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That's very possible. I do remember Paul Harvey reporting on the Congressional hearings after TMI and that someone brought a Gieger Counter in to demonstrate. Someone wanted to turn it on to see how it worked. It turned out that the background radiation of the Capitol Building was several times the highest level of radiation that escaped from TMI. The Capitol is made out of granite that has natural radioactivity.

The amount of energy that could be produced at such incredible cost savings and with such little polution is mind boggling. Just Google how many people a year are killed in coal mining accidents. It's incredible. The compare the coal dust and coal smoke deaths and it is even worse.