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NNadir

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1. Shutting Indian Point, as is the case with shutting any nuclear plant, will kill people.
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 07:35 AM
Apr 2016

The conceit of anti-nukes is that it is perfectly appropriate for 7 million people to die each year from air pollution because they're overly active and mindless imaginations are fixated on disaster movie scenarios.

The survey of causes of mortality on this planet, which includes data from the half a century of commercial nuclear operations does not include deaths from nuclear power plants.

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 ( Lancet 2012, 380, 2224–60: For air pollution mortality figures see Table 3, page 2238 and the text on page 2240.)

Nowhere in that paper is any issue related to nuclear energy listed as a major cause of death, but nonetheless, we have all kinds of very, very, very, very, very dangerous fools running around claiming that nuclear energy is "unsafe."

Unsafe compared to what? 50 million deaths every 7 years?

The problem with anti-nukes is that they insist that everything else can kill at will unless nuclear energy is perfect. Nuclear energy need not be perfect, it need not be without risk, to be vastly safer than everything else. It only needs to be vastly superior to everything else, which it is.

The hatred of the technology developed by the finest minds of the 20th century, nuclear energy, is as stupid as creationism, except that belief in creationism probably kills far fewer people than anti-nuke fear and ignorance.

Have a nice weekend.

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Shutting Indian Point, as is the case with shutting any nuclear plant, will kill people. NNadir Apr 2016 #1
+1e6 phantom power Apr 2016 #6
As usual, the conclusion you offer isn't supported by the data. kristopher Apr 2016 #15
As usual... your keyhole-narrow focus has forced you to defend the ridiculous FBaggins Apr 2016 #18
With the Clean Power Plan in effect kristopher Apr 2016 #19
Laughable spin FBaggins Apr 2016 #20
Yes legislation has the power to alter reality. kristopher Apr 2016 #21
There's that active imagination again FBaggins Apr 2016 #22
One possible effect of solar flares and loss of the ultimate heat sink - is multiple Baobab Apr 2016 #2
A High-Pressure Pipeline Next to a Nuclear Power Plant. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Lodestar Apr 2016 #3
The pipeline is nearly 1/4 of a mile away from the nuke plant whitefordmd Apr 2016 #7
When YOU live within a 1/4 mile of this infrastructure I'll give your opinion Lodestar Apr 2016 #8
My opinion is not changed by where I live whitefordmd Apr 2016 #11
How Anti-Obama. How Pro-Fossil Fuel. wtmusic Apr 2016 #4
There are no growing dangers, but nice try. wtmusic Apr 2016 #5
"the nuclear renaissance is real"? Lodestar Apr 2016 #9
Despite the endless nonsense, nuclear energy remains, by far, the world's largest... NNadir Apr 2016 #10
Ha...was wondering when you'd show up. Lodestar Apr 2016 #12
No, being anti-nuke requires you accept fossil fuels, pollution, and climate change. wtmusic Apr 2016 #13
No it doesn't. kristopher Apr 2016 #16
Japan Inches Closer to Nuclear Revival as 3rd Reactor Starts wtmusic Apr 2016 #14
You're right. Sometimes the truth just sucks. Take your slant here... kristopher Apr 2016 #17
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