Thread: Nuclear power plants

Originally Posted by Eevo

just a thought

Fukushima meltdown: 0 deaths
earthquake that hit japan: 15,000

which one are we worrying about.

600 deaths were reported as a result of the evacuation

Happy to hear that the UK Government has grown some balls and announced yesterday that a new Nuclear reactor will be built in the UK.

Nuclear or similar power generation is the way forward. Energy has to come from some where to charge all the i-phones, i-pods and power the modern living requirements and expectations.

Hopefully the Australian government will follow suit and grow some balls as well.

Hay Ewe

if your worried about future generations and if they don't go nuclear what will they do when they run out of oil and gas which will happen in our grandkids generation ??

I like the idea of nuclear power, what has intrigued me for years is why cant we render the waste harmless. We can build the damn things and enrich uranium but we still cant de activate it, if some one can come up with a way to do it our power problems will be solved.

There isn't enough uranium to last much longer than 20 years at full power. What then?

http://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear...ld-energy.html

Interesting to note that we currently have around 450 nuclear reactors world wide, but would need 15,000 to replace traditional energy plants.

says who?

Originally Posted by Hay Ewe

Happy to hear that the UK Government has grown some balls and announced yesterday that a new Nuclear reactor will be built in the UK.

Nuclear or similar power generation is the way forward. Energy has to come from some where to charge all the i-phones, i-pods and power the modern living requirements and expectations.

Hopefully the Australian government will follow suit and grow some balls as well.

Hay Ewe

I think a trial nuclear power plant would be good somewhere near a reasonable population (say 150K to 200K) to use the power but not so close to a major pupulation where it would affect millions if something went wrong like in Fukushima. The location should have a decent surplus of rainfall to supply water for cooling of the plant.

Cairns in Far North Queensland sounds like a good place!

See who has balls then

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Originally Posted by Eevo

just a thought

Fukushima meltdown: 0 deaths
earthquake that hit japan: 15,000

which one are we worrying about.

600 deaths were reported as a result of the evacuation

Do we actually know what will be the long term effects of the meltdown?

Already at least 2,400 workers have had significant exposure as to require screening for thryiod uptake and ongoing monitoring ( http://www.business-standard.com/art...1400350_1.html ) and the local rice harvest (a staple food in Japan) is showing radiation readings 20% above the maximum legal limit. Workers are still being exposed ( http://www.smh.com.au/world/fukushim...010-2v9rk.html

The death rate and genetic mutation effects from the meltdown are likely to take years and even generations to be counted.

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Originally Posted by Hay Ewe

Happy to hear that the UK Government has grown some balls and announced yesterday that a new Nuclear reactor will be built in the UK.

Nuclear or similar power generation is the way forward. Energy has to come from some where to charge all the i-phones, i-pods and power the modern living requirements and expectations.

Hopefully the Australian government will follow suit and grow some balls as well.

Hay Ewe

If they built one next door to you would it be ok?