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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by s5ma6n on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:15AM (#21483605)
As I also mentioned, I agree with your points on the psychological effects of the nuclear disasters. But do not forget about dam failures that kill a lot of people instantly, gas explosions, oil spills, and most importantly smog caused by coal plants that affect people for the rest of their lives.

You may not suddenly get sick from coal power plant smog but your life quality degrades over time and you develop certain diseases. Even though smog is a visible danger, nobody cares about inhaling it with a great cost to their lives.

There is only one nuclear accident (INES > 3) that has happened in the past 30 years and that is the Fukushima. On the other hand there has been 142 oil spill accidents in the last 30 years[1]. Several sources calculate that on average, cleanup of an oil spill costs around 5 billion dollars[2]. So, in short, oil spills has cost us 710 billion dollars to clean-up in the last 30 years, not including any health or repair etc. material costs. I would also be curious to find out a similar cost calculation for coal related cleanups.

New nuclear plants should not be built blindly. Japan perhaps should not use nuclear technology due to being in a highly active seismic region. But this should not stop other countries from investing in nuclear energy. For example, France is generating 71.7% of their electricity from nuclear sources and they are 'almost' accident-free.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills [2] https://twnsacredtrust.ca/concerns/economic-cost-oil-spill/

Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by ianai on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:53AM (#21484064)
I’ll never forget what the Deepwater Horizons spill did to the ocean. I will never forgive that damage. Seems that many have completely forgotten about it though - but easily focus on Chernobyl/Fukushima. Edit-name
Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by birdyrooster on Friday November 08, 2019 @12:29PM (#21484509)
Deepwater Horizon?
Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by AnthonyMouse on Friday November 08, 2019 @01:20PM (#21485097)
Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by birdyrooster on Saturday November 09, 2019 @04:03PM (#21494342)
I was correcting him, they originally said New Horizons which I think is a rehab facility.
Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by birdyrooster on Monday November 11, 2019 @03:50PM (#21508769)
I was correcting them*

(ugh, I missed one of those pronouns)

Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by petre on Friday November 08, 2019 @12:27PM (#21484492)
The Japanese can safely use nuclear reactors, only smaller ones with passive cooling, like NuScale.