[ RadSafe ] Nuclear Power vs Coal Power

Sat Dec 6 13:43:11 CST 2014

Radsafe,

     According to Mr. Karam's post, coal might be  around another 50 years, 
with oil, natural gas going away also.  We need to  start building nuclear 
plants routinely in the next 10 years.  Methane and  fuels from the oceans 
might help.  If fusion is going to make a  breakthrough, it needs to happen 
soon.  Reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel  needs to start happening soon 
also.  Time for Team USA to build a serious  fast fission reactor.???  Sure, 
Wind power, solar, energy efficient housing  etc. also.

    Our fear of prolifieration is paralyzing us and our  future.  Nuclear 
fission may be the only real future we may have???

    Joe Preisig

In a message dated 12/6/2014 12:11:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
idiasjrj at gmail.com writes:

John

That's what we called ALAP(as low as possible) and  later ALARA (as low as
reasonable achievable).

John

On Sat,  Dec 6, 2014 at 8:34 AM, <JOHN.RICH at sargentlundy.com> wrote:

>  Way back( late 70s - early 80s) there was an attempt to site a nuclear
>  power plant next to a coal fired power plant on the southern shore of  
Lake
> Michigan (Bailey NPP).  We had to get pre-construction  measurements and,
> If I remember correctly, the dose rates at the  boundary between the coal
> plant and NPP were already higher than  allowed by 40 CFR 190 for the
> Bailey NPP.
>
> So, yeh,  coal fired plants emit radioactive material.  This doesn't mean
>  the radioactivity level is a big deal, only that we can detect very  low
> levels, but as has so often been stated here, the fact that it can  be
> detected doesn't mean its inimical to the health and safety of the  
public.
>  - -jmr
>
> John Rich
>  312-269-3768
>
>
>
> From:   Doug Aitken  <JAitken at slb.com>
> To:     ROY HERREN  <royherren2005 at yahoo.com>, "The International 
Radiation
>  Protection (Health Physics) Mailing     List"
>  <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
> Date:   12/06/2014 10:17  AM
> Subject:        Re: [ RadSafe ] 10 warmest  years on record
> Sent by:         radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>
>
>
> Does not a  lot of this waste from coal fired power stations contain a
> significant  amount of radioactivity? And should it not be treated as
>  TENORM?
> That would put the cat among the pigeons.....
>  Regards
> Doug
>
> Doug Aitken
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [
>  mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of ROY HERREN
>  Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 9:15 PM
> To: The International  Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [  RadSafe ] 10 warmest years on record
>
> Is there a double  standard at work here regarding waste post energy
> production?   What is the coal fired energy industries long term
> plan/solution for  the environmentally acceptable disposal of well over a
> century of  accumulated waste?  See  ?Thick Orange Gooey Stuff? With
>  Arsenic, Lead Found In River Near Duke Energy Power PlantandNew Coal  Ash
> Leaks Found at Duke Energy?s Buck Power Plant »  EcoWatch
>    Roy Herren
>
>       On Friday, December 5, 2014 6:24 AM, "Sandgren, Peter"
>  <Peter.Sandgren at ct.gov> wrote:
>
>
>  No agenda  here - just relaying what has been reported:
>  http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/10-warmest-years-globally
>  It?s official: 2013 is tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest year for
>  Planet Earth since modern record-keeping began more than 130 years  ago.
> The mean global temperature rose 1.12°F above the 20th century  average.
> That means the 10 warmest years on record have all happened  since 1998,
> with 2010 still on top as the warmest of all. The only  year in the entire
> 20th century that was warmer than 2013, and the  only one remaining in the
> top 10, was 1998. This also marks the 37th  straight year where the global
> temperature was above the long term  average.
>
> (Google News) US, British data show 2014 could be  hottest year on record
>
>  
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/11/27/us-climatechange-heat-idUKKCN0JB1EM20141127
>
>
>  P. SANDGREN
> CT DESPP - DEMHS
> RAD EMERGENCY  PREPAREDNESS
> 25 SIGOURNEY ST., HARTFORD, CT
>
>
>  ________________________________________
>
> On 11/24/2014 12:49  PM, JPreisig at aol.com wrote:
> > Radsafe,
> >
>  >        See google news --- antarctic sea   ice    .
> >
> >        Not  only is there more Antarctic Ice,  but it is also now
>  >thicker,  as determined by underwater robotic vessels.
>  >
> >        So much for global  warming????
> >
> >        Joe  Preisig
>
>
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