Re: Side of a volcano

[Emil <kerremba@pilot.msu.edu>]

Scott,
It is a good point in case of the following eruption accident and
destroyed (buried?) power plant also will be considered by the community
as a natural phenomenon- -(catastrophy)
But I guess, it will be a hard task to reason out the public.
Emil.
kerremba@pilot.msu.edu


Sorensen, Scott wrote:
.. 
> Siting criteria not being met because of the facility being located on a
> volcano?  Seems like we need to step back and look at the big picture.
> Should that volcano erupt, wouldn't the overall environmental impact
> from the eruption itself far exceed any impact from the destroyed
> (buried?) power plant?  One might even make the same argument for a
> catastrophic earthquake in a populated area, although its impact may not
> be as global...
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