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Submitted by Rónán Kernan (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 3:49pm.
"This changed as the community learned more about the health effects of low-level radiation, such as that produced by nuclear power plants on pregnant women in their vicinity."
Complete nonsense. Nuclear stations emit less radiation than coal-fired stations, and far less than the normal background radiation in many places.
"In April 1986 the reactors in western Ukraine melted down"
This sentence betrays the authors ignorance of the subject matter. There was a partial meltdown at 1 reactor at Chernobyl, not 'reactors'. THe partial meltdown led to a steam explosion, causing the release and stopping the reaction.
In an open and democratic regulatory environment, nuclear is safe and most of the opposition to it is based on hysteria. Germany's decision to scrap its stations because of Fukushima is nothing short of lunacy - the risks of a Fukushima-style disaster in Germany is microscopic.
Sure, Nuclear isn't perfect - but it's better than coal, oil or gas, and renewables - while they have their place - cannot be fully relied upon. The power grids of the mid-term future ought to consist of a mix of hydro, nuclear, wind, geothermal as well as localised generation.
