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I grew up in St. Louis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaway_Nuclear_Generating_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaway_Nuclear_Generating_St... was re
by grogenaut 6y ago
I grew up in St. Louis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaway_Nuclear_Generating_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaway_Nuclear_Generating_St... was relatively close. No one cared. There were several coal plants a lot closer that were a lot dirtier. (https://www.google.com/maps/search/Alton+Power+Plant/@38.9130359,-90.2936839,1275m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!2m7!3m6!1sAlton+Power+Plant!2sSt.+Louis,+MO!3s0x87d8b4a9faed8ef9:0xbe39eaca22bbe05b!4m2!1d-90.1994042!2d38.6270025 https://www.google.com/maps/search/Alton+Power+Plant/@38.913... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Labadie+Power+Plant+Rd,+Boles+Township,+MO+63055/@38.5569619,-90.839972,1999m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d936c0a1691a27:0x805d5e2f83b35d78!8m2!3d38.543404!4d-90.8426416 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Labadie+Power+Plant+Rd,+Bo...)
Notice how they're right on the river right upstream from St. Louis.
But we also had much worse things:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weldon_Spring_Ordnance_Works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weldon_Spring_Ordnance_Works (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5670478/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5670478/), Sauget Superfund (https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06276/727066-28.stm https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06276/727066-28.stm), Monsanto Headquarters, https://www.builtstlouis.net/ammo.html https://www.builtstlouis.net/ammo.html
Now I live in Seattle. I'd much rather that Callaway plant was where the Handford site is than have the Hanford Site there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site