Yeah, the past couple days I've been reading up on nukes- there's tons of stuff on wikipedia.org - and yesterday+today I happened to start reading on coal. Not a pretty picture, either- filthy! Power generation is pretty ugly stuff. Then I was reading up on other disasters, like floods and stuff. There's so many possibilities for doom that I guess you've gotta pick which ones you're most comfortable with.
Well, I'm most against nuclear for its capacity for massive, long term, widespread damage. I guess the danger is part of what makes nuclear power exciting, kinda like bungee jumping or parachuting or lion taming can be thrilling. But, I'm not one for thrills. I figure it's just a matter of time before another one pops a gasket and the whole area is screwed. I've read some and thought about it and I figure that about 100 miles is a pretty good distance. Don't think I can get much farther than that from every nuclear power plant in America, anyway. Too bad, that means I can't live in Port Lavaca or Freeport/Surfside Beach, 'cause there's a nuke station in Bay City roughly less than 50 miles from each (I used a ruler to measure in my atlas, so I might be off a little). FYI, the other nuke station is in Glen Rose.
Here's a list of civilian and military nuclear accidents:
civilian:
List of civilian radiation accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
military:
List of military nuclear accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A few others:
Nuclear and radiation accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia