Nuclear Power Pacific Northwest lessons for Thailand -- The Nation

** Thai Language documentary ** Reports on nuclear portion of study tour of Thai delegates to the the Pacific Northwest in the USA. Includes visit to Columbia Generating Station, with focuses on US problem that long-term storage of waste has not been resolved. Discusses decision to implode the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant by Portland Gas and Electric in the late 1980s, and the $24 billion nuclear fiasco of the Washington Public Power Supply (WPPS) that left four unfinished reactors. Footage from inside abandoned cooling tower and abandoned core. Interview with MP Alongkorn Ponlaboot discussing uncertainty about future nuclear power in Thai context. Ends with question of whether current Thai government will remove nuclear from the current power development plan.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• nucelar
• thai
• electricity
• Trojan
• Columbia
• Generating
• Station

[SCNOUVICEWALZAS]

columbia suck

[shymermaid1]

This is interesting. I hope they will make the right decision.