From: Dickey, Michael F (michael_f_dickey@groton.pfizer.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 10:56:07 MST
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From: Kai M. Becker [mailto:kmb@kai-m-becker.de]
Chuck Kuecker schrieb:
> The proper way to dispose of high-level waste is to irradiate it inside
> the reactor vessel to promote it's decay to stable isotopes.
"Such a cycle would have to process the high-level waste as fast as it
produces it. Have you calculated this? What about the medium and low
active wastes? "
"And can we assure that this technology, power plants and such, will
always be properly maintained and in the hand of responsible persons?
There're dozens of nuclear driven ships and subs of the FSU rotting in
their habors."
Um, Kai, what about the 3 million people who die, every year, right now,
from atmospheric pollutants? You talk on and on about potential this and
risk factor that, but what about the people dying, right now, 3 million of
them, every year? Have you been factoring them into your risk assessments?
Youre talking about nuclear powers *potential* to kill thousands or millions
in a single catastrophic event. *potential*. What about the millions that
ARE dying, *right now* from fossil fuel combustion? The thousands who die
from CO inhalation, natural gas explosions, coal mining accidents. There
are 10's of thousands of miles of explosive natural gas lines cris crossing
dozens of nations. Temperature increases from global warming could cause
millions of deaths in developing nations that are very dependant on existing
climates.
"Until then, the remaining risks are too high for my personal measure of
safety. If that makes me an "enviro-wacko" in your eyes, I'll
return this with a friendly "techno-loony" :-)"
The fact that you readily condemn a technology because it has a *chance* of
killing thousands or millions as a replacement for one that is ALL READY
killing MILLIONS *every year* paints you as a 'enviro wacko' in my eyes
because you value your pre-concieved idealogies over the lives of human
beings. Unless you dispute the claim that pollutants from fossil fuel
combustion cause this intollerable number of deaths, then the chance of
nuclear power causing similar numbers in individual incidents still far
outwieghs coal, as it is here now killing millions. There is 100% chance it
will kill millions every year.
Michael Dickey
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