Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power

Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by bsder on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @05:25PM (#13990719)

> Even with newer designs, I think human error and regulatory capture is too dangerous to make COAL viable.

Note the change from nuclear to coal.

Just so you know, you get more radiation from coal burning plants than nuclear plants.

Don't believe me: http://boingboing.net/2011/08/18/what-fukushima-can-teach-us...

Original paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/35/14422.abstract

tl;dr: Fukushima radioactivity measurements regularly get swamped by radioactive sulfur from coal burning plants in China.

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Re:Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power by Confusion on Thursday March 30, 2017 @01:43AM (#13993215)

This. So much this. People don't know what the hell they're talking about when it comes to nuclear power, but it doesn't stop them from talking about it as if they were experts.

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