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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:37 PM Original message |
US Sen Boxer:Climate Bill To Include Nuclear-Pwr Measure |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is the bill I'm most concerned about. nt |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Why isn't there a fusion counterpart to this? |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. And where is all the fuel that will be needed to power new nuke plants |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Unfortunately in the American Southwest |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. It might be wise to invest in fuel recycling research. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Build thorium-based reactors if you're worried about uranium supplies. NT |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. In the thousands of nuclear warheads we have, PU breeder reactors |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Republicans just seem like they are itching for chernobyl here... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Damn French... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Nah - just a whole lot more corporate welfare for their bosses. |
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NYC Democrat (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. good this is a compromise I can get behind. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's only a matter of time until there's a 50-foot tall Jimmy Carter. n/t |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. To be located in her backyard...... |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. The energy lobbies have been hard at work, I see |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Republican demands??? |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Nuclear Power is deadly to people and other living things |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Its sad that soon there will be no French on the Earth.... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. F*ck you. I lost a child. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Like I said... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. no people without mutated genes you mean |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. All people have mutated genes.... |
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Old Hob (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. No more Somalians is more like it. nt |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Yes, hopefully they will not end up like the people of Chernobyl. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Name ONE BODY dead over commercial power. Just one.. |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. In the book.... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. One of my children died in utero |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Which accident was this? nt |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Interesting that your question wasn't answered. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. No, Radiation related cancers from acute exposure |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Pavulon... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I do not. I remember the hype.. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. The DEAD are not accidents, they are planned |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. My Cherokee friend worked for Oak Ridge for a # of years... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. If you're worried about radiation, coal-fired plants are more dangerous than nuclear |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Must be why the coal fire submarine... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. A I said, I am NOT proCoal BUT the lie hat coal releases more radiation is propaganda |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Radioactivity releases from nuclear operations dwarf radioactivity releases from coal |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Yes it is... kick for your post |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Disaster capitalism - here comes another nuclear bail-out |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Lets build all new plants in red states. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. RTP and Charlotte do really well with cheap power from safe plants. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Radiation blows across state lines. national boundaries, in the jet stream |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Radiation is affected by wind? |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. particulate emissions and effluents and radioactive gases are |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. And how much of those are released into the atmosphere.... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Each of us by regulation can get 100 mrems from each plant which ADDS more than 25% to background |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Your link does not support your assertions.... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Read it again: Nuclear plants can expose us legally to 100 Mrems of radiation per year |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. How much radiation do you get from your TV, microwave, |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Godwin's Law |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. and the longterm waste dump in the states which have the plants. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Works well for progress energy here... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Progress Energy rates..non res rate. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. good |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Nuclear energy is not a solution to global warming |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
64. No, but it is the best stop-gap measure available |
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Old Hob (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think I prefer windmills and solar panels. Thank you anyway. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
35. Link to evidence on nuclear industry deaths (The Ecologist - 2001) |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. This is anecdotal at best.... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. These are peer reviewed scientific studies. So Bulshit |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Peer reviewed scientific studies? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Exactly how do we generate the gigawatts required to power the tristate? power of prayer? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
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ThePatriotHour (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. STUFF |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
59. Without someplace safe to put the waste, it'll never pass the senate |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. Nuclear Radiation from commercial nukes kills (article) |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
63. Nuclear emissions LEGALLY can DOUBLE your exposure to radiation (as compared to natural background) |
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