re: Western Power Outage Thread

[Bob Hearn <rah@america.net>]

The ready availability of electric power ranges in significance from a
convenience
to life-saving. Although I differ with some of the opinions expressed and
deductions
made on this thread, IMHO it is quite apropos to consider and discuss the
role of a resource
that has become unavailable due to concerns for SAFETY FROM RADIATION,
whether directly
or as a consequence of financial burdens of requirements imposed as a result
of hysteria
and misinformation. It would appear to be particularly germane in the later
case to 
bring such discussion into the open amongst knowledgeable participants,
since a void 
becomes filled with whatever becomes available, be it truth or tripe.

Regards,

Bob Hearn
rah@america.net

At 10:40 AM 8/15/96 -0500, you wrote:
>     This tread started out with the question of whether the availability
>     of nuclear power in the western states had anything to do with the
>     recent power outage suffered by the area.  It lead to replies about
>     the characteristics of gas and coal fired plants and now we're talking
>     about retail wheeling and deregulation of the utilities.
>
>     IMHO, all of this has nothing to do with RADIATION SAFETY or
>     protection which is what this forum is about.  Please kill this thread
>     or take it someplace else.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Mike Vala
>     mvala@usccmail.bms.com
>
>