I have to ask......am I the only one that, when I see the "Dear Leaders" picture, hears Tommy Chong say "hey man, who cut your hair?"

Why is this only a 2 ?!?! I've been in IT (mainframe computer programming for 15 years, networking / system administration another 15) and this "autonomy, mastery, purpose" sound nice...if one is new to the BS world of business. A-L-L IT people are good for (in the eyes of the MBA's) is being servants. Hell - my own boss, as well as others before, equate my work as "serving others'!! Sorry, M-O-N-EY......period!!

To those that support nuclear power - thank you. To those that buy into the media hype - let me says this, the media is blowing ignorance and BS up your backside.
As someone with 14 yrs. of experience in building and running plants, it's a great environment to work in. And, as you see in Japan, those who work there love it. I'd go back tomorrow if the US got off it's ignorant backside / stopped listening to the NIMBY-ites, and start building more. Another point not discussed here is the impact of the different types of "radiation" nor the level of impact on an individuals age. SirVirtual

I worked in this industry for 14 years in 6 different plants in the US - the best years in my professional career. Why? Simply because, I worked with highly trained, knowledgeable engineers, technicians and Phd's. Also maybe because nearly all were / are anal retentive (read attention to detail in minutia), but that's why the situation is under control.

I have no doubt whatsoever .

I'm not saying those people don't have their hands full, but there is no reason to panic or fear these plants. Anyone who has ever studied a LOCA (loss of coolant accident), knows the impact and the measures to be taken. The documentation for running these plants is enormous but, as in this case, well worth the effort. What a relief to see on Slashdot that so many others understand this technology. Personally, I pray that the US starts building them again. Maybe then I can go back to that industry and stop listening to users whine because their computer shows that they have 10,000 virus' and need to click here now!!

"Safety is the tool of the Tyrant, no one can be against safety". I tell my children to be ready, maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow but someday the bullets will start flying again, as they did when this country began. It's only a matter of enough people missing enough meals and enough people not having a place to sleep safely. Those that want to "protect" us, from others as well as ourselves, have themselves become paranoid tyrants.

"Winning the war is all they care about and in some cases they don't even care about that...." The drug war is a perfect example. The SAY they want to win but don't really care because if they DO win or make MJ legal, look at all the govm't employees that will be out of work. The US gov makes war because it helps corporations make money - that simple!

I keeps seeing a little tiny Icarus head on a fly's body flying to the sun crying "help me help meeeeee....."

compulsory national service? No - no - no and again NO! Service for a country is full of people that cry and moan about taxes yet doesn't have a problem with a political system "of the rich, by the rich and FOR the rich"? A country that makes me pee in a bottle to keep my livelihood? A country that protects greedy CEO bastards? Not my sons!! Come and try to get them, I'll show you the second amendment. I support the young men and women that put their life on the line but if we had an HONEST government (run with a common sense), they wouldn't be there. We have Raygun Ronnie Retard to thank for the mess in that country.