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Re:Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest by contravariant on Monday July 31, 2017 @04:51PM (#14895790)
>design containment for a moderate level of failure

What on earth does this mean? When would an (as of yet) uncontained failure be considered moderate?

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Re:Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest by godelski on Monday July 31, 2017 @05:54PM (#14896222)
In a nuclear disaster case, it isn't nothing or Chernobyl. Like all things in life, there is stuff between the extremes.
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