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drdanagram OP t1_j3rsb15 wrote

Reply to comment by BellaPow in Solar and wind is ugly, Nuclear is the only other safe energy. When will it happen here? by drdanagram

Number of deaths in the USA in 70 years: 0

Number of deaths EVERY YEAR globally from oil: 3,000,000

You have to pick your disasters, right?

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IamSauerKraut t1_j3u6cfn wrote

>Number of deaths in the USA in 70 years: 0

The sloppiness of this statement shows the sloppiness in the advocacy for nukes.

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eigenstien t1_j3t9yiq wrote

Um, how convenient that you’re only counting the deaths in the US.

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drdanagram OP t1_j3twsec wrote

Maine Yankee was built when it was legal to sell Ford Pintos from the factory, and still no losses.

They've made tremendous strides in security since then. I don't see the same threat you do.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j3u6h9f wrote

Well, it's nice that there is so little threat from where Maine Yankee used to be that all that land is now totally usable and open to the public.

oh.

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eigenstien t1_j3ufa1s wrote

Try that in Chernobyl. For how many hundreds or thousands of years? How many Chernobyls can we afford, and all the lives lost?

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DrMcMeow t1_j3urzmu wrote

open to the public year round.

The Eaton Farm & The Back River Trail are adjacent to Chewonki Neck to the east. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company donated the 200-acre Eaton Farm to Chewonki in 2005 as part of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission settlement agreement. Chewonki agreed to create a nature preserve, maintain public access, foster stewardship of the estuarine environment, and provide a forum for dialogue on environmental policy issues. The Back River Trail at Eaton Farm got underway in 2005 – with 4.5 miles of trail opened to the public in 2006. This leg is the first in a long-range plan for a trail from Chewonki Neck to the Town of Wiscasset. When completed, the trail will comprise the longest coastal hiking trail outside of Acadia National Park. Day use only, no camping. Hunting is permitted.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j3w59v6 wrote

Yah, well there ya have it.

An organization that has run a kids' camp for 100 years on an adjacent peninsula was given 200 acres of the 800 on which Maine Yankee operated. I remember the issue with the ospreys, too. And I remember the org shut public access, including to the mudflats, after a break-in at the school.

But that leaves 600 acres, on which is stored all that spent nuclear fuel.

But, as the Rutland newspaper pointed out years ago:

"New England is home to three decommissioned nuclear power plants. Each stores its nuclear waste on site, and, in Maine, the cost of that storage is continually passed on to ratepayers via their monthly electrical bills. Hudson, a graduate of the University of Vermont with a strong background in working with “green” groups, said his view on nuclear power has shifted a bit in recent years, noting that he now sees it as having “some role in our energy future.” But the lack of a solution for the highly radioactive waste gives him pause. His ideal neighbor is not a collection of radioactive canisters. “It’s foolish to believe that this is clean energy,” he said. “The outcome of nuclear power is waste that won’t be safe for long after I’m gone. There simply needs to be a national solution to the waste issue.”"

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