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Nuclear Power: The New Castor Oil
This just in from the WSJ as a follow up on the nuke talk during last night's debate. So much for the Areva Funkytown commercials. (The similar and longer "Royksopp - Remind Me" music video is way cooler, btw.)
Nuclear Option: Atomic Power Generates Energy, But Not Many Votes - WSJ - 08 Oct 08
"Harris Interactive, the polling agency, just did a survey of public attitudes toward nuclear power, to compare it with public sentiment during the 1970s. The upshot? Fewer people support building more nuclear plants today than did just a couple of months after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, even if hardcore opposition to nuclear power has abated.
The biggest obstacle is the same now as then: 94% of people think storage of radioactive waste is a problem; 95% of respondents said that was a problem in 1979."
Nuclear Option: Atomic Power Generates Energy, But Not Many Votes - WSJ - 08 Oct 08
"Harris Interactive, the polling agency, just did a survey of public attitudes toward nuclear power, to compare it with public sentiment during the 1970s. The upshot? Fewer people support building more nuclear plants today than did just a couple of months after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, even if hardcore opposition to nuclear power has abated.
The biggest obstacle is the same now as then: 94% of people think storage of radioactive waste is a problem; 95% of respondents said that was a problem in 1979."