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I'm wondering if anyone here has been so moved by events following the 3/11 earquake, that their position has been changed in regard to nuclear power.
First, please let us know your position before March of this year.
Second, let us know if you position has changed, either for, or against the use nuclear power.
Third, let us know why you have, or have not changed your position.
All other comments regarding your position on nuclear power, along with any emotional reaction, or consequences you may have experienced are welcome.
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As for me, I was in favor of nuclear power beffore March of this year. I come from a family with three close member who have worked for SCE at SONGS in southern California. While not being a physicist, I am familiar with the basics of nuclear power, and have been a supporter for as long as I can remember. And while I don't feel that global warming is a significant threat to mankind, I was of the impression that nuclear power had potential to remove global warming from the headlines (turns out it did for a short time, but not in the way I had imagined).
I now have doubts about my previous position. I don't know how I'll feel a year from now, but at this point, the industry has lost me as a supporter.
My position has changed because I am finding it difficult to trust the industry to operate in a safe manner. I have also begun to wonder if nuclear power is simply too complex with too many unpredictable failure modes, to be safe.
It's been a tough situation for my family in too many ways to bore you with, but to summarize my feelings; my family and I struggled to get home after experiencing the largest quake in Japan's history. When we reached home, we had the feeling that the worst was behind us, and that things would soon improve... then we turned on the TV and saw the news. And the news was like a long nightmare where my worst case thoughts of the outcome were consistently exceeded. I called my family of nuke "experts" in the states to ask for advice, and I was repeatedly impressed by their underestimates of the dangers, and the lack of information they had about events. I quickly realized that I would have to make my own decisions. I have decided.
First, please let us know your position before March of this year.
Second, let us know if you position has changed, either for, or against the use nuclear power.
Third, let us know why you have, or have not changed your position.
All other comments regarding your position on nuclear power, along with any emotional reaction, or consequences you may have experienced are welcome.
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As for me, I was in favor of nuclear power beffore March of this year. I come from a family with three close member who have worked for SCE at SONGS in southern California. While not being a physicist, I am familiar with the basics of nuclear power, and have been a supporter for as long as I can remember. And while I don't feel that global warming is a significant threat to mankind, I was of the impression that nuclear power had potential to remove global warming from the headlines (turns out it did for a short time, but not in the way I had imagined).
I now have doubts about my previous position. I don't know how I'll feel a year from now, but at this point, the industry has lost me as a supporter.
My position has changed because I am finding it difficult to trust the industry to operate in a safe manner. I have also begun to wonder if nuclear power is simply too complex with too many unpredictable failure modes, to be safe.
It's been a tough situation for my family in too many ways to bore you with, but to summarize my feelings; my family and I struggled to get home after experiencing the largest quake in Japan's history. When we reached home, we had the feeling that the worst was behind us, and that things would soon improve... then we turned on the TV and saw the news. And the news was like a long nightmare where my worst case thoughts of the outcome were consistently exceeded. I called my family of nuke "experts" in the states to ask for advice, and I was repeatedly impressed by their underestimates of the dangers, and the lack of information they had about events. I quickly realized that I would have to make my own decisions. I have decided.