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Re:Steep decline in nuclear power would threaten energy secu... by throwanem on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @12:12PM (#20031523)
That’s the steam to which I’m referring, yes. The best example I have of nonprofit reactor operation, and the safety culture which such a paradigm can support, is the US Navy; while nuclear-powered submarines have been lost on two occasions, neither loss resulted from a reactor accident, and indeed the US Navy has never had a reactor accident. [1] I’m not the first to suggest this model could be productively applied to civilian power generation; I remain uncertain why it seems so uncommon for other “Atomkraft? Ja, bitte!” folks to do so.

[1] https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jun...

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