U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned

Re:U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned by roenxi on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @07:11PM (#14906343)

Adding to this - there seems to be a lack of observable damage from nuclear accidents apart from self-imposed evacuations.

Literally no-one died at Fukushima. It is the only energy disaster I know of where no-one ended up dead.

This is strong circumstantial evidence that we are being too safe, because we implicitly accept a few deaths when things go wrong in, eg, coal (pollution & extraction deaths), solar ( mainly in installations not in operating), hydro (big-time risks).

Going from 1 death to 0 deaths on this scale is a huge marginal cost. It almost certainly outweights the benefits.

EDIT: We haven't had a solar disaster yet, but coal & hydro disasters happen and can be very bad indeed.

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Re:U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned by true_religion on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:04AM (#14907823)

I agree. Anywhere there's a dam, people will drown in it. In fact, if it's close enough to a town and people like to drink then we'll see many more deaths in the winter since it looks like you an skate on it---but can't.

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