Carrie Dickerson Foundation presents anti-nuclear filmfest

[two lumps of shugh]

Carrie Dickerson Foundation, Sunday, March 29, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at All Souls Unitarian Church,
youth and family wing entrance.

We will be showing the "Brave Hearts" DVD featuring Bonnie Raitt and other artists, "Kilowatt Ours", and possibly "Everything You Wanted To Know About Nuclear Power But Were Afraid To Ask".

There will be live music by Wheat Penny, refreshments, and plenty of discussion about the new nuclear legislation that has been fast-tracked through the State House and Senate.

[Red Arrow]

Coal fired plants emit more radiation than nuclear plants due to regulations.  Spent fuel storage is a legitimate issue. Breeder plants take care of part of that by generating their own fuel from the spent fuel.  I don't remember all the details from the courses I took in the late 70s.  More people have died from coal mining accidents than from nuclear accidents in the US. (At least as of the late 70s.)

[sgrizzle]

Nuclear is cheap, renewable, and safe. It is also much better on the environment per MW than any other generating technology other than maybe wind, which isn't exactly a huge generator of power. At the rate we're going, ifi anyone ever does perfect fusion, we'll never use it because everyone is too scared of it.

P.S. "fastracked" means a plant might be constructed in only about a decade, and not 20-25 years through normal processes.

[RecycleMichael]

Gas-fired plants, coal-fired plants and nuclear plants all boil water to turn turbines. Nuclear plants do have lower emissions, but it sure is a dangerous way to boil water.

[nathanm]

Gas-fired plants, coal-fired plants and nuclear plants all boil water to turn turbines. Nuclear plants do have lower emissions, but it sure is a dangerous way to boil water.

It sure is dangerous, if you use a flammable moderator and forget to build a containment building.

Otherwise, not so much, especially with the new reactors that are passively safe.

As Red Arrow pointed out, coal fired plants are constantly spewing radioactive materials into the atmosphere and nobody seems to care.

[two lumps of shugh]

This article has a lot of current information drawn together in one place:

Startling Revelations about Three Mile Island Disaster Raise Doubts Over Nuke Safety
By Sue Sturgis, Facing South. Posted April 3, 2009.
A growing body of personal and scientific evidence contradicts the official story that the accident posed no threat to the public.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/134977/startling_revelations_about_three_mile_island_disaster_raise_doubts_over_nuke_safety/

I hear you about the dangers of coal emissions.  The Riverkeeper for the Grand River, Earl Hatley, was recently in town talking about that.  You should contact him. 

The Carrie Dickerson Foundation does not endorse coal-fired plants either. CDF is for both nuclear-free and carbon-free energy.   It promotes wind power (Aunt Carrie's personal favorite), and solar power, especially concentrated solar power (CSP), as well as geothermal. 

Greenjobs are where the jobs of the near future are to be found.  I see that DMI Industries, a leading manufacturer of wind towers, had a large advertisement in the UTW, p.11, this week.

[nathanm]

Yet think of the immense volume of air pollution, radiation, and CO2 that would not have been emitted had more nuclear plants been built in the 70s. Or even just the one here.

It would be nice if your article didn't refer to a nonexistent "explosion." I might have an easier time believing what it says.

That said, there's not much reason to discuss failings in old designs when we could be building new ones that are passively safe and simply can't get hot enough to melt down even with a total loss of coolant. Wouldn't it be better to replace the old ones with new designs rather than bickering over how crappy the old ones were?

[sgrizzle]

This article has a lot of current information drawn together in one place:

Startling Revelations about Three Mile Island Disaster Raise Doubts Over Nuke Safety
By Sue Sturgis, Facing South. Posted April 3, 2009.
A growing body of personal and scientific evidence contradicts the official story that the accident posed no threat to the public.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/134977/startling_revelations_about_three_mile_island_disaster_raise_doubts_over_nuke_safety/

I hear you about the dangers of coal emissions.  The Riverkeeper for the Grand River, Earl Hatley, was recently in town talking about that.  You should contact him. 

The Carrie Dickerson Foundation does not endorse coal-fired plants either. CDF is for both nuclear-free and carbon-free energy.   It promotes wind power (Aunt Carrie's personal favorite), and solar power, especially concentrated solar power (CSP), as well as geothermal. 

Greenjobs are where the jobs of the near future are to be found.  I see that DMI Industries, a leading manufacturer of wind towers, had a large advertisement in the UTW, p.11, this week.

Followers of Carrie Dickerson, who will forever believe she is the reason Black Fox was cancelled, must protest all forms of nuclear power because it's scary. Three Mile Island was an inferior design and a non-disaster. If not for protestors like those in CDF we probably would be a lot closer to clean energy than we are now. The generating capacity of the 4 regulated electric plants in the Tulsa area could be replaced by over 4,000 wind turbines or 2 nuclear plants.