Re: Public Trust & Dreams

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/24/02 6:07:58 PM Mountain Daylight Time, rujohnso@nmsu.edu writes:



> OK, 33 to 35% efficient. I stand corrected. The figure I gave comes from
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> around 1978 in a U.S. News and World report I read.


If my arithmetic is correct, that is a report from 24 years ago.  By the way, nukes were around 30% efficient in 1978.  US News and World Report is hardly a reliable reference.

 My fault for not


> questioning the sources a little more, and this is from memory. So,
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> disregard my numbers! Don't get me wrong here. Right now, I agree that
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> nuclear generation is the only way to have a chance in keeping up with
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> the high demand power needs of cities. But I maintain my earlier
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> statement of the waste issue being a concern.


Please be more specific.  What is your concern?  Maybe I missed something.



Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

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