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JT Moderator	Message Posted: Mar 25, 2006 11:01:10 PM Ignore JT Report Abuse Would you favor or oppose the government promoting the increased use of nuclear power? Favor Oppose Unsure Post your thoughts about this poll below.

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rjr54 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:1,115 Points:395,370 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2009 10:47:43 PM Ignore rjr54 Report Abuse I just read an article which said that nuclear power plants (here in Canada) give off 0.01% of the radiation that coal fired ones do. It seems that a lot of radio-active material naturally occurs in coal. And that is released when it is burned as fuel.
gougedQC Champion Author Montreal Posts:5,140 Points:69,985 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2009 8:18:47 PM Ignore gougedQC Report Abuse oppose- hugely expensive to build, maintain relatively short service life..40 years.. massive (and basically unsolved) disposal problems
BillA Champion Author Portland Posts:11,175 Points:1,599,110 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2009 10:24:22 PM Ignore BillA Report Abuse Oppose, where do we bury the waste???
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:31:22 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:31:15 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:31:09 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:30:54 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor... nuclear is part of our energy solution.
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:30:39 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse I favor, Nuclear power is the way to go, every state needs at least one nuclear power plant and one more oil refinery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUVFan Champion Author Columbus Posts:14,173 Points:1,661,255 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Dec 18, 2008 11:40:23 AM Ignore SUVFan Report Abuse With prices declining so, I'm sure this idea has faded. I strongly favor promotion of nuclear fuel. While it may not be the ultimate answer for powering over-the-ground transportation, it's a better answer than gasoline. Attention to finding safe ways to tap this resource could be a key to economic prosperity by putting people to work here and ultimately selling whatever technology we develop to the rest of the world. Other countries, most notably China, are also working on this problem. China has so many engineers that I'd give them the edge going forward unless our attitude changes dramatically.
Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:8,608 Points:1,697,410 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Aug 8, 2008 11:23:28 AM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse FAVOR... Nuclear is safe... "Greenies" are not... they will ruin this country.
PetSitterPro Sophomore Author Houston Posts:235 Points:9,500 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2008 1:55:36 PM Ignore PetSitterPro Report Abuse I am in favor. And I also appreciate a Forum which has a bit of thought behind it, rather than an "x" or "383 beers on the wall" type of post just to gain points.
8oneVortec Rookie Author Idaho Posts:5 Points:28,525 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2008 1:45:02 PM Ignore 8oneVortec Report Abuse Of course we need more nuclear power plants in the US. I work in the business and it is as safe as the operators who operate the plant. The two most serious accidents in nuclear power happened because of personal error. As long as we continue to train and license operators and monitor their performance, nuclear will continue to be safe. And the waste... well as soon as all the politicians stop playing their games, we can bury the waste in a safe place.
gasisoutrageous Champion Author Lansing Posts:8,740 Points:953,600 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 1, 2008 6:40:48 AM Ignore gasisoutrageous Report Abuse Yes, I favor it
Philmar Sophomore Author Cleveland Posts:248 Points:76,475 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jun 9, 2008 6:17:29 PM Ignore Philmar Report Abuse Favor
stonewall1988 Rookie Author Maine Posts:5 Points:5,150 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: May 29, 2008 7:01:24 PM Ignore stonewall1988 Report Abuse Lets think about it this way. Its CHEAP, there is a high initial cost, but compared to the amount of power it produces it's dirt cheap. It's very clean compared to coal, oil, or even natural gas. It's safe! 5 mile island suffered a PARTIAL meltdown and released an unknown quantity of radiation into the air, scientists who studied the area estimate that it was no more than having a chest x-ray. Chernobyl is the only exception, but think about it people. Soviet Union, 1986, safety... I don't think so. The Chernobyl reactor was extremely unsafe and outdated even by the standards of that day. I'm all for wind and solar power, but I'm even more for NOT being screwed over by OPEC so I say go nuclear power!!
koshV Veteran Author Detroit Posts:480 Points:104,510 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: May 7, 2008 11:56:40 AM Ignore koshV Report Abuse Nuclear power is safe, and doesn't have the environmental problems that other power generation ideas have. we should defiantly use it more.
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2008 10:23:52 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2008 10:23:46 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2008 10:23:40 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2008 10:23:25 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse Favor... nuclear is part of our energy solution.
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2008 10:23:04 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse I favor, Nuclear power is the way to go, every state needs at least one nuclear power plant and one more oil refinery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blubberpuppy Champion Author Baltimore Posts:18,505 Points:1,930,505 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2008 8:27:40 AM Ignore Blubberpuppy Report Abuse For the near future, expansion of nuclear facilities will help in fulfilling our energy needs.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,195 Points:2,700,015 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2008 5:40:15 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Favor
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Feb 1, 2008 1:47:51 AM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse Unsure
nyuknyuk49 Champion Author Rhode Island Posts:13,821 Points:2,789,565 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2008 9:51:28 AM Ignore nyuknyuk49 Report Abuse favor
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,195 Points:2,700,015 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2008 9:05:43 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Favor
april4 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:12,315 Points:2,428,560 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Dec 21, 2007 10:07:50 AM Ignore april4 Report Abuse favor
Dorkchop Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,539 Points:1,823,265 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Dec 11, 2007 8:39:09 AM Ignore Dorkchop Report Abuse I favor the government making the licensing process easier for companies to build new plants or add reactors to existing facilities. Until more alternative sources of energy become viable, nuclear will help fill the energy need gap.
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2007 8:59:40 PM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse Unsure but I think oppose-due to safety issues
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,195 Points:2,700,015 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Nov 9, 2007 5:44:10 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Favor
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Nov 7, 2007 7:28:09 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse favor
tamanite Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:24,102 Points:2,065,225 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2007 10:40:23 PM Ignore tamanite Report Abuse I oppose it because I feel that it will never be safe enough and is just one more way to pass problems on to our heirs.
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,939 Points:2,457,140 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2007 10:01:08 PM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse favor
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,939 Points:2,457,140 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Nov 2, 2007 5:34:52 PM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse favor
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,939 Points:2,457,140 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Nov 1, 2007 8:36:26 AM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse favor
thinkaboutit Champion Author Colorado Posts:1,076 Points:76,225 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2007 11:32:18 PM Ignore thinkaboutit Report Abuse unsure If there was another serious accident anywhere in the world, it is likely that plebiscites would sunset nuclear power (as it has been done before, e.g., Sacramento, CA, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Italy), leaving a huge investment stranded. Also, natural uranium (at today's prices) has a static reach (proven resource divided by current consumption) of less than 50 years. This number CAnnot increase if policies supported a signifiCAnt expansion of nuclear generation. Of course, this limit could be overcome by "breeding" fuel, but who is allowed to "bread" fuel (breeding operations will also always allow production of weapons grade plutonium) -- only NATO countries, Russia, China, Iran, N. Korea? Finally, nuclear is not the lowest cost method of generating electricity, that myth had been purported by the industry but CAnnot be supported from current financial numbers published (like all industries, cost for disposition and consequences of a potential accident should be included in the price of electricity generated)
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,939 Points:2,457,140 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Oct 24, 2007 10:51:15 AM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse favor
GasXing Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:9,342 Points:1,876,510 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 23, 2007 1:05:49 AM Ignore GasXing Report Abuse Unsure.
april4 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:12,315 Points:2,428,560 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Oct 22, 2007 7:54:54 AM Ignore april4 Report Abuse favor
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,939 Points:2,457,140 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Sep 25, 2007 4:49:52 AM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse favor
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,939 Points:2,457,140 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Sep 22, 2007 11:51:13 PM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse favor
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memory_of_max Champion Author Little Rock Posts:7,302 Points:1,057,020 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Sep 18, 2007 1:05:03 AM Ignore memory_of_max Report Abuse favor
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Sep 17, 2007 9:21:55 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse Favor.
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aj53 Sophomore Author San Jose Posts:101 Points:1,265,955 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Sep 11, 2007 11:45:05 AM Ignore aj53 Report Abuse Obviously they should favor it. It's a lot cheaper, and a lot safer than 30 years ago. Japan who is paranoid about nuclear anything - uses it as a matter of course for much of their power.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,195 Points:2,700,015 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Sep 9, 2007 8:29:08 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Favor...
FogCitySpotter Champion Author San Francisco Posts:2,620 Points:548,540 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2007 9:14:34 AM Ignore FogCitySpotter Report Abuse Favor
throttle Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,982 Points:2,464,695 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2007 8:07:17 AM Ignore throttle Report Abuse favor