Excellent replies!
I am not a nuclear knowledge person.
You are saying the nuclear radiation releases are not core break down seal involved? Then, only the spent rods are the real danger (if they come together)? Then there is no real radiation danger coming from the plant site? That's good to know.
In some of the alternative lay press, it sounds like a 100 year assault on the planetary eco-system.
I just do not understand why it is so difficult to dispose of nuclear waste in a sealed deep underground facility. Such a facility in action, would alleviate much of the public fear of nuclear energy in our national energy independence program. Put it on government controlled land, in a basalt rock formation (costly to drill and prepare . . . but worth the effort).
Further question, if anyone cares to answer: why has not GE gone into solar cell install program like SCTY, that installs and leases home and business solar rooftop, etc. space and then gives dwelling owner some monthly relief some electric bills? This seems like a very suitable way to upgrade the energy grid, and create domestic USA jobs and taxes while achieving USA increase in energy independence. Was not GE working on producing roofing tile that includes solar cell energy production inclusion? On new construction . . . that looks like a way to make $$s and reduce government energy policy interference . . . at the same time promoting local self-reliance in emergency conditions like storms and quake damage to grids. BAC has done some promotion of this idea as a private bank way of getting QE funding to work, nd create new USA employment. Why not keep GE Credit Banking and go the same route?
Maybe, also, GE should look into taking over a window manufacturer and doing research to incorporate transparent solar cells into the window glass? Multi pane glass windows are one of the quick way to increase building energy use efficiency.
That is the whole problem with the QEs from the FED . . . the banks have not made an active effort to create profits that exceed the T-Bill interest yield. GE could be a major player in this type of banking, if they wanted to. Insure the installs and also install them? What's not to like? 'I love the smell of Green Money in the morning!', particularly when its a physical capital producing asset, one can also get a tax-credit for. Stimulate the economy and business AND upgrade the grid and national emergency readiness.
