Thread:Comments:Crisis at stricken Japan nuclear plant escalates to level of Chernobyl; six killed in aftershock/The Safety of Nuclear Power Plants

I personally have no fears of nuclear power plants in and of themselves. What disturbs me is electric companies in a hurry to get the plant on line and making money or wanting to increase their profits and decrease the time it takes for a plant to pay for itself by cutting corners. In the early days of nuclear power plants, I believe it was Admiral Nimitz who remarked that there were people running the reactors that he wouldn't have swabbing the decks on his nuclear-powered aircraft carrier; in effect saying that companies were also cutting corners in the training of their employees. I would also like to comment on the fact that protestors against nuclear power plants seem to consist of every occupation except nuclear physicists. When I hear of scientists and physicists saying that nuclear power is unsafe in and of itself, then I will shift my position.