WillR and TikiPete et al. make excellent, well informed points, and I surely hope we can get standardized nukes built as fast as possible. IMHO, 3 Mile Island LACKED a simple 1/4 inch stainless steel tube running up into the top of the containment vessel to allow the unexpected hydrogen gas to be removed: this H2 bubble drove the water down & caused the core to be exposed. Very bad consequence!

Note: I read that these Brown & Root nukes from 1970 or so (TMI = the Crystal River nuke in Florida) have all been recertified for 20 more years since hydrogen embrittlement of their container steel is apparently not as bad as originally calculated. Good news.

Note: Little or Big NiCad batteries are RECYCLABLE!
Note: We cannot eat Florida freshwater largemouth bass anymore, because they are loaded with mercury. IMHO, coal-fired power plants are the reason. The wild animals generally do not know this, but the pelicans in Tampa Bay are mostly gone, as are most of the seabirds and fish. We have lots of Hummers, Ford 350s etc. tho, permanently plugging up the Tampa Bay bridges, and running over any stupid wild animals that get in their way.....
Note: Fresh water is running out in Sarasota this week.

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