I don't know whether this has been discussed much, but how can USMS support "going green," promoting and/or being supportive of being environmentally responsible for clean water to swim in as well as to drink?
Open Water swims, of course, are the perfect venues to remind us all to keep our waters clean for swimming. The Boston swim focuses on this; do other Open Water swims promote cleaner water? What do they do?
Can pool Masters swimmers, clubs, LMSCs promote being "greener"? Encouraging people to take shorter showers is one way. What are other ways?
I think it is a fine idea and good opportunity for USMS to promote this particular aspect of the environment. By the way, all the Great Lakes are down several inches, except for Lake Superior (where, at the moment, we don't have Open Water swims...but who knows, in the future???).
Jennifer Parks, Michigan Masters
I may be wrong on this, but TMI (while a failure to produce power in one reactor) was a success. The shut down systems worked and no radiation leaked out. :confused:
Unlike Chernobyl where the safety system failed.:bolt:
Please correct me if I am wrong, I wasn't old enough to remember the day it happened. Its called the "Worst Civilian Nuclear Accident in the US" because its the only one (Wiki). If this is true, than the US record is perfect.
if you believe the government reports... most of which were funded in part by some entity in the nuclear power industry... i know i'm biased, but that seems like a bit of a conflict of interest to me. not to mention that the ruined, unused reactor is just sitting there. which opens up the possibilities for who knows what kind of problems in the future.
as for the comparison to Chernobyl, the two plants were of totally different designs, and i don't think the design at TMI would have allowed for an actual explosion like Chernobyl. also, the actual circumstances between the 2 are different- at TMI, the accident occurred during normal operational conditions. at Chernobyl, they were actually experimenting on the safety systems...
I may be wrong on this, but TMI (while a failure to produce power in one reactor) was a success. The shut down systems worked and no radiation leaked out. :confused:
Unlike Chernobyl where the safety system failed.:bolt:
Please correct me if I am wrong, I wasn't old enough to remember the day it happened. Its called the "Worst Civilian Nuclear Accident in the US" because its the only one (Wiki). If this is true, than the US record is perfect.
if you believe the government reports... most of which were funded in part by some entity in the nuclear power industry... i know i'm biased, but that seems like a bit of a conflict of interest to me. not to mention that the ruined, unused reactor is just sitting there. which opens up the possibilities for who knows what kind of problems in the future.
as for the comparison to Chernobyl, the two plants were of totally different designs, and i don't think the design at TMI would have allowed for an actual explosion like Chernobyl. also, the actual circumstances between the 2 are different- at TMI, the accident occurred during normal operational conditions. at Chernobyl, they were actually experimenting on the safety systems...
