On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 9:16 AM, BillyG wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100216/pl_nm/us_usa_nuclear_loan_2
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'T'was two decades ago that I entered the inner sanctum of Millstone (Rhode
Island) III reactor control room to potentially do some consulting. My
escorts, two people from a consulting firm, had never been to a reactor
before. I noticed that when we drove from the Providence Airport we got
more and more hyper. I had no idea how far away we were from the reactor as
I had never been in that part of RI. Suddenly we got very, very hyper. We
were talking like the Keystone Cops would have if the film was a talkie.
Suddenly we turned a corner and there it was. I was not afraid of nukes and
have been in many more dangerous situations (Like, for instance, a dynamite
plant and all over most of Savannah River Plant and later Savannah River
Site. I actually entered a radioactive waste vitrification plant which had
already been sealed for the ages.). When we finally got into the control
room, I felt the most wired I have ever felt. It was nothing like those
uppers I took in college to cram for finals.
I decided that nuclear plants give off more and different kinds of radiation
than we can imagine or currently measure.
I decided that though this would be a very lucrative consulting gig, I'd bow
out.
If you but soak up the sunlight you are given, drink each drop of water I
send, and strive only to be yourself, life shall quicken in your roots,
spirit shall raise you into the light, and your bloom will inspire the
world.
