Re: [tlug] silicon cash eater

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull.stephen.fw@example.com>]

Curt Sampson writes:

 > I'm not saying that nuclear energy doesn't have problems that it would
 > be good to address, but if you've got a choice between focusing on
 > that or coal power it's completely clear which of the two is more
 > dangerous and killing more people on a daily basis.

I don't know of any huge longterm risks with nuclear energy if you
follow best current practice, except for the still unsolved problem
(even in principle) of long-term storage of waste.

The risk from nuclear energy in Japan arises because (like its cousin,
nuclear weaponry) it's capable of making whole counties uninhabitable,
after killing and maiming their existing inhabitants in rather
unpleasant ways, and politicians (I'm looking at you, Abe-shuso)
consistently break their promises to provide for timely evacuation in
case of an accident, or for reasonable support for relocation for more
paranoid residents.