there is a serious amount of unfounded
> hysteria surrounding the issue.
I'm not afraid of nuclear energy as such. It is a nice way to get a lot of energy
at low cost in the short run. What I am afraid of most is what happens if it does
_not_ work properly. Accidents will happen no matter how well maintained a system
it is. Another worry I have is the waste. What are you gonne do with it? So in the
long run it doesn't seem like such a cheap way of getting energy at all.
Sonja
