Comments on: Nuclear Power Bill Passes Senate

By: steve berg

steve berg — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:56:19 +0000

Wheres the solar in this bill?

By: john doe

john doe — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:32:38 +0000

I don’t think that anybody would want their land or yard near a power plant (including a nuclear power plant). And, when the power company does look to acquire the land the landowners/homeowners are not going to like their offer.

Even if you decide not to sell the government can still issue an “eminent domain” and seize your land, without the owner’s consent. It’s happened before in other states.

Great if you were looking to sell…sucks if you were not!

By: For Nuclear

For Nuclear — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:36:22 +0000

I am all for nuclear power. GO NUCLEAR!

By: dbg

dbg — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:03:04 +0000

I am just wondering if this and the “all for one consolidation” have anything to do with each other?

By: S.L.B

S.L.B — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:37:47 +0000

I am totally against a nuclear power plant in any area, much less ours and I would think that going nuclear should be considered a last resort.

Advanced technology like wind or solar is the cleanest and best way to go. The land that they are looking to purchase to locate such a plant is very high and hilly land, which should do well with wind power.

Why can’t they do both in one location?

By: no thank u

no thank u — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:49:32 +0000

if u want nuclear power so much then let them put it in your back yard

By: S. E. Vandenbosch

S. E. Vandenbosch — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:51:57 +0000

Although nuclear reactors do not dirty the air with greenhouse gas emissions, they produce nuclear waste that is so radioactive that it cannot be moved for at least five years. As things stand now the waste will have no place to go even after five years and will continue to be stored at the reactor site . The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ruled that it is safe to store nuclear reactor waste onsite for about 100 years which is long enough for the current generation. Those concerned about intergenerational equity do not feel that one should ignore what happens after 100 years. Nuclear reactor waste remains radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years and is composed of many elements and even more radioactive isotopes including Neptunmium 237 with a half life of 2 million years. Many disagree with the effort to pass off nuclear energy as clean.