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Lamplighter · 11-09-2010, 08:09 PM

Ever since the 3-Mile Island accident my wife and I have been opposed to nuclear power. But now we are beginning to argue about it again. She is still opposed, and I have started to feel pragmatically that it may be necessary, as wind and solar each have such a long way to go to meet the nation's needs.

BUT, it is amazing to me how during the previous administration the nuclear industry started gearing up again quietly and without any public discussion. It's as if there is no institutional memory of what it was like during the 3-Mile and Chenoble incidents, and no assurances that anything different will be done in building the new reactors over what was done before. Again, just one disasterous event will probably be enough to kill the industry.

11-09-2010, 08:09 PM	#23
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Ever since the 3-Mile Island accident my wife and I have been opposed to nuclear power. But now we are beginning to argue about it again. She is still opposed, and I have started to feel pragmatically that it may be necessary, as wind and solar each have such a long way to go to meet the nation's needs. BUT, it is amazing to me how during the previous administration the nuclear industry started gearing up again quietly and without any public discussion. It's as if there is no institutional memory of what it was like during the 3-Mile and Chenoble incidents, and no assurances that anything different will be done in building the new reactors over what was done before. Again, just one disasterous event will probably be enough to kill the industry.