Communications

[larry0071]

Being as close as we are to TMI... Even if it doesn't explode mushroom style, a good pop of the facility could release an EMP.

LOL.....

I'm not sure what we have at these nuclear power plants, but there is and can never be these great explosions that you hear folks talk about on the internet. We boil some water, we are essentially a large stove. If we melt down, the reactor core could maybe.... if many things went wrong..... and still maybe at best..... doubtfully.... burn itself out the bottom and into the earth some place. Thats your big nuclear meltdown. A hole. There can never be an EMP or great and wonderfull explosion from a nuclear power plant. You may have a few pipe ruptures that are explosive and problematic, but no large energy release.

Honestly, the biggest issue would be the potential for release of radioactive crap and the surounding area becoming contaminated. Even at that, I have doubts as to any effect to those that left the area shortly after. Remember, folks like me spend 8-10 hours a day at a nuclear plant and spend a large portion of that time inside them. There once was a day 20 years ago that I kinda cared about radiation at the low levels that we are exposed, but now it's just like another day in the sun.

Don't fear the nuclear plants for the things that happened 30 years ago before we knew well how to operate them.