Re:Death rates from energy production per TWh
by rimliu on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:15AM
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I really could not. Nuclear power stations are not nuclear bombs and current nuclear technology is way safer than those that caused main problems.
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Re:Death rates from energy production per TWh
by fngtetrjh on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:19AM
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Yes, nuclear power stations are safe. But they can lead to nuclear weapons proliferation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_proliferation
> Many UN and US agencies warn that building more nuclear reactors unavoidably increases nuclear proliferation risks.
> Canada sold India the reactor on the condition that the reactor and any by-products would be "employed for peaceful purposes only.". Similarly, the United States sold India heavy water for use in the reactor "only... in connection with research into and the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes". India, in violation of these agreements, used the Canadian-supplied reactor and American-supplied heavy water to produce plutonium for their first nuclear explosion, Smiling Buddha.