Re:Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
by beat on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:40PM
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I think a lot of the love for nuclear is technophilia, not reason. We love nuclear because it's hard, requiring exotic engineering and, yes, risk. There's a bigger sense of triumph in it.
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Re:Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
by acidburnNSA on Monday July 31, 2017 @10:03PM
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I think people love it because you can get an average American's lifetime supply of energy from 1.5 soda cans of fuel and produce 3 soda cans of waste. And it's 24/7 reliable and emission free. That astounding energy density and associated tiny footprint is exciting all on its own.