Nuke Plant Leaks Renew Debate Over Aging Plants

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While leaking reactors are certainly a problem, let's remember that nothing unsafe actually happened in Vermont (I'd take the word of a radiation biologist over a politician). Nuclear power is still one of the cleanest, most environmentally-friendly, and safest means of generating energy.
In the last five years 152 people died coal-mining related deaths (http://www.msha.gov/stats/charts/coalbystate.asp).
Know how many people have EVER died nuclear-plant related deaths in this country? Zero.

Phil Anderson of WI 11:03AM February 02, 2010

Although the company lied before, it's not lying now. Of course, it could be lying about not lying now, or lying about lying before, but, heck, those are good old folks running that plant, right? Right? Unless, of course, they've been drinking the water from wells around the plant and now have brain rot - in which case lying isn't really their fault, you see?

R E Williams of WA 9:19PM February 01, 2010