Re: Nuclear Power Plants vs. Hydropower Plants

[Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

With a siren, a remote-activatable weather radio, and an established 

evacuation route to the nearest high ground, most people would be able 

to get out of harm's way within the few minutes that a flood crest would 

travel down to Clinton from Norris Dam.



If a dam breaks, whether due to earthquake, terrorist attack, upstream 

disruption, or engineering miscalculation, there will be hell to pay if 

no emergency plan was ever publicized.  Other dams around the world have 

failed, and while these failures are rarely predictable far in advance, 

often there is a warning of hours.



This is a much more likely scenario than a nuclear power plant accident, 

as shown by history.  I think there should be more resources applied to 

it, considering the higher potential death tolls.



Susan Gawarecki



Redmond, Randy (RXQ) wrote:

> They probably don't want to scare all of us that live downstream (I live on

> Melton Hill).  I doubt there would be any warning sufficient to get me to

> the high ground in time.

> 

> Randy



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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org

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