Reply #96: Yes, there is a danger. We made a big mistake by getting involved

[MineralMan]

in a nuclear arms race. The power generation thing was a spin off of that. Nuclear stuff just isn't safe. That has not stopped us from building power plants and testing bombs, though. We've already contaminated the planet with the stuff. The effects of that aren't precisely known, but our mortality rate has dropped and our longevity has increased since 1945, when it all began.

So, there's not a lot of statistical information proving that it's harmful. We know it is, but the significance of it isn't known, due to there being too many variables in the equation.

Don't mistake my factual information with support of the nuclear power industry. I do not support it. I've opposed it since 1959, when a small reactor near my home in California had a meltdown and contaminated an unknown area around it. I still oppose it. I also oppose panicky reactions not based on actual fact.