The devistation from the Earthquake in Japan and the following events are incomprehensible. Complete devistations of communities there leaving thousands missing and presumably dead, buried at sea or under the water and debris of what is left. Uncountable injuries of the survivors overwhelming the hospitals that are trying to function without the necessary space, help and equipment and supplies. All of that while the uninjured survivors have minimal supplies of food, water and adequate disposal of human waste. The crematories are unable to service more than 18 bodies daily, while hundreds of other bodies remain unattended and without power are probably decomposing. I suspect that before enough "clean-up" and "restoration" are attained the survivors will be again devestated by bacterial and the effects of exposure to radiation. Truly the worst disaster the world has ever seen in my lifetime.
While Japan has been a leader in the use of nuclear power and has been as prepared as well as anything that is known, my question is "Does anyone think that the USA should continue to consider alleviating our shortage of power supply by building more nuclear energy plants?".
All of the unrest in the Middle East, especially Libya continues to put the pressure on to rely on more nuclear power. What should we consider worse, air quality from burning coal or radiation from damaged nuclear plant?
While we are waiting for OTHER sources of energy we should make it a priority to find alternative and multiple sources of energy. Why do we burn and bury household waste at the landfills. Could that be an additional source of energy? We must stop our reliance on the mideast for oil and discontinue contemplating adding more nuclear energy plants.
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