Re:Russian plutonium-fueled breeder reactor reaches first cr...
by zzalpha on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @05:21PM
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Did the massive explosion in Tianjin convince you that the petroleum fuel industry cannot be safe?
Did the New Horizons spill convince you that the oil drilling industry cannot be safe?
Did the tens of thousands of vehicular deaths every year convince you that cars cannot be safe?
I share with you the concerns that nuclear power requires strong regulation and current technology desperately needs to be updated.
But the simple fact is that, if we want to get off of carbon, nuclear is going to play a role. So let's figure out how to do it properly instead of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Meanwhile, holding nuclear power up to a safety standard that virtually no other energy generation method could live up to demonstrates the lack of rationality present in this debate. The very electricity we're trying to produce has, itself, killed more people than nuclear power ever has.
Did the New Horizons spill convince you that the oil drilling industry cannot be safe?
Did the tens of thousands of vehicular deaths every year convince you that cars cannot be safe?
I share with you the concerns that nuclear power requires strong regulation and current technology desperately needs to be updated.
But the simple fact is that, if we want to get off of carbon, nuclear is going to play a role. So let's figure out how to do it properly instead of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Meanwhile, holding nuclear power up to a safety standard that virtually no other energy generation method could live up to demonstrates the lack of rationality present in this debate. The very electricity we're trying to produce has, itself, killed more people than nuclear power ever has.