re: #107 SidewaysQuark

The biggest “crisis” in nuclear power generation is people’s overreaction to it.

The lesson I learned from the Japanese earthquake and Fukushima is that if there’s an earthquake, it’s much safer to live near a nuclear power plant than it is to live near the beach.

“A Russian publication, Chernobyl, concludes that 985,000 premature cancer deaths occurred worldwide between 1986 and 2004 as a result of radioactive contamination from Chernobyl.” — Wikipedia

I don’t really want to get into a tug of war about nuclear power; I understand the need and desire for cheap energy — but I think downplaying the potential effects can be awfully dangerous.