Nuclear Power: Yes or No?

omnicorp

Should Ireland use Nuclear Power instead of Fossill fuels>
I think so.

Contrary to popular belief, only 30 people were killed in the
Chernobyl Nuclear disaster. info
And how about the amount killed in
Coal mines,
Power plant explosions and
The wildlife killed in oil tanker disasters?

A lot more.

Its all just bad reputation.

And as for radiation, Look here:
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/radiation.html

aidan_walsh

Sorry for rising to the bait, but this is a political question how? Look for the After Hours forum there... When you find it, post this sort of thing there instead.

And a bunch of statistics from 1974 aren't going to be enough to convince me that we need nuclear power. We don't, we'd be far better off putting the money into indepletable resources, such as wind or tidal.

Goodshape

Nice to see you've looked at all the options. Fossill fuel's no good, so lets go nuclear.

That mocks sense.

TomF

I'd say nuclear power is a very good option, and preferable in the long run to fossil power, which is the only practical alternative. I've always had to smile when I see the "Cork, a nuclear-free zone" when I come back into Cork after a trip. (Please don't try to tell me that nuclear power doesn't belong on the politics board in Ireland!)

The only worry, and it is a big one where we have problems fixing our roads and enforcing honesty in dealings, is whether Ireland as a society is capable of the discipline required to operate a nuclear plant. Managing a nuclear power plant might mean that we'd have to import a cadre of dour Scottish or Northern Prod engineers and operators. Begob, it would be like the landing of Strongbow all over again.

omnicorp

doodle_sketch wrote:

Sorry for rising to the bait, but this is a political question how? Look for the After Hours forum there... When you find it, post this sort of thing there instead.

And a bunch of statistics from 1974 aren't going to be enough to convince me that we need nuclear power. We don't, we'd be far better off putting the money into indepletable resources, such as wind or tidal.

And how does that justify the Depletion of the Ozone Layer?
Global Warming?
The killed miners?

mycroft

Actual quote by a member of the Socialist Party to me, and was said with a straight face

"In a workers utopia Nuclear Power will be completely safe because safety measures won't be ignored in exchange for profits"

He actually got as far as "because" when the pressure of hearing someone use the words "workers utopia" without a trace of irony made me crease myself laughing.

I suspect Omnicorp with his socialist leanings has been indoctornated into this bullsh*t

aidan_walsh

And how does that justify the Depletion of the Ozone Layer?
Global Warming?
The killed miners?

Yes, they're entirely the fault of the modern power plant operations... Nothing to do with decades of non-regulation, non-compliance with said regulations... I suppose Britians Industrial Age was entirely ISO9000 compliant... :rolleyes:

Besides, what do we do with the nucler effluient? Hmm? Because thats a lot safer, you know... No chance of a terrorist target there...

See, I can be as sensationalist as you...

omnicorp

Actually, me and one of my friends are the only Socialists I know.
We are not members of a political party.
And have talked to no socialist politicians.

And Nuclear Power is safer than a lot of things.
Including coal power, or did you ignore my proof links?

mrhappy42

with the electricity pipes going under the channel we will be able to buy in electricy from Sellefield or any other nuclear country as the UK is linked to Europe.

why spend money on capital costs when you can outsource it...its all going to be a commodity with futures etc.

I dont see the need for Ireland to invest in more power stations let the private sector do it and ideally in another country.

I know the issue about strikes and price increases etc. but then lets put another cable to the US or to France and reduce that risk...it would be cheaper in the long run.

omnicorp

And if they strike?
If the cables break?
If the host country demands a price increase?
We can't go without Electricity.

sceptre

omnicorp wrote:

And Nuclear Power is safer than a lot of things.
Including coal power, or did you ignore my proof links?

Nuclear power's safer than a knitting needle in the eye but that's not a very convincing argument


(I didn't ignore your proof links by the way, I took careful note of the "Health & Physiological Consequences" page on the chernobyl.co.uk site you linked to which dropped the word "immediately" and attributed rather more than 30 deaths to the meltdown)

BuffyBot

We can't go without Electricity.

How about wind power, there certainly enough bluster around these parts to keep it going.

The Chernobyl accident killed more than 30 people immediately

You seem to have forgotten the word immediately. Let's not forget the after effects on the locality, and it's inhabitants.

DivX

Contrary to popular belief, only 30 people were killed in the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster.

I was shocked when i saw this comment, people are still dying from the results of the disaster in Chernobyl.

I came across this site GHOST TOWN- Chernobyl awhile ago, just to remind people of what happens when things go wrong with Nuclear Power and the legacy for future generations, looks like nobody will be living there for another 600 years…





Just hope our neighbours in the UK ever have a nuclear incident.

gandalf

Not technically a political question, thread closed. Omnicorp you are now threading a very thin line one more poll and I am banning you !