2011/3/15 Keith Whaley <keit...@dslextreme.com>: > > I don't believe the quote at all. It's pure braggadocio...
He argued it was so because they had double layer containments. > This is a totally deceiving statement. > Nuclear power plants "use" water to cool, and then return the water to the > source. They do not _use it up_! They do not destroy it! > Once the power plant is done with it's cooling properties, it's returned to > 'nature.' yes, in the form of more or less hot water. which as you know promotes algae growth and reduces oxygen levels in rivers which as you know affects the aquatic fauna or in other words kills fish. which in turn results in power plants being shut down to protect said fish. that is what happened. during the great droughts of the last decades a number of plants in france and spain had to shut down. incidentally at a time of rising power consumption caused by increased load from air conditioners. nuclear power plants very much do destroy water in that they make it uninhabitable to fish if you just let them run full throttle. oh and speaking of water, in the past 1000 years of recorded history and not counting 2011 in Japan 150.000+ tsunami victims are documented. not counting the unsung. someone with a little more brains and a little less greed would not have placed their nuke plants on the shore line for lack of inland water but installed aqueducts and pumps instead and taken their plants to dryer grounds... the nuclear power industry has no genuine interest in safety where costs can be avoided. and no genuine interest in transparency either if you look at Tepco's record (or Vattenfall's or ... well you name them) for messing up, forging records and then resorting to salami tactics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.