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**Klorissana** · 08-13-2006, 07:00 AM

the nature of radiation is that no matter how much you block is, some ALWAYS gets through. EM tunneling or other devices make it physically impossible to make a plant 100% radiation impermiable.

In case you were not aware, you are exposed to radiation every second of your life. Your body is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays. When you go out in the sun you are constantly irradiated. In fact, sunburn is a form of radiation poisoning.

Your body is accustomed to a certain level of radiation. The question is, does the amount of radiation emanating from a nuclear plant sufficiently exceed the ambient amount of radiation to prove harmful.

In the course of a year, an average employee at a nuclear power plant (note, I am not even talking about someone living in the vicinity of one) is exposed to a fraction of the radiation that you would receive getting an x-ray at a dentist's office, i.e., it is effectively harmless.

As for "plants out 10-20 years ago using antiquated systems," that just shows lack of information. There are no plants in the US younger than 20 years. No new nuclear plant has started construction after Three Mile Island in 1979. So you are claiming that all US nuclear plants are obsolete, which is obviously not true.

08-13-2006, 07:00 AM	#14
Klorissana Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	the nature of radiation is that no matter how much you block is, some ALWAYS gets through. EM tunneling or other devices make it physically impossible to make a plant 100% radiation impermiable. In case you were not aware, you are exposed to radiation every second of your life. Your body is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays. When you go out in the sun you are constantly irradiated. In fact, sunburn is a form of radiation poisoning. Your body is accustomed to a certain level of radiation. The question is, does the amount of radiation emanating from a nuclear plant sufficiently exceed the ambient amount of radiation to prove harmful. In the course of a year, an average employee at a nuclear power plant (note, I am not even talking about someone living in the vicinity of one) is exposed to a fraction of the radiation that you would receive getting an x-ray at a dentist's office, i.e., it is effectively harmless. As for "plants out 10-20 years ago using antiquated systems," that just shows lack of information. There are no plants in the US younger than 20 years. No new nuclear plant has started construction after Three Mile Island in 1979. So you are claiming that all US nuclear plants are obsolete, which is obviously not true.
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