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From: neal@druxv.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Lockport Blast: safety of oil vs nuclear power
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Date: Wed, 25-Jul-84 11:52:51 EDT
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What amazes me is that these sorts of things happen all the time
(floods, coal mining accidents, oil spills, black lung, acid rain,
the future danger of carbon-dioxide-induced climate changes, etc.), but the
public still believes that hydro power, coal power, and oil power are safer
than nuclear power!  Now don't get me wrong: I believe that nuclear
power is worse than almost any other power source based on many other
arguments (waste disposal, expense, overly complicated, etc),
but the fact is that many more people die per megawatt of fossil fuel
power than nuclear power.
Reference: a book, "The health hazards of NOT going nuclear" by a professor
at U. Colorado (sorry, forgot his name).
-Neal McBurnett, ihnp4!druny!neal, 303-538-4852