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Re:To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (Op-Ed) by mason240 on Thursday December 22, 2016 @11:35AM (#13238333)
The scenarios are the same.

Gas explosion: house destroyed, possessions gone, death if I am home, move to a new home.

Nuclear incident: house is uninhabitable, possessions gone, possibility of shortened lifespan if I receive excessive radiation, move to a new home.

Actually you are right: they aren't the same because the nuclear incident has a better outcome.

>I prefer local control. Nuclear is too centralized.

I'm willing to bet that you don't actually believe this about any other type of government.

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Re:To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (Op-Ed) by Retric on Thursday December 22, 2016 @11:52AM (#13238473)
In the first case you can sell the land in some cases for more than 1/2 the value of the house, thus making them different.

Not to mention the number of homes destroyed in a gas explosion world wide is tiny by comparison.

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