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David Nebenzahl

On 12/4/2008 5:37 PM spake thus:

On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:24:25 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Building a nuclear power plant is
relatively cheap - it can cost on the same order as a coal-fired plant.

Care to provide numbers. Please include full life cycle cost,
including full cost of decommissioning.

Yes, please do. While doing so, keep in mind the following parts of the
nuclear fuel cycle, each with its own set of hazards (like
transportation between each step):

o Uranium mining *
o Uranium milling
o Uranium tailings disposal
o Fuel enrichment
o Fuel rod fabrication
o Nuke plant operation
o Spent fuel removal and on-site storage
o Spent fuel dismantlement (separating fuel from carrier)
o Spent fuel packaging
o Spent fuel disposal (TBD)

*Already the cause of the worst nuclear accident in the U.S. in terms of
amount of radiation released into the environment, the Rio Puerco dam
breach and tailings pond spill in New Mexico.

--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire