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Sue Gentry
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Nuclear energy is unsafe

Given the recent Japanese meltdown situation with their nuclear facilities I find it unbelievable that Bill Gates or anyone with any knowledge of industrial accident history and nuclear energy can with a clear conscience support this idea. This is Russian roulette with the most lethal substance, and the gun pointed at us all. Blue screen: Reboot Bill and try again.

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Kanwar Sodhi
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Jul 1 2011: I am no expert and don't claim to be on. But this seems to have become a complete "for" and "against" debate. Branding an entire energy source on hearsay and doubtful sources is rather immature, but out-right rejection of those claims without any sensitivity and doubting their intelligence is also equally immature.

I think Nuclear energy has a role to play. Yes. But i would like some informed reasoning to alleviate my fears which have naturally cropped and i look at you people for the same. Understand there will be a level of risk involved in creating energy but as a citizen, i would like to know more about its intensity.
- Krisztián Pintér 200+
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  Jul 1 2011: you can't learn from "informed reasoning". you can learn from materials. you can find a lot around the internet.
  
  i recommend these links as a start
  
  dosage and effects chart:
  http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/radiation-dosage-chart/
  
  effects and dangers of a serious accident
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss-of-coolant_accident
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corium_(nuclear_reactor)
  
  and i also recommend these links from my earlier comment in this conversation:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_nuclear_accidents
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_nuclear_incidents
  - Kanwar Sodhi
    
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    Jul 2 2011: Thank you.

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