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From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: Earth on Edge
> Do you also have a good explanation (other than: if it goes wrong, part of
> it won't be *our* problem) for the fact that many nuclear power plants are
> built close to national non-water borders? Example: Germany and Belgium
> built nuclear power plants close to the Dutch border -- no rivers or
> anything acting as a natural border.
>
Certainly, the NIMBY syndrome (Not in My Back Yard). Say a nuclear power
plant is going to be built, and a small fraction of the citizens of an area
complain to the government about it being located in their backyard. It
seems clear to me that, on average, locating a plant close to the boundaries
of a nation cuts this number in half.
Whether or not these citizens are correct in their worries, whether or not
they are small enough a fraction of the population so that their views are
in the vast minority, they can pose at least an irritation. By placing a
plant near a boundary, one cuts this bother in half.
Dan M.
>
> >It's not polluted with chemicals, nor is it radioactive
> >but it is a good deal
> >warmer than the ambient temperature of the source water. But then,
> >conventional plants use cooling water as well.
>
> And that's supposed to make things right? "Conventional plants dump their
> coolant in the river, so it's okay for us to do the same"? Or, closer to
> home: if you neighbour dumps his trash in your garden, does that mean it's
> okay for you to dump your trash in his garden?
>
>
> Jeroen
>
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