RE: IP Takeover?

["Jaro" <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca>]

Saying that "LNG is at least as heavily a regulated industry as is the NP

industry" seems to me to gloss over some pretty obvious technical aspects.



But the solution to any discrepancies seems simple :  the LNG regulations

merely need to be modified slightly to make sure that all storage facilities

and transport ships are constructed with three-foot thick, steel-reinforced,

convex-shaped walls with a radius no greater than about 20 meters per

installation.



For that matter, the same type of design requirement should be applied to

the high-rise buildings planned for the WTC site, and any other place where

thousands of people congregate, such as stadiums, cruise ships, etc..



Of course that's only if you're really concerned about public safety, not

just about scare mongering the public about nuclear power.



 Jaro

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[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Stewart Farber

Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:33 PM

To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu; LNMolino@AOL.COM

Subject: Re: IP Takeover?





Hi all:

Since the politician  who is proposing replacing IP's nukes with 2,000 MW[e]

of  natural gas generating

capacity,  and natural gas fired electric generating plants will force the

imporating of huge quantities of

LNG most likely, my comment is completely appropriate. True the LNG industry

is regulated, but does anyone

really think that LNG storage tanks or the huge incoming LNG tankers are

less subject to successful

terrorist attack which might lead to horrible consequences than an attack on

a NPP? Valid issues, valid

questions?



I'm not attacking the LNG industry just trying to put all the facts on the

table for honest evaluation of

risks, benefits, and costs to society.



Stewart Farber, MS Public Health

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5/26/04 12:59:35 PM, LNMolino@AOL.COM wrote:



>"Perhaps he thinks docking LNG supertankers and the nearby storage tanks

will make people feel safer than

the operation of IP's nuclear plants."

>

>The LNG Industry is fighting the SAME types of enviro groups that the NP

industry deals with. In some

cases the SAME people even. So why does a comment like this need to be made?

LNG is at least as heavily a

regulated industry as is the NP industry and dare I say as misunderstood as

far as risk is concerned.

>

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