Nuclear Power (spun off from Japan earthquake discussion)

[randolph]

Originally Posted by Slavetoebony

People are scared of nuclear energy. But fact remains that other forms of energy can be dangerous as well. People have been killed in gas explosions, fires caused by oil and electrical power lines / pylons are supposed to cause cancer.
On the other hand, we have been using nuclear powered submarines for 50 odd years now and to the best of my knowledge no sailor has fallen sick so far. Food for thought here.

I don't know much about them but our nuclear submarines and ships seem to be very reliable, cant say that for the Russian ones, however. As I recall, Hymen Rickover was the developer of our nuclear submarines.