       Comments     Threshold   RE: Right on Masher By irev210
on 2/28/2007 1:54:21 PM , Rating: 2 3 mile island could have
gone a lot worse, but thats besides the point.  As others have
said, it has been 30 years since then.  It wasnt really caused
by a design error, but by poorly trained employees who really
didnt know what to do. By doing what they were trained to do,
they actually made things worse.  Regardless, the fear still
sank in. You guys should read about the long island nuclear
plant. Greatest moment in american nuclear power generation!
Here is the most EXPENSIVE nuclear power plant!  It generated
only a few 100 megawatts, at the cost of Billions. Then, the
local gov't passed on writing off the power plant to taxpayers!
So people payed billions.  The single problem with nuclear is
how much raw material you actually need. You need to remove
spent uranium every two years. There is actually a LOT of effort
that goes into getting nuclear power plant grade uranium. You
have LOTS of waste (depleted ur