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Old 08-30-2007, 10:56 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by icarus View Post
Less than a year ago I had a drink with an inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) based in Geneva, and he thoroughly convinced me that there is really nothing to fear with these modern reactors. It's like people who refuse to fly and who drive instead, oblivious to the fact that cars are far more unsafe.
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If you look at the amount of deaths and damage cause by nuclear power vs. other alternatives, nuclear power is by faaaarrrrrr (the extra letters emphasize my point) the saffest. Think about how many people die in mining accidents. Think about the environmental damage caused by the carbon output.
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