{"id":960,"date":"2011-05-06T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T18:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/?p=960"},"modified":"2011-05-06T20:28:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T20:28:24","slug":"non-sense-the-nuclear-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/06\/non-sense-the-nuclear-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-sense: the nuclear path"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s impossible to engineer for \u00a0“Black Swans” * \u00a0from Fukushima we are reminded that the risk of nuclear energy is too great whether\u00a0analyzed\u00a0from a public health, safety, or security perspective. Obama’s budget proposal for 2011 would add $36 billion in new federal loan guarantees to $18.5 billion already budgeted but not spent \u2013 for a total of $54.5 billion. The new $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees will go toward the construction and operation of a pair of reactors in Burke County, Ga., by the Southern Co. Federal loan guarantees are needed to spur construction of new reactors because of the huge expense. This puts the US taxpayer at risk given the industry’s record of cost overruns and loan defaults. The argument about the cost causes bi-partisan combustion, but regardless the cost conversation is mute and overridden by the underlying risk.\u00a0World Team Now ‘s<\/a>\u00a0stand is that is time to\u00a0pause to reflect upon and consider giving this kind of funding\/subsidies and loan guarantees to the renewable energy sector instead. This could jump start tidal\u00a0energy, and geothermal energy or build out an infrastructure for new transmission sources. Keep in mind the fission spectrum from radiation released in a nuclear power plant has a longer life than the radiation release from a nuclear bomb. \u00a0It would be wise to re-examine the action of the Health Ministry that raised the legal limit of radiation on March 15 to 250 millisieverts, when 100 millisieverts per year was the maxim prior to the Fukushima crisis \u2013\u00a0and that amount was already controversial. \u00a0There is much to consider now, regarding the nuclear situation: Our children & Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant’s effect on people:
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