From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sat Jun 02 2001 - 00:07:52 MDT
Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Even a few tons of Plastique (c-2--c4) may shut down a pressured water
> > reactor, but to successfully penetrate a steel-reinforced collander
> > dome, and disperse uranium oxide -235, is a much more difficult
> > venture.
>
> Nuke power on earth is broken, but not because of vulnerability to
> terrorism (you need a direct hit with a nuclear device into the
> containment -- assuming there is a containment, as some folks don't think
> it's necessary) to get enough of radionuclides into the wind.
>
> Nuke power is broken because you can't trust people with handling the
> technology responsibly, and because there are much cheaper, safer
> alternatives.
>
Name them please. Not coal, not gas, not solar (on earth), not
wind, not biomass. So what do you have in mind?
- samantha
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