Japanese Nuclear Disaster Stirs Talk of Revisiting U.S. Energy Policy

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

President Obama has no plans to change the U.S. approach to energy policy despite the possible meltdown of as many as three nuclear reactors in Japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the White House announced Monday.

Tamping down some of the hysteria that has been building since Japan announced that it had lost coolant operations on three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the hardest hit by Friday's devastation, White House spokesman Jay Carney said in his daily briefing that nothing has changed at home.

Nuclear power "remains a part of the president's overall energy plan. When he talks about reaching a clean energy standards it's a vital part of that. And as we get more information from Japan and what happened there, that can be incorporated, but right now we remain committed to the clean energy standards and the other aspects of the president's energy plan," he said.

"From a policy perspective, we will continue to operate our reactors and ... operate them safely. We will continue to seek to build nuclear into a part of a responsible energy future, and we will uphold our confidence in the NRC to make sure that we always do so to the extent that it can be done safely," added Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Ponemon, who also briefed reporters along with Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Greg Jaczko.

In the president's already contentious energy policy proposals, he has proposed $36 billion in loan guarantees for nuclear power. Opponents to nuclear power say a better investment is in solar or wind power research.
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Obama wants to make sure all those waivers he's giving to favored industries aren't shot down by the disaster.

[SrWoodchuck]

WVR!

 

Here's a great link about the Fukushima reactors, by a very knowledgeable person.

 

Should be required reading for MSM "chicken-littlers."

 

Straight facts about the Fukushima Reactors

 

[H/T - TrueBlueFreedom....OK,I visit there sometimes-searching for Ernst's new avatar]

[Pepper]

SrWoodChuck

 

Shepster sounded disappointed when he found out that they were able cool down of one of the reactors this evening.

 

I swear I saw his makeup run. Expect he had to call Jonathan for support later.

 

Thanks for link.

[SrWoodchuck]

SrWoodChuck

 

Shepster sounded disappointed when he found out that they were able cool down of one of the reactors this evening.

 

I swear I saw his makeup run. Expect he had to call Jonathan for support later.

 

Thanks for link.

I was discussing the newscast from live anchors at tragedies like this, with Sweet Eileen.

 

It becomes an obscenity, when an anchor shows the complete devastation, dead bodies, homeless, hungry, thirsty, starving people.......and you know after the camera goes off.....he/she gets their nose powdered, hair fluffed and then they retire to an airconditioned/warmed trailer, eat & drink good stuff & call their "peeps" to complain how horrible it all is. During their stay....the reason for them being there are dying & suffering. Haiti was a good example.

 

Elect a pool reporter from a revolving list, or get the broadcast from the armed forces reporters and send a big fat check from every news outlet that uses the feed......to a certified charity that benefits the people that suffered.

 

I realize that I sound like a progressive redistributist socialist.....but it irks me to see a dozen "faces" spouting to improve their careers with a few "in theater devastation clips."

 

Embedded war journalists are one thing........but dangererous reporting in a revolution.....reporting from a quake or tsunami zone of massive loss of life & property.......wrong headed & in a way.....sick/twisted/greedy? [/rant]

[nickydog]

Good rant, SrWoodchuck. And I agree.

[Sabre86]

McCain is now with his buddy Joe on halting nuclear energy in the U.S.