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phantom power

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17. I don't feel sure I understand the question

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 07:06 PM

Dec 2013

Are you asking a hypothetical: "Suppose we spent the next 25 years investing in a large nuclear power build-out, and then experienced a total containment failure right in a major metro area (say, Tokyo) -- would I still think the nuclear build-out was a good idea?"

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Reason for and a critical question about 2012's 6.9% decline in nuclear production [View all] kristopher Dec 2013 OP

One more nuclear energy mishap and you can write nuclear energy off as history madokie Dec 2013 #1

Here is an interactive map showing population around nuclear plants kristopher Dec 2013 #3

Population INCREASES near nuclear power plants. PamW Dec 2013 #4

So we have your vote kristopher Dec 2013 #6

kristopher's DESPERATION! PamW Dec 2013 #8

OK kristopher Dec 2013 #10

Pretty PUNY mushroom cloud. PamW Dec 2013 #14

Why do people move there? For jobs! Starboard Tack Dec 2013 #42

I just looked randomly at three madokie Dec 2013 #7

100% WRONG!! AGAIN!! PamW Dec 2013 #2

If you don't calm down you're going to have a heart attack madokie Dec 2013 #5

I'm NOT upset!! PamW Dec 2013 #9

You coulda' fooled me madokie Dec 2013 #13

NOT at ALL!!! PamW Dec 2013 #18

You think you could get by with talking to me like this in person madokie Dec 2013 #21

Why is it any way inappropriate? PamW Dec 2013 #26

BALONEY!!! PamW Dec 2013 #11

I don't give a damn if you're Jesus Christ or Gawd himself madokie Dec 2013 #15

Why would there be anything wrong with it??? PamW Dec 2013 #19

You just don't get it do you? madokie Dec 2013 #23

PamGreg isn't upset kristopher Dec 2013 #12

I wonder the same think madokie Dec 2013 #16

kristopher's retreat... PamW Dec 2013 #22

I don't feel sure I understand the question phantom power Dec 2013 #17

I was wondering the same thing NickB79 Dec 2013 #20

You have your 'clarification' kristopher Dec 2013 #25

One could say... PamW Dec 2013 #27

You're making a personal attack to avoid an uncomfortable question kristopher Dec 2013 #28

They may have been the most gungho... PamW Dec 2013 #31

Anyone familiar with near misses like Davis Besse knows that we've just been lucky. kristopher Dec 2013 #32

100% WRONG!! AGAIN!! PamW Dec 2013 #35

Right.That football sized hole in Davis Besse's reactor head is something the Japanese did. kristopher Dec 2013 #37

How does that relate.....?????? PamW Dec 2013 #38

You didn't, in fact, offer any clarification NickB79 Dec 2013 #33

What would happen to our investment and our plan to move away from carbon? kristopher Dec 2013 #24

OK, I think I see... phantom power Dec 2013 #30

Seriously? You are disputing the fact that prevailing winds saved Tokyo? kristopher Dec 2013 #34

Mathematical ILLITERACY at play PamW Dec 2013 #36

More like either illiteracy or deliberate misdirection on your part kristopher Dec 2013 #40

You don't understand sample sizes??? PamW Dec 2013 #43

That isn't relevant at all to your attempt at data trimming ... kristopher Dec 2013 #44

'Shoot the messenger' is THE go to strategy the nuclear industry uses against any and all critics. kristopher Dec 2013 #47

The consequences are clear enough. 2013 is going to be the worst year for accumulation of... NNadir Dec 2013 #29

So one needs to be a misanthrope to hold nuclear energy dear cprise Dec 2013 #39

Um...um...um... NNadir Dec 2013 #41

Why on earth would a smart guy like you have expected "this time" to be different? GliderGuider Dec 2013 #45

Go on NNadir, listen to GG... Join the dark side. n/t cprise Dec 2013 #46