tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post6451504398403471054..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Ralph Nader to Visit NEIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-29433173637155756582008-06-01T22:49:00.000-04:002008-06-01T22:49:00.000-04:00I feel quite positive about the world after readin...I feel quite positive about the world after reading these posts.<BR/><BR/>When US nuclear power capacity factors were in the low 60's in the 1980's, those in the industry projected much of their blame on outside forces. In the 1990's, as the first several poorly performing nuclear plants were sold to more competent utilities and then their performance rapidly improved, the industry learned that the most important ingredient for success is competent management and listening to criticism, and then striving to improve.<BR/><BR/>Now we need to learn whether this can be the case for new construction too. So far the evidence is mixed.<BR/><BR/>It has been a very long time since the public has been willing to give nuclear the benefit of the doubt, and nuclear's reemergence has come about only because its performance has improved. Nuclear must set the highest of expectations for its managers and workers, and accept criticism as a valuable input to further improve its performance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-73975868162162128052008-05-29T17:29:00.000-04:002008-05-29T17:29:00.000-04:00It was great to see NEI employees out there gettin...It was great to see NEI employees out there getting Ralph's autograph; evidence that this can be about issues and not personalities with perhaps the exception of "anonymous." <BR/><BR/>Anon, remember, it was Ralph who effectively fought to get us all in seatbelts--now standard issue for both SUVs and compact cars alike. Same can be said for Ralph's efforts to level the playingfield for the energy market. I remind you that NEI was chaired by Mr. Anthony Early Jr., the coal tycoon---so you can get off your high horse that there is some sort of distinction in the thermoelectric industry's agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-24884763872784136172008-05-29T14:00:00.000-04:002008-05-29T14:00:00.000-04:00As Nader often states, it was Gore that caused him...As Nader often states, it was Gore that caused him to lose the electoin in 2000. Ha!<BR/><BR/>Well, I for one respect Nader even if I disagree with him. Interestingly, his absolute worse positions, most poorly argued, most...date-by-plagerizition of other non-experts is on nuclear energy. Simply terrible. And sad, because at the end of the say, every minus he place next to fission is a plus next to fossil, whether he knows it or not.<BR/><BR/>David WaltersDWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070034894266417461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-68552548631135602812008-05-29T13:47:00.000-04:002008-05-29T13:47:00.000-04:00We wish he would have come up, too. I can guarante...We wish he would have come up, too. I can guarantee there would have been no contentiousness and a lot of NEI folks would have loved to hear him in a more intimate setting than downtown DC at lunch hour.<BR/><BR/>There is certainly a lot you can criticize Nader for, but the idea of Nader - and much of what the man has accomplished - is so overwhelmingly positive, we'll take the bitter with the sweet. <BR/><BR/>That said, shame about that 2000 election - especially if you're a Democrat - but Nader didn't stand in voting booths and wrestle votes away from Mr. Gore (or Mr. Bush, either). Our fellow Americans did that all by themselves. Some folks call it democracy.Mark Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261889547342452468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-52062334972964309792008-05-29T13:43:00.000-04:002008-05-29T13:43:00.000-04:00The funniest part was seeing one of Nader's protes...The funniest part was seeing one of Nader's protesters smoking a cigarette. <A HREF="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/nucene/radexp.html" REL="nofollow">One receives more radiation from smoking a cigarette than standing next to a nuclear plant for a year.</A>David Bradishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439638522932781068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-62148080398943423092008-05-29T13:10:00.000-04:002008-05-29T13:10:00.000-04:00Certainly a man with impressive achievements.1. In...Certainly a man with impressive achievements.<BR/>1. Instrumental in the election of G.W.B. in 2000.<BR/>2. Instrumental in the establishment of the SUV as the American car (as small, efficient ones are after all "Unsafe at any speed").<BR/>3. A pioneer in the anti-nuclear movement and therefore partially responsible for thousands of coal deaths per year.<BR/><BR/>Those credentials alone show a man with large influence in the creation and maintenance of global warming and dependence on fossil fuels. What a career to be proud of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-40353682425852796652008-05-29T12:37:00.000-04:002008-05-29T12:37:00.000-04:00And here I thought he was going to come inside and...And here I thought he was going to come inside and actually talk to you...too bad for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-57423912789792002482008-05-29T12:27:00.000-04:002008-05-29T12:27:00.000-04:00Wow ... that guy will do anything for attention. I...Wow ... that guy will do anything for attention. I almost feel sorry for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com