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I agree 100% with the letter on nuclear energy being too risky for Hawaii (“Nuclear energy simply too risky for islands,” Star-Advertiser, April 24). Consider a meltdown should a reactor fail; there would be no escape for the 1.4 million people who live here. Think of Chernobyl and the devastation there. Many factors resulted in the failure of that reactor and should be considered by not having one here. SCR 136 should be shelved by the state Senate.
And where would one be located? We can’t even find a new landfill location. Scrap the idea. We were good with the AES power-generating plant for 30 years. Look at the many wildfires over the last 10 years, and wars in the Middle East. Those are contributing fearful elements to climate change. The smoke and chemicals end up in the atmosphere and cause severe problems. It doesn’t take a genius to figure this out.
John Keala
Waianae
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