meltdown at 3 mile island

describes the accident at the US nuclear power station in 1978

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[mynewid666]

I guess my main problem with nuclear energy is that uranium comes from australia. We have the tailings dam from one mine leaking 100000 litres of radioactive water per day into the world heritage Kakadu area. And the potential for terrorism using a dirty bomb increases when such materials are produced as byproducts of uranium mining. As an alternative, it is no contest between nuclear energy and just using less. Consumption is the problem, so reduce consumption.

[mkarnerfors]

mynewid: What does the Australia's health- and e`nvironment government agencies have to say about the uranium mining operations? They are the ones in charge of monitoring the emissions and effects. What do they have to say about your mines?

[mynewid666]

they say what any good government would say- our environmental monitoring programs are world class best practice programs with incredibly low trigger points ensuring that no problems can ever occur ; )

actually monitoring is generally the job of the proponent (in this case mining companies) and environmental agencies liase or do their own assessments to ensure compliance

[computersmasher]

did anyone notice that meltdown in the title is spelled incorrectly

[mynewid666]

i did but i never bothered to change it, until now ;)

[Vegathetruth]

Chernobyl had little safety and they were running 4 reactors at once. This is insane and extremely dangerous and I recommend that no nuclear facility try it even though Japan runs up to 6 at a time. Again this was during the cold war and Russia didnt care about the consequences so of course that was the result.

[Vegathetruth]

actually people want you to think that its like a nuclear bomb but thats impossible. A nuclear bomb is small and compact togather. Inside a reactor is huge and atoms clash and break apart from each other fast so it would be impossible to create a bomb from that. Nuclear is here to stay its just a matter of time when the liberals face it and except it

[captinseperoth]

yet unlike this accident which was all hyped up, and primary all bark with no bite...

We had several MAJOR Fly/bottom ash. These ashes contain toxins which include

arsenic, beryllium, boron, cadmium, chromium, chromium VI, cobalt, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, radium,selenium, strontium, thorium , uranium,thallium, and vanadium,along with dioxins and PAH compounds.

These major acidents happened in the years

2008 1.1 billion gallons ash sludge

2000 306 mil

1972 132 mil

[watchingirlz]

@mynewid666 Years wrong to it was 1979

[lendir1]

I was in junior high at the time the announcement came over the intercom about 3 mile island, just 5 miles away. We could see cars speeding into the school parking lot as parents ran through the halls looking for their kids, by the end of the day we averaged about 3 to 4 students per class, we just sat there.

[DrBPhD]

@wks1978 And btw, burning fossile fuels brought up from deep underneath the earth is in fact less natural than nuclear energy and not necessarely safer.

[DrBPhD]

@wks1978 The sun is a big nuclear reactor. It produces energy by fusion, not fission like man-made reactors but, but it is in fact a natural source of nuclear energy. Safe? Well, lay down on the beach for one long hot summerday without any sun-lotion and you will notice. And if you try this day after day every season for a number of years you are likely to end up at a medical specialist for skin cancer.

[MidgardEagle]

Wearing clothes is not natural because it was not created by evolution.

Urinating in toilets is not natural because it was not created by evolution.

Diving is not natural, as we have evolved to exist in a particular environment, not one where there is not enough oxygen for us to breathe.

[your last statement was just too stupid to parody]

Ask anyone with any intelligence.

[schusterlehrling]

@wks1978

Well, it is as physical process that is done in nature billion and billion times.

What dom you think the sun produces?

Energy.

Without "electricity" or rather "energy" you would not exists.

Simple as that.

[megaman2000]

@wow0806 depends if the core was past the point of stopping.

[THEFINALHAZARD]

@wks1978 Everything you said was correct EXCEPT your first sentance!!!! Electric eels produce electricity, so...

[wow0806]

you would of thought if like 50 alarms went off the rods would be deadlocked into the core to stop teh reactions?