From: Michael S. Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 15:47:30 MST
John Marlow wrote:
>
> As to reactors: Browns Ferry, I believe it was, nearly
> burned to the ground because some idiot with a LIGHTER
> or a candle was poking it into FLAMMABLE
> insulation--AND the redundant wiring ran right
> alongside the primary wiring. Windscale, Chernobyl,
> Three Mile Island all released radiation into the
> atmosphere. We release self-replicating nannites,
> ONCE, and it's over.
>
> We are not competent to control nanotechnology.
a) the fact we have a proven history will demand that care be taken.
b) which particular nanotechnology are you talking about? We already use
nanotechnology today of one kind or another.
What you fail to show with your many examples of one case where
catastrophe resulted from nuclear accidents. Chernobyl is the best
candidate, and that was more an accident that proved the incompetency of
communism, not nuclear technology.
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