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Do Not Wantz!
Feb. 23rd, 2010 12:07 amGreat. I just heard on the news that Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. wants to put in two nuke power plants in Idaho. Even better, they aren't that far away from me, as wind and weather - and nuclear disasters - go. One in Payette County [just north of Canyon County where I am] and Elmore County [just a county or so over and just south of Boise County]
Map of Idaho counties.
Do Not Wantz Glow-In-The-Dark Powerz! I am a child of 3 Mile Island, Chernobyl and other such incidents.
Wiki article on nuclear and radiation accidents.
I admit, some of my prejudgments may be colored by a book I read many years ago: "We Almost Lost Detroit". But what a lot of folks don't know is the first documented nuclear accident was just on the other side of Idaho from me. Near a city called Arco,Arco is the "National Reactor Testing Station" (NRTS) ,now known as the Idaho National Laboratory, a military test reactor called SL-1 exploded on the night of January 3, 1961, killing the three-man maintenance crew on duty. - "Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident"
And let's not overlook the creepy factor that Arco is very near 'Craters of the Moon' National Monument and Preserve.
Call me old fashioned, but no matter how well people are trained in what they do, there will always be a 'lowest common denominator' somewhere: construction, etc. And no one has convinced me that fusion/fission is a safe bet now and for the future. Hell, human beings can't deal with the garbage they already produce. I don't think we need garbage that will be around for multi-generations to come. I'd rather see the effort but into solar, wind and geothermal. Those make more sense for this area than glow-in-the-dark power.
Just my opinion and given for free. You get what you pay for it.
Map of Idaho counties.
Do Not Wantz Glow-In-The-Dark Powerz! I am a child of 3 Mile Island, Chernobyl and other such incidents.
Wiki article on nuclear and radiation accidents.
I admit, some of my prejudgments may be colored by a book I read many years ago: "We Almost Lost Detroit". But what a lot of folks don't know is the first documented nuclear accident was just on the other side of Idaho from me. Near a city called Arco,Arco is the "National Reactor Testing Station" (NRTS) ,now known as the Idaho National Laboratory, a military test reactor called SL-1 exploded on the night of January 3, 1961, killing the three-man maintenance crew on duty. - "Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident"
And let's not overlook the creepy factor that Arco is very near 'Craters of the Moon' National Monument and Preserve.
Call me old fashioned, but no matter how well people are trained in what they do, there will always be a 'lowest common denominator' somewhere: construction, etc. And no one has convinced me that fusion/fission is a safe bet now and for the future. Hell, human beings can't deal with the garbage they already produce. I don't think we need garbage that will be around for multi-generations to come. I'd rather see the effort but into solar, wind and geothermal. Those make more sense for this area than glow-in-the-dark power.
Just my opinion and given for free. You get what you pay for it.
