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Mark
Since 20 Jun 2005
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I need my fix because I'm a
Naishaholic
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Mike
Good job.
I am sending you a pair of Lead lined underwear.
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Wed Mar 16, 11 12:45 pm |
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Nuclear power is an excellent way to produce power...until something goes wrong.
I still say bad idea. It's totally clean...but not really. I couldn't imagine having to completely abandon my home and neighborhood forever because of some mechanical failure.
It's not as if the japanese are not thorough and detail oriented. I have to think they had multiple safety systems installed and they were all maintained. I always imagine that Chernobyl was held together with duct tape and bailing wire but Japan is not Russia.
I mean,is this worth it....
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pjc
Since 06 Mar 2005
649 Posts
Addicted
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| Wed Mar 16, 11 2:44 pm |
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| you're a real class act monkey boy.
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Campbell
Since 07 Sep 2008
409 Posts
Camas, WA
Obsessed
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| Wed Mar 16, 11 4:19 pm |
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Over the line! Mark it 0 dude...
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stringer
Since 31 Jul 2007
694 Posts
Chucktown
Flying Tomato
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| Wed Mar 16, 11 5:40 pm |
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Mike, even if its just doing your job, you are a good man for doing it.
Does anyone have a link to an actual report with actual numbers for radiation levels?
As a nuclear worker and someone with a strong belief in nuclear power I wish the best for those affected, and hope that lack of understanding and a certain degree of media fear mongering about this event has a minimal effect on the future of nuclear power. This will be without a doubt a major setback, but we should be able to learn from it and move forward.
Specialk is right in saying that a very small fraction of the population really understands how nuclear power works and the actual risks associated with it.
It is up to the more informed people (regardless of opinion) to prevent misconceptions from affecting the opinions of those who aren't.
If anyone has links to articles or reports of value please send them to me.
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
1034 Posts
Aloha
XTreme Poster
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| Wed Mar 16, 11 7:37 pm |
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| stringer wrote: | ...
It is up to the more informed people (regardless of opinion) to prevent misconceptions from affecting the opinions of those who aren't.... |
Educate me.
Is it true that it takes hundreds of thousands of years for spent nuclear fuel to become non-radioactive, and that high-level nuclear waste must be stored deep underground, without any possibility of contaminating ground water, despite earthquakes, climate change, other natural disasters, future interventions, etc?
And that there are currently roughly 270,000 tons of spent fuel in storage worldwide, much of it at reactor sites themselves, with additional annual accumulations of used fuel of about 12,000 tons, of which only about a quarter of is recycled?
I'm not an expert, but if either of the above statements are even remotely true, then I know what my position on nuclear energy has to be.
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hip in white salmon
Since 11 Jul 2007
149 Posts
Stoked
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| Wed Mar 16, 11 9:03 pm nuclear safety |
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Ditto....how can we even begin to believe that we can manage that much danger over that long of a time frame? Going down that path without a good plan in place for safe long term disposal was irresponsible of our generations.
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FunShui
Since 16 Jul 2006
146 Posts
Really, really
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
1034 Posts
Aloha
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| Thu Mar 17, 11 6:46 am |
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Great link! Of all the reports I've read, this is the easiest to digest and provides the best overview.
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
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| Thu Mar 17, 11 11:28 am |
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Yeah the picture was pretty fucking gruesome but let me assure you its one of many that are out there. I did a big research paper on nuclear waste in college, its transport, handling, and storage (yucca mountain was big news at the time). It is pretty damn dangerous stuff no matter how much you know about how it is generated.
Radiation is just bad ju ju. Do I want the risk (however small) of chromosomal mutation and damage so that I can run my air conditioner in the summer? There are thousands of nuclear plants that operate without a hitch for decades. Like I said before, they are great, until something goes wrong. In a world where "shit happens". This is one shit that I would not want to step in.
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EdG
Since 19 Dec 2005
425 Posts
Just a Kook that's
Obsessed
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| Fri Mar 18, 11 5:20 am |
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| I chatted with a friend in Tokyo and things are OK there. He was just leaving to help out with the aftermath. Thanks Nak for the info. it was very detailed as always and I have a Geiger counter I could send you. Really I do...
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lance_k
Since 04 May 2005
565 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
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| Sat Mar 19, 11 8:19 am |
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| Windian wrote: |
By the way Pac NW is due for a big slip every 300 years... |
The PNW coast is expected to have a big one in the next 30 years... larger than anything Cali is expected to have.
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
4302 Posts
Camas
Site Lackey
CGKA Member
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| Sun Mar 20, 11 10:49 pm |
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| Pepi wrote: | Hey Mike :
Good karma shall befall you for your work.
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Payback! Layover in Honolulu, 10m winds at Kailua all day Friday and Saturday morning before I flew back to Japan!!!! Woo Hoo!
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
4330 Posts
Hood River
Hick
CGKA Member
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| Mon Mar 21, 11 7:04 am |
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Surprisingly, earthquake insurance was reasonable... All signed up, now I gotta look for fallout insurance.
| lance_k wrote: |
The PNW coast is expected to have a big one in the next 30 years... larger than anything Cali is expected to have. |
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lekaks
Since 02 Apr 2008
151 Posts
Hood River, OR
Stoked
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| Mon Mar 21, 11 12:50 pm |
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Strong post. Thanks for the update.
Monkey might think to link the shock next time.
Been in Maui for the last three days. 6m and head high. I'm sore all over. More o come.
Later all...
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