BBC photos of Luton airport fuel depot fire

ByRod Adams

The BBC has collected some photos from the Luton airport fuel depot fire at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4518026.stm

These images are rather incredible. Take a good look and think about how pleasant it must be to live under that black, billowing smoke. Imagine if the fire was taking place in the coal stacked up next to your local power plant or in the fuel tanks near your local airport.

Then tell me if you are really concerned about the effect of deteriorating dry storage casks for used nuclear fuel sometime in the next 10,000 years.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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