Skyburn
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- Posted: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:45:53 +0000
Where do people, generally, stand on Nuclear Power (both Fission and Fusion), in terms of being for or against?
Clarification: Yourself and those around you. (i.e. friends, family, classmates, co-workers)
This topic is oriented for Nuclear Power for the production of energy, but obviously may branch into weaponry.
Clarification: Yourself and those around you. (i.e. friends, family, classmates, co-workers)
This topic is oriented for Nuclear Power for the production of energy, but obviously may branch into weaponry.
I, over the past couple of days, had the experience to visit Hiroshima, sparking a few questions - what do people think of nuclear power these days, with more than two years of cool down from Fukushima.
Being stationed in Japan, I see plenty of posters protesting the US having a carrier stationed over here - with some talking about it as an "epicenter," as if it could explode, with the George Washington having two nuclear reactors on board.
As a Reactor Operator, I'm generally pro-nuclear power - I believe all old nuclear power plants, at least BWR and PWR, can be, and should be, upgraded with fail-safe safety systems that would have prevented such cases as Fukushima and Chernobyl, as doing so is not relatively hard task. (Relatively as in - for the workers, yes, but not an overwhelming financial task for a government.)
However, being stationed in a foreign country, all my experience with Americans since Fukushima has been little more than face-palming at internet posts.
While I'd like to ask your general opinion, as well as a sampling of those of people you know, a few questions I'd like to ask:
How many people do you know (or do you yourself) think of nuclear reactors as little different from nuclear bombs in their destructive power?
Future of Nuclear Power (Savior? Pointless? Etc.)
How many people actually know how it works?
How many people want it done away with?
Why do people want it gone (Obviously, many reasons are known. More of a sampling of which ones.)?
Suggestions on how to improve? (Waste disposal, general design, etc. )
How many people actually know what the hell they're talking about and how many are getting on political bandwagons and making assumptions with little to no research themselves?