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Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by cm2187 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:22PM (#20044265)
I don’t think anyone is suggesting to build 1960s soviet designed nuclear power plants. It’s like pointing at the safety record of the DC-3 and claiming in 2019 that aviation is unsafe.
Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by hanniabu on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:36PM (#20044414)
I'm not saying anyone is. I'm saying that nuclear power plants are expensive and people are stupid. Corners are cut and mistakes are made to protect their investment and bottom dollar. I've seen reports of concrete cracking on the outdated nuclear plants (operating past life expectancy) in the US and they're basically ignoring it because they're not critical components, but by the time something happens to a critical component it's a little too late. This is all to protect investment and you end up looking the other way until you can't anymore.
Re:Prevented mortality from historical and projected nuclear... by arcticbull on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:50PM (#20045937)
That's a great way to literally do nothing ever. You could make the same claim about coal mines, about hydro dams, about skyscrapers, about bridges, about aircraft, about self-driving cars. Life is risky. We design mitigations and hold ourselves to them. That's why we're alive right now.