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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by koheripbal on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:35AM (#21158660)
Chernobyl is so different from a modern reactor, that it's not really useful to judge to current risks with existing reactors, let alone planned new Gen III+ reactors which are orders of magnitudes safer.
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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by ceejayoz on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:37AM (#21158687)
In fairness, the same is probably true for dams, as well - we've gotten a lot better at engineering them.
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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by geggam on Friday October 04, 2019 @01:31PM (#21159914)
Recent California flooding makes me question this.
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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by beerandt on Friday October 04, 2019 @01:57PM (#21160195)
Yea, people talk about not being able to fully predict nuclear disasters, then turn around and claim sun, rain, and wind are totally predictive enough to rely on. I get that the risks vary, but man, a lot of people really don't understand statistics and probability.
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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by yellowapple on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:20PM (#21162402)
And in particular the recent near-failure of the dam in Oroville. That could've significantly impacted hundreds of thousands of people.
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