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Re:Nuclear Power is Safest Way to Make Electricity by michaelchisari on Sunday April 03, 2011 @12:09AM (#2401771)
why it's okay to risk the lives of entire cities of people for the sake of extra electric output?

Do you not understand, that's the exact reason why people are bringing up coal.

If we were to switch off of coal and onto nuclear, scores less people would die and get sick. A massive amount. Not to mention the benefits of halting climate change.

That doesn't mean nuclear is all sunshine and rainbows, and nobody who reasonably supports nuclear over coal thinks that.

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Re:Nuclear Power is Safest Way to Make Electricity by eliasmacpherson on Sunday April 03, 2011 @04:49AM (#2402208)
You don't know enough to make that statement. If you replace coal with PWR nuclear reactors, you still have potential problems. You are projecting past performance into the future which is extremely foolish.
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