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Why? Without knowing the exact quantity of "low-level" it is hard to say, but if that is the price for effectively removing several hundred thousand cars from

Why? Without knowing the exact quantity of "low-level" it is hard to say, but if that is the price for effectively removing several hundred thousand cars from the road (which is the amount of fossil fuel pollution the ship would have created had it been oil-fired) I'm all for it. This paranoia over radiation needs to end.

protomyth 11y ago
oh for f sakes..... Do you understand what little effect 3 mile island had versus what the media affect was? Do you get that they put out a movie with Jane Fonda that was one of the nails in the nuclear coffin because of that little leak? Do you get that much radioactive water released was enough to trigger the paranoia? I would rather they never built the damn ship since it is just another "look at them dumping radioactive waste" event. We need nuclear, we don't need political pride projects.
- 91bananas 11y ago
  Am I mistaken or are you and the parent not saying the same thing?
  - protomyth 11y ago
    Same end point I would guess ("Nuclear Good"). I just don't believe its safe to dump any amount of radioactive water given how it will look, and I don't believe that any argument will get you past the media safely. Arguing it was ok and within a safety margin is utterly hopeless.
- vonmoltke 11y ago
  I understand all of that. I also believe that confronting that crap head-on and reversing the public perception is the right way to proceed, not squirreling away nuclear technology under a cover until it is perfect and unassailable.
  - protomyth 11y ago
    You've got a reactor in Japan that went batshit. Facts and figures won't do a damn bit of good now. After all, we've been saying nuclear is safe and that just got some great media stories. My current hope for nuclear is thorium and I hope they have the common sense to hire a PR firm and brand it well. Maybe pebble reactors would be able to make a run at it. More PR and one hell of a story. Maybe someone like Musk to user it in as the next great thing.
- Klinky 11y ago
  You do know that The China Syndrome was released twelve days prior to the Three Mile Island incident? Did the filmmakers sabotage Three Mile Island, or was it the nuclear industry's carelessness? One thing that the nuclear industry has been good at is not being trustworthy when they say things are "safe".
  - protomyth 11y ago
    I stand corrected, I thought the film was 1980 - oh well.

protomyth 11y ago

oh for f sakes..... Do you understand what little effect 3 mile island had versus what the media affect was? Do you get that they put out a movie with Jane Fonda that was one of the nails in the nuclear coffin because of that little leak? Do you get that much radioactive water released was enough to trigger the paranoia? I would rather they never built the damn ship since it is just another "look at them dumping radioactive waste" event. We need nuclear, we don't need political pride projects.

91bananas 11y ago
Am I mistaken or are you and the parent not saying the same thing?
- protomyth 11y ago
  Same end point I would guess ("Nuclear Good"). I just don't believe its safe to dump any amount of radioactive water given how it will look, and I don't believe that any argument will get you past the media safely. Arguing it was ok and within a safety margin is utterly hopeless.
vonmoltke 11y ago
I understand all of that. I also believe that confronting that crap head-on and reversing the public perception is the right way to proceed, not squirreling away nuclear technology under a cover until it is perfect and unassailable.
- protomyth 11y ago
  You've got a reactor in Japan that went batshit. Facts and figures won't do a damn bit of good now. After all, we've been saying nuclear is safe and that just got some great media stories. My current hope for nuclear is thorium and I hope they have the common sense to hire a PR firm and brand it well. Maybe pebble reactors would be able to make a run at it. More PR and one hell of a story. Maybe someone like Musk to user it in as the next great thing.
Klinky 11y ago
You do know that The China Syndrome was released twelve days prior to the Three Mile Island incident? Did the filmmakers sabotage Three Mile Island, or was it the nuclear industry's carelessness? One thing that the nuclear industry has been good at is not being trustworthy when they say things are "safe".
- protomyth 11y ago
  I stand corrected, I thought the film was 1980 - oh well.