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As usual, I find myself agreeing strongly with redpoint5. I can sympathize with californiacivic, but ultimately nuclear provides cheap, clean energy which has statistically been among the least harmful ways to generate electricity.
Having worked for fossil fuel plants, it was enlightening to learn that they regularly test the soil and water around the plant to ensure everything has "safe" levels of mercury, cadmium and lead, which are released from their stacks. I'd far rather live near a nuclear reactor than a coal or oil plant, or even gas turbine. Of course, I'd rather live near none of these and rely more on hydro and rooftop solar/wind...
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