Zion Nuclear Plant Doesn't Have Enough Money to Clean Itself Up. And Palisades is Polluting Lake Michigan As Badly as Fukushima. Poor Lake.

The NRC is complicit in allowing a separate entity to be "responsible for cleanup"

When this entity runs out of money, they will simply go bankrupt and then the waste will sit or worse.

The balance in the Zion Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning trust fund was about 30% lower at the end of 2014 than it was the previous year according to a report filed by ZionSolutions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on March 30.
The Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Shutdown Reactors—due annually—indicated that there was a total of $280.2 million in the trust fund on Dec. 31, 2014.  Last year’s report showed a balance of just over $400 million.

 These plants cost around $2B in 2014 dollars to decomm.

The NRC makes them hold around $400M, and then they pretend that the money grow over time, exceeding inflation.    They also pretend that the cost to decomm will be the same in 60 years as it is now, only the invested money is increasing.  

 http://www.powermag.com/zion-nuclear-plant-decommissioning-trust-fund-depleting-quickly/

But this report does provide a decent metric for the cost of Dry Casking.

They Dry Casked 61 Unit, and burned through $120M.  

So the cost of Dry Cask is about $2M each.      We don't know whether the cost of the Cask Itself is Included in that.

We also don't know if the cost of the Cask Slab or the Security Systems are included in that. 

We do know that trying to "reprocess" the same amount of fuel into MOX is about 10 times higher, or $20M.      
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Dry Cask is only a temporary solution, but it is a good temporary solution.   It is something we can do now.  

This company supplied some of the Zion Dry Cask

http://www.nacintl.com/nacdry

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And just up the coast of Lake Michigan, Palisades is leaking 440,000 Bq/M3 long lived Tritium into Lake Michigan.     Not a joke, as serious as a cesium induced heart attack.

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/03/palisades-one-of-worst-nuke-plants-run.html

The Sociopath Next Door May Work for Nuclear Energy

On the airplane, I read the book "The Sociopath Next Door".    Its a great resource.   About 4% of humans are sociopaths.   1 out of 25.

So you run into them for sure.   They have no conscience and can't really love, but they can act like it....because nothing makes more sense to a sociopath than to have someone who will do anything for them, so they learn the tricks to get others to love them.


Sociopaths use people, without regard to the damage done to the other person, sometimes they even relish the damage.    Sociopathology has not been eliminated by evolution....they are still smooth enough to procreate.

They consider people who do the right thing, even though it is not to their personal advantage to be "defective".

But they will also steal, lie, even kill you if they think it will benefit them and they feel the risks of getting caught are low.    they often have a need for a power trip to control others, even by confusion...that is "enough control" that they get off on it.

And they will backstab, and cause losses for others, as that makes them relatively "better".   

No think about someone who gets rich which creating pollution and disease whilst controlling their serfs that give them wealth and self worth.     Think about the power of "you can't prove I am killing your children".

Now do you see why so many sociopaths are drawn to nuclear power?

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As an aside, Psychopaths are a subset of sociopaths, and the Nihilistic tendencies also fall in this universe, and there are varying degrees of each and different mixes.

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I am a semi-pro liespotter.     But when up against the sociopath, they can be smooth, even charming, and they can lie with no emotion, no easy giveaways.

4% is not "common" but if a sociopath thinks you are a good target, watch out.   It could be years before you find out the truth, especially because we naturally cut people some slack if we think they are our friends, or at least they act like our friends.

So it is an important skill to be able to identify sociopaths early on.    And watch out, because all psychopaths are also sociopaths.

Here is a summary from another site

1. SUPERFICIAL charm. Smooth, engaging and charming, a sociopath will never become tongue-tied or embarrassed.

2. OVER-INFLATED sense of self-worth. Sociopaths believe they are superior human beings.

3. PRONE to boredom. They feel the need to be stimulated constantly.

4. PATHOLOGICAL liars. Sociopaths will be deceptive and dishonest.

5. MANIPULATIVE. They will say and do anything to deceive and cheat others. 

6. LACK of remorse. No sense of the suffering of their victims.

7. LIMITED range of feelings. Don’t expect them to express anything other than happiness or sadness. 

8. CALLOUS. Cold, contemptuous, inconsiderate and tactless are apt words to describe them. (but not all the time, they can learn to be charming and warm.)

