RE: Schools and nukes.

[Glen.Vickers@ucm.com]

The reason kids near nuclear power plants might do better in school probably
has more to do with the fact that the local school districts reap large sums
of money from taxes paid on the local power plant.  I can't imagine the
taxes we pay for our 5 billion dollar facility.  The school near our power
plant has been under continuous expansion for several years and probably
won't start any time soon.  The facilities at some of these local schools is
better than many universities.  When people buy homes in the area, they try
to make sure they get close enough to the power plant to get into the good
school district.  There is a distinct positive impact of a power plant upon
a local community.

I wouldn't be suprised if the smoking rate is lower due to such a good
positive environment.  However, it could be that a little Xe-133 is
supresses the urge to smoke.  Perhaps Xe-133 enhances synaptic discharges
and increases the probability that more kids will graduate and want to go to
college.

Glen Vickers
glen.vickers@ucm.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	D. Kosloff [SMTP:dkosloff@ncweb.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 27, 2000 7:19 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Schools and nukes.
> 
> There is a big elementary school about two miles from the Monticello BWR
> plant, about half way between the plant and the town of Monticello.  It
> was
> built several years after the plant started up.  Here in Perry we just
> finished building a new high school and elementary school about 2 miles
> from
> the Perry BWR Plant.  Before that the schools were a few hundred yards
> farther away from the plant.  For many years the Perry students have
> substantially outperformed the rest of the state and nation on
> standardized
> tests.
> 
> Don Kosloff dkosloff@ncweb.com
> 2910 Main St Perry OH 44081-9593
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Critics Allege Infant Mortality Rate
> 
> 
> > Some power plants have schools on the property, for the benefit of
> > parents. I know at Turkey Point there is a public school on the
> > property, that was donated to the county by the utility. There rae
> > others around the country.
> >
> > 1st obvious question .. if the studies are correct, where's the
> > increased cancer incidence in these school kids? According to
> > Brinkley, if there is an immediate drop in cancer rates when a unit
> > is shutdown, there should be an increase when the units start up and
> > maintain operations.
> >
> > 2nd obvious question .. Before the response comes back that this is
> > only an infant effect (at what age do we have a threshold), why do we
> > not see the same effect on pre-school age kids, elementary age kids,
> > etc.
> >
> > Data and proof please??????
> >
> 
> 
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