in the US the problem isn't just saftey it's NIMBY. (not in my back yard). I'm far far far from being an expert on whats bog standard practice to store spent rods. That being said the very few physics i've talked to have said right off theoreticly you could store spent cells just abount anywhere sighting that these days that you get more exposer to harmful radiation over the course of a cross countery plane trip than about a year of 'leaked' radiation from spent rods. IF it's politicly viable to store Japans spent rods i'd think they'd apraciat any assistance at all. As to news papers: meh. i'm not sure nuclear has THAT much of loby strength more likely that it's wall street journal taking a conservative tone to writing.(caveat: i haven't read any news papers re: the situation in japan). Just as a side note: you do realize that ironicly oil spills cause more environmental damage radiation leaks?
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > If you read the Wall Street Journal, then you > get the impression the situation is not that bad > at all, it is only unconfortable for Tepco (Tokyo > Electric Power Company). If you follow the media > and read the newspapers here in Germany, you get > a completely different opinion. You get the > impression that this is the worst atomic crisis > since Chernobyl. This is what the people wanted to > hear, because the majority of people in Germany is > against power from nuclear power plants. I guess > it started with the Chernobyl disaster, which affected > Western Europe much more than the USA. Maybe the > media in the US focuses on different things, because the > people want to hear something else? Or is the US > nuclear industry so strong that it can influence the > public opinion? > > I think the worries are justified, it is indeed the > worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. We have seen > now for the first time what happens if an earthquake > or a tsunami hits a nuclear power plant directly: > from a nuclear catastrophe to a nuclear meltdown, > everything is possible. We have seen in Japan how > dangerous nuclear waste is (a fire broke out in the > reactor's fuel storage pond - an area where *used* > nuclear fuel is kept cool). I think this sheds new > light on unsolved problems, since the nuclear waste > problem as a whole is completely unsolved, isn't it? > > If it is so safe to store it, then the US could store > it for others. Maybe that is the solution for the > economic crisis, the U.S. becomes the world's > largest nuclear-waste dump. We will take your > waste if you pay for it.. > > -J. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gillian Densmore" > <gil.densm...@gmail.com> > To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <friam@redfish.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:29 AM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan > > >> with all due respect I think it wasn't needed to troll about nuclear >> power. It's not perfect. Japan isn't perfect. It's a time to pool >> together international relief. What if a freek huricane or tornado hit >> new mexico? I'd hope that we'd be seeking aid reguardless of personal >> politics. >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
