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Might as well if the @!&% reactor is close enough to cook you anyway if something goes wrong.  They have been selling vacation and retirement homes near the Lake Anna plant near here for years.  Lots of folks share the lake with the reactors.  Spooky.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Mon Jun 4th, 2007 at 10:41:15 PM EST
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The staff at Forsmark nuclear power plant often bath in the cooling water which is released into a lagoon before it enters the sea. The water is about 30 degrees Celsius in the summer, and never goes below 10 degrees, even in winter. So with a sauna close at hand, you can bath there all the year round. :)

Ah, and I remember when they prematurely shut down the two 600 MW reactors at Barsebäck, the local fishermen complained noisily. Rare fish from more southern waters flourished just outside the plant. Not any more. :(

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Tue Jun 5th, 2007 at 08:34:29 AM EST
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Do you know that most salmon-farms in France are located in the effluents of EDF nuclear plants ? They don't advertise this too much, but it's no secret either. Serious boost to productivity.

Pierre
by Pierre on Tue Jun 5th, 2007 at 09:55:20 AM EST
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