The USA is now PUSHING more not less Nuclear upon US!
With Solar (of all flavors) prices dropping monthly and the cost to construct and decommission nuclear reactors spiraling ever upward, this is another no win situation for the USA and it will keep energy prices rising!
Now add the RISK of a Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster like Fukushima and the future looks very dim for Americans because "Nuclear Fascism*" is now a national problem! Lets use Southern California as an example:
What would happen to property values in SoCal if SORE, (San Onofre Reactor Emergency) suffered a meltdown like Fukushima for ANY reason, like an EQ (Earth Quake), terrorism, Tsunami, operator error or just "because it can"?
Per the NRC: Fact Sheet on Nuclear Insurance and Disaster Relief http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/funds-fs.html
In short, if there is more than $12 Billion in damages, residents are left holding a empty radioactive bag! This is only a tiny fraction of what it will cost in Fukushima, which is estimated to be about a Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster!
What is the value of all the homes and Commercial property downwind of SORE?
Probably at least several TRILLION dollars...
Here is a great graphic that will help everyone visualize what is downwind of any of the US reactors! NRDC Nuclear Fallout Map: http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/fallout/
Just click on a reactor and zoom in...
Where will the US Government get the REST of the money if it happened at SORE (or a reactor where you live) next week, probably from Social Security and or Medicare? Where will people relocate to and for how long?
In reality, ALL those affected are doomed! Tens of thousands are still living in nuclear refugee camps in Japan and it has been over a year since their triple meltdowns which are BTW still sending radioactive pollution Globally!
Why not be honest and say that America needs is new nuclear weapons and the scientists to build them; while at the same time PUSH for more Solar (of all flavors) Energy production and race Germany toward a clean solar powered future?
Many more facts here: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/
* http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nuclear+fascism
“The Morning Briefing” is SmartPlanet’s daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we’re reading about nuclear power and weapon use.
1.) Goodbye Nuclear Power — and Hello More Carbon?
2.) A balanced approach to nuclear energy costs. Recently, a number of well-funded, out-of-state, anti-nuclear activists have been distributing “misinformation” about how investments in Florida’s nuclear power plants are being financed.
3.) Exiles: Iran advancing active nuclear arms program. An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Saturday that Iran has some 60 scientists and engineers involved in a concerted and expanding program to develop nuclear weapons under defense ministry auspices.
4.) USU, UofU awarded $1M to train nuclear energy leaders. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has announced that Utah universities have been awarded a total of $1 million in graduate fellowships and research grants to train and educate the next generation of leaders in America’s nuclear industry.
5.) U-M gets $1.3M to teach students about nuclear energy. The University of Michigan has been awarded $1.3 million to teach students about nuclear energy, the U.S. Department of Energy has announced.
Bonus: AP Exclusive: Drawing focuses on Iran’s nuke work.
Image credit: Claus Rebler
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