Where the reactors are - U.S., Midwest
About the Prairie Island reactors
How a pressurized water nuclear reactor works - part I
How a pressurized water nuclear reactor works - part II
Northern States Power sues Westinghouse over faulty tubes
Problems with Steam Generator Tubes (Part I)
Problems with Steam Generator Tubes (Part II)
A nightmare confirmed: steam tube degradation is increasingly likely to cause a nuclear meltdown (Part I)
A nightmare confirmed: steam tube degradation is increasingly likely to cause a nuclear meltdown (Part II)
Chernobyl to Prairie Island - We are all in the zone (Part I)
Chernobyl to Prairie Island - We are all in the zone (Part II)
Prairie Island routinely emits radioactivity into the environment
A little lesson on radioactivity: how it affects the human body
The difference between high-level and low-level radiation exposure
The effects of low-level radiation exposure
The waste fuel pools are filling up
Dry cask storage: problems guaranteed, and problems unknown
Yucca Mountain, Nevada: not a good place for nuclear waste
Transporting the waste: how safe can 45,000 shipments be?
Most mining and milling of uranium occurs on Indian lands
People of color are also targeted for other uranium processing facilities
Nuclear waste dumps - guess where they want to put them
Anything is cheap if you don't pay the cost
Nuclear power can be phased out
An interview with two of the neighbors
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An Interview with Local High School Students

Nuclear energy.
What does it mean to you?

In my generation, in many cases people think that it's a bad thing. But then they really don't know what to do about it, and they tend to worry, and then they say 'Oh, it's not my problem.' But it is.

How safe do you think it really is?

Well, I think I'd rather spill a little antifreeze on the ground than spill a little nuclear waste in the neighborhood. I don't think you should just trust that kind of dangerous chemicals to mechanical parts like that, because mechanical parts will always fail.

What do you think we should do with the waste?

The way that they're storing this waste, and the way that it's polluting the air, is soon going to just wipe out everything, because there are highly toxic fumes and radioactive waste that's being put into the water and into the air.

What is your connection to nuclear racism?

The waste is just put out into an empty space where communities nearby live, and all the waste is just going to sit there for millions and millions of years, because nobody really knows what to do with it.

Can we afford it?

I don't think it's all that cheap, because we seem to be paying for it with our health and the health of our great-great-grandchildren.

These High School students are not far off.