| Start a discussion group on nuclear power
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| | fall on population centers.
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| and it will grow heated very quickly. No
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| | In the case of Chernobyl, the meltdown
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| pun intended. Objectively, there are a
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| | produce more than 300 times the
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| few definitive risks associated with such
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| | radioactive fallout of the bomb dropped
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| plants.
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| | on Hiroshima. The fallout spread as far
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| Risks Associated With Nuclear Power
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| | as Western Europe. The devastation led to
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| Plants
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| | the evacuation of 300,000 people, and
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| A nuclear power plant is a unique bit of
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| | some estimates attribute over 270,000
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| technology. The goal of the design and
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| | cases of cancer to the fallout. Birth
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| technology is twofold - to maintain
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| | defects in the areas hit by radioactive
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| control of a nuclear molecular reaction
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| | fallout are incredibly high.
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| and to harness energy from it.
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| | Nuclear waste is another risk associated
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| Surprisingly, the design of most reactors
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| | with plants. The simple problem is there
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| is fairly simple, but much thought is
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| | is no way to safely dispose of it. This
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| given to safety issues. Despite these
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| | leads to tremendous arguments and
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| efforts, the nature of nuclear fission is
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| | litigation over locations where it can be
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| such that it can be very dangerous.
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| | stored.
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| There are a variety of risks associated
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| | The third area of risk associated with
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| with a nuclear power plant. The biggest
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| | nuclear power plants concerns intentional
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| can be summarized as meltdown, nuclear
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| | acts to damage them. Simply put, nuclear
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| waste and attractiveness as a military or
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| | power plants are large, stationary
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| terror target. Each is a valid issue, so
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| | targets. Given the devastation caused by
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| let's take a look at them.
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| | a meltdown, as seen with Chernobyl, these
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| A meltdown at a nuclear power plant was
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| | plants make great targets for both
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| historically considered a possibility,
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| | military and terrorist attacks. Keep in
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| but not a particularly likely event. Then
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| | mind that the population centers around
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| Chernobyl suffered a meltdown in 1986 and
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| | Chernobyl were relatively small. In the
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| the property, health and scope of damage
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| | United States, millions of people live
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| opened the eyes of many skeptics. The
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| | close to most plants, which means a
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| risks associated with a meltdown are the
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| | meltdown would result in far more damage
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| introduction of massive amounts of
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| | on just about every level.
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| radiation to the surrounding areas and
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| | The risks associated with nuclear power
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| atmosphere where it is carried for
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| | plants are pretty scary. The situation
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| hundreds or thousands of miles to slowly
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| | with Chernobyl makes that clear enough.
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