Yes, I remember the TMI incident, and enjoyed reading about it via your link. The TMI accident was not very serious, as it did not result in any deaths, and there was only minimal meltdown/leak. The structure basically held containing almost all the radio active materials. Still, it just goes to show how accidents will alway happen, sooner or later. If the USA started building nuclear power plants again, not having a nuclear power plant accident would be like writing 100,000 lines of code and testing it finding narry a bug. Accidents will always happen with the chain of evens compounding the error each step of the way.
#--------------------------- In the "Aftermath": The TMI cleanup started in August 1979 and officially ended in December 1993, having cost around US$975 million. From 1985 to 1990 almost 100 tons of radioactive fuel were removed from the site. However, the contaminated cooling water that leaked into the containment building had seeped into the building's concrete, leaving the radioactive residue impossible to remove. TMI-2 had been online only three months, but now had a ruined reactor vessel and a containment building that was unsafe to walk in --- it has since been permanently closed. #------------------------------- To me nuclear power plants present to many problems and dangers. The raw materials need to produce the fuel is not that abundant or evenly distributed around the world, and the USA would likely be dependent on other countries for the raw materials. This is yet another reason for the USA to avoid nuclear energy. Regards, LelandJ MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > >> I don't recall any accidents in the last 20 or 30 years, so I guess we >> have been very lucky; knock on wood. I doubt we every hear about any of >> the close calls or problems that surely have occurred. >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> > > > How could you forget? Not quite 30 years ago: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
