Anyone that cites Chernobyl as evidence against nuclear power is just demonstrating their utter ignorance of the issue.
Foolish Child,
I look at Chernobyl this way, the place is dead. 100 years from now the place will be dead. 500 years from now the place will be dead. 1000 years from now the place will be dead. 10,000 years from now the place will be dead. 100,000 years from now the place will be dead. 1,000,000 years from now the place will be dead.
If you want to live there, be my guest. I would like to see what your offspring become after 50 generations or so. Sure, there are plants growing, they are simple genetics compared to humans. Yes there is abundant animal life, most of it migratory, but I would NOT eat it and I pity those that do.
You look like a prime candidate for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. You will learn things like "Neutron Embrittlement" and "Fission Products". I think that all nuclear plants are NOT like Chernobyl, however the potential for an accident is just as real.
GE and Westinghouse have been building reactors and new reactors for years. Every sub in the Navy has one and every Aircraft carrier has two.
I hate to burst your bubble, but the USS Enterprise has eight reactors. Two per engine room. With a combined power of ***CLASSIFIED*** Mw with an enrichment of ***CLASSIFIED*** per cent. Capable of approximately TWENTY YEARS between refuelings.
Top that with your civilian reactors that have to be refueled every three to five years.
Pray to the Infinite All that Combustion Engineering DOES NOT get back into the reactor building monkey business.
On Youtube.com, there is a video of the SL-1 accident. Check iit out.
there's nothing wrong with burying it all in a hole in the ground!
Russia did that and the fucker blew up. If you want to know and understand Nuclear power, join the Navy. You will definitely get your fill.
The military has a greater level of accountability than the civilian Nuclear industry. The military emphasizes safety whereas the civilian industry emphasizes PROFIT,PROFIT,PROFIT.
No matter how you look at it, NU-clear is UN-clear
Every one has heard about the periodic tables, but have you heard about the radio-nucleotide periodic table? It shows the half-life of various radioactive elements. Elements can last for hundredths of a second to 50,000 years + , and that is for only half of the quantity.
The issue is not about money or talent. Failure of management (upper, middle or first line) to recognize ability coupled with a desire to streamline costs can do more harm than good. I have seen cronyism, nepotism, corruption, theft, drunkenness, piss poor attitudes by both young and experienced workers. I have seen managers that were aware of the above state that "they had no idea", and managers who took advantage of the situation by using the above information as leverage to ensure their own agendas were supported rather than corporate agendas.
It is truly sad that technological advances are crippled by flatlander mentalities.
I have a better idea. Have everybody wear a yellow star and call them JUDE! A lame ass corporation that dictates appearance has no business being in business.
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Anyone that cites Chernobyl as evidence against nuclear power is just demonstrating their utter ignorance of the issue.
Foolish Child,
I look at Chernobyl this way, the place is dead.
100 years from now the place will be dead.
500 years from now the place will be dead.
1000 years from now the place will be dead.
10,000 years from now the place will be dead.
100,000 years from now the place will be dead.
1,000,000 years from now the place will be dead.
If you want to live there, be my guest. I would like to see what your offspring become after 50 generations or so.
Sure, there are plants growing, they are simple genetics compared to humans. Yes there is abundant animal life, most of it migratory, but I would NOT eat it and I pity those that do.
You look like a prime candidate for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. You will learn things like "Neutron Embrittlement" and "Fission Products". I think that all nuclear plants are NOT like Chernobyl, however the potential for an accident is just as real.
GE and Westinghouse have been building reactors and new reactors for years. Every sub in the Navy has one and every Aircraft carrier has two.
I hate to burst your bubble, but the USS Enterprise has eight reactors. Two per engine room. With a combined power of ***CLASSIFIED*** Mw with an enrichment of ***CLASSIFIED*** per cent. Capable of approximately TWENTY YEARS between refuelings.
Top that with your civilian reactors that have to be refueled every three to five years.
Pray to the Infinite All that Combustion Engineering DOES NOT get back into the reactor building monkey business.
On Youtube.com, there is a video of the SL-1 accident. Check iit out.
Only because it's a heavy metal - its no more toxic than copper or iron in terms of actual chemical toxicity.
HEY RICHARD CRANIUM!
Have you ever heard of Cobalt 60, Strontium 90? How about radioactive Iodine, potassium?
there's nothing wrong with burying it all in a hole in the ground!
Russia did that and the fucker blew up.
If you want to know and understand Nuclear power, join the Navy. You will definitely get your fill.
The military has a greater level of accountability than the civilian Nuclear industry. The military emphasizes safety whereas the civilian industry emphasizes PROFIT,PROFIT,PROFIT.
No matter how you look at it, NU-clear is UN-clear
Every one has heard about the periodic tables, but have you heard about the radio-nucleotide periodic table? It shows the half-life of various radioactive elements. Elements can last for hundredths of a second to 50,000 years + , and that is for only half of the quantity.
The issue is not about money or talent.
Failure of management (upper, middle or first line) to recognize ability coupled with a desire to streamline costs can do more harm than good.
I have seen cronyism, nepotism, corruption, theft, drunkenness, piss poor attitudes by both young and experienced workers.
I have seen managers that were aware of the above state that "they had no idea", and managers who took advantage of the situation by using the above information as leverage to ensure their own agendas were supported rather than corporate agendas.
It is truly sad that technological advances are crippled by flatlander mentalities.
Unless you consider being the archetect to be beyond programming.
At least I am old enough to spell "architect"
The People's Republic of China (PRC)is only missing three letters, IAY, I will let you do the math!
I have a better idea. Have everybody wear a yellow star and call them JUDE! A lame ass corporation that dictates appearance has no business being in business.