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[challenge entry] I loves the Nuclear
Image Hosted by ImageShack.usBy haigwan at 2010-06-16

An uninspiring challenge :-(

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From the Mock Green Britain Day challenge. See all 141 entries (closed)

(Haigwan Buckets of cream, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:59, archived)
# anti-nuclear bullshit challenge may contain anti-nuclear bullshit
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:01, archived)
# I like you, drbroon.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:04, archived)
# I like you too baby.
It's nice to be liked. Informed opinions are generally frowned upon as they require a little effort. It's easier just to mistrust things that you don't understand. Surely a clean, efficient, cheap, safe method of energy production with longevity would never catch on? Even the nuclear catastrophes 20+ years ago didn't kill or damage a fraction of the numbers of people killed by coal/oil, and the vast majority of the people contaminated after Chernobyl got that way through unchecked (contaminated) food.

I'm liking BP's recent work in promoting nuclear energy. I'd very much like to know about nuclear energy producers that came anywhere near, say, 10% of that destruction.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:14, archived)
# Can I sign up to your newsletter?
our numbers are 3... Tomorrow, the world
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:20, archived)
# feel free
that's if the 0.001% of environmental radiation caused by nuclear power plants doesn't kill us all before the next issue.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:26, archived)
# I'm not
anti nuclear energy, and I'm not anti transexuals either.
(Haigwan Buckets of cream, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:24, archived)
# ha
I wasn't having a go at you, just the challenge.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:28, archived)
# Thats alright then, I'll chill :-)
Image Hosted by ImageShack.usBy haigwan at 2010-06-14
(Haigwan Buckets of cream, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:36, archived)
# Right on, brother.
Your point about Chernobyl all depends on the time-frame you're working on. The plant itself, if only running reactors 1 and 2 was in operation until 2000 with workers receiving ~5R a year radiation, which was deemed acceptable. Still, the issue with Chernobyl, as I'll no doubt state over and over was not a flaw in nuclear fission.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:29, archived)
# Further to my point down below
I'm not claiming there's a problem with the concept of retrieving power from fission, I'm just saying that human error will always be with us and I'd rather those humans weren't in charge of fission reactors
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:32, archived)
# That's fair.
Personally, my main gripe is the erroneous garbage people seem to assume about Chernobyl. I get all tetchy and sulky!
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:36, archived)
# Nah I can see the bigger picture
I appreciate the necessity of nuclear power, I just wish there was some way to guarantee that no-one fucks it up

Kind of like oil I suppose :/
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:38, archived)
# There are plenty of safety systems concerned with the safe running of a nuclear power station.
For reasons I wont explain, they were all turned off during a scheduled test at the Chernobyl plant. Human error has been brought into account with these things, human stupidity on the other hand, not so much.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:42, archived)
# Speaking as someone who works with radiation,
the amount of regulation and legislation is incredible. You'd have to work pretty hard to do something seriously wrong. Although I'm in medical radiation, not nuclear power. We can only kill a few people at a time if we fuck up.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:39, archived)
# regulations and safety of production have come on a fair way since 1979 and 1986
it's not as if Homer Simpsonski knocked his coffee over the control panel in Chernobyl and caused the meltdown. There were several safety and maintenance issues leading up to the disaster due to widescale human error. As a result, correctly, nuclear power is subject to the most stringent safety regulations, regulations which, if adhered to by producers of any other types of energy, would completely ruin them in a short period of time.

Anyway, hometime. cheerio

(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:40, archived)
# yep
but it makes for a scarier story.

HUMANS COCK IT UP, CAUSE MELTDOWN

or

OMFG NUCLEAR POWER DEFINITELY WILL GIVE EVERYONE CANCER AND KILL YOUR UNBORN CHILDREN
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:34, archived)
# HOLY SHIT I'M PANICKING.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:37, archived)
# ^This
(Haigwan Buckets of cream, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:43, archived)
[challenge entry] ...
(benito vaselini no not that one, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:02, archived)
# This just reminded me of the dream I had last night>
I was walking along a really long dusty trail in Africa, and then this cow/goat thing with 4 heads walked passed. I was amazed but I took it to be the usual thing.
(I helped save b3ta! xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:10, archived)