Millions could have been better spent

…Dr. Helen Caldicott, the author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is an English MD/scientist who has done a superb job of research. Her findings clearly show that nuclear is not the way to go.

First, uranium is scarce and therefore becoming expensive. Costs of new power plants is prohibitive. Note that the French built their plants mostly in the 1970’s when materials and labor were cheaper. The spent fuel, although new processes are much improved, still pose problems of safe and cost- effective disposal. Not least is the concern that, in the era of terrorist attacks, nuclear plants are quite vulnerable.


The article played down wind and solar as viable options to meet our energy needs.

However, little Denmark obtains 16 percent of its electrical power from the wind. Imagine how Florida could be a leading example with massive solar/wind farms extending across the spent phosphate mine areas in its central counties. The land, poisoned from dredging up radioactive isotopes, is useless for crops, grazing, or housing. Technicians with protective gear could install and service the necessary devices to combine windmills and solar panels.

Sun-Sentinel (Florida)