9. THEY live a parasitic lifestyle. Sociopaths are often financially dependent on others.

10. THEY can’t control their behaviour. When challenged, sociopaths will appear irritable, annoyed and impatient.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2298558/Why-didnt-I-realise-perfect-man-sociopath-Charming-Handsome-So-attentive-But-Mel-married-sinister-truth-emerged-.html#ixzz3W7Xd4X9m

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From Doctor Goodheart, some more Soisiopath-spotter help

Dr. Good HeartApril 5, 2015 at 7:42 PM

Sociopathic Nuclear Industry; Ex Fukushima Engineer Confesses; No Cold Shutdown, Warned of Tsunami 20 Yrs Ago; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/ex-fukushima-engineer-confesses-no-cold.html

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Dr. Good HeartApril 5, 2015 at 7:43 PM

How To Spot A Sociopath Or Psychopath - 10 red flags that could save you from being swept under the influence of a charismatic nut job; via A Green Road
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-spot-sociopath-10-red-flags-that.html 
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From other readers
eyesoftheworld

April 9, 2015 at 5:45 am · Reply

GOM – it was good to read your comment above – about how studying psychopathy presents a whole new world.

The book Sociopath Next Door was recommended by Stock who is now a socio-spotter! Good onya!

We all need to become one too because this 'personality disorder' is killing the planet – and doing it with awareness of this fact. The more we know about them, the more we can spot and protect ourselves from their fallout. Like this metal-character that comes in here and lies in that peculiar way that psychopaths do. He is easy to identify. Many of them are way more suave. If I see his name on a comment, I bypass it. Don't need to waste time trying to figure out what's wrong with he/she/it. It is a psychopath. Don't want to waste bandwidth but I am pasting in here the list of main traits of these entities:

• glib and superficial charm
• grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self
• need for stimulation
• pathological lying
• cunning and manipulativeness
• lack of remorse or guilt
• shallow affect (superficial emotional responsiveness)
• callousness and lack of empathy
• parasitic lifestyle
• poor behavioral controls
• sexual promiscuity
• early behavior problems
• lack of realistic long-term goals
• impulsivity
• irresponsibility
• failure to accept responsibility for own actions
• many short-term marital relationships
• juvenile delinquency
• revocation of conditional release
• criminal versatility

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Sam – people born with psychopathy (maybe 6%+ of the population) do not have souls in the way we understand that term. There is no core to evolve. Study this illness and understand the clinical dilemma – most therapy relies on appealing to that core which empathizes with the 'other'. The psychopath does not feel empathy, sympathy, responsibility, shame, fear (unless their food source is challenged – we are their food), or connection to other humans. This is why treatment is not successful. You can use the term sociopath or psychopath (one is easier to type than the other!) but we are talking about the extreme end of the anti-social personality disorder scale. All of these terms have been used to describe the condition. Other sources of information on this:
The Mask of Sanity – available online – free pdf http://www.quantumfuture.net/store/sanity_1.PdF
Without Conscience by Robert Hare
Snakes in Suits by Babiak and Hare
many articles at sott.net
You all personally know people with this condition – learning about it will help your personal life and your ability to spar in the chatroom with them. Or give you the courage to just ignore them…

Here is Something Even a Pro Nuke Troll Couldn't Say Anything Bad About

Chili, like spaghetti is always better the next day, so we made it yesterday, and will finish it at the fire pit by the final step, adding the cocoa and the Masa corn meal.

We used 8 pounds of chuck roast, 2 pounds of beef brisket, and 2 pounds of lamb
We varied the proportions of meats and peppers and came up with 2 batches of chili that are very flavorful and obviously different.  Here is what we started with.

First we cook a whole pack of bacon, and leave the grease to cook the meats and the onions and garlic

 The lamb is barbequed to give it more flavor

 Here are the dried vegetables being reconstituted in chicken broth and water, prior to being blended into a fine paste

 Here is the final batch of pepper blend being reconstituted, Habenero, Serrano, Jalapeno as the main ingredients, and a few pickled pepperoncini for more complexity.
This batch is kept separate from the chilis to allow people to spice it up to their preferred level. 

The Habanero/Serrano final blend spilt out a little and was immediately labeled an EPA superfund cleanup site.

 Lots of onions, garlic, and shallots (I added that one, off the recipe)

 Did I mention the bacon???!!!!

Really?    We used a nice Blue Moon Red Ale also

 Don’t forget the fresh brewed Arabica coffee

 Now the secret is out

 Dry spices being mixed together

 Love those dutch ovens, they can go right in the fire or right in the oven, this is the Chuck and Lamb chili, slow cooking at 190 for 7 hours or moreHandle with CARE!

And the beef brisket needs more time so we use a slow cooker

Its not even done yet, but has been proclaimed "Best Chili Ever"

This is authentic Texas Style Chili.    No tomatos, No beans.

Now we fire up the outside Fire Pit and finish it off over a tripod hanging the Dutch Ovens.    We add Masa (special corn meal to thicken it up) and Mexican Chocolate, and bake for another half hour.