Ultra Safe Nuclear

Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by yongjik on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:49PM (#24508475)

Ever heard of Kessennuma [1]? You probably don't remember the name. When the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake hit, an oil tank ruptured, caught fire, and burnt for four days. According to [2], 1,152 people were killed, with additional 214 missing. That's a similar level as Fukushima's expected casualties, probably more.

But nobody talks about Kessennuma, and nobody brings it up as an evidence that fossil fuels are an inherently dangerous technology that must be purged from the earth to protect our children. Because, apparently, dying in an oil fire is not scary enough.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesennuma

[2] https://www.kesennuma-memorial.jp/english/

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by Klinky on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:20PM (#24510099)

Is the point you're trying to make that nuclear and fossil fuels can both be dangerous during a natural disaster? I don't think anyone will dispute this.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by yongjik on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:56PM (#24510457)

Well, I guess most people don't, but then again, they don't dispute this in the same way folks say "All politicians are bad!" - and when they go to voting booth, they always pick a particular party of their choice. And they come back, and until the next election they keep saying "Bah, politics! All politicians are bad!"

The majority of our energies are generated by fossil fuels, in most industrial countries. This has to stop - I think that's much more urgent than arguing between nuclear and renewables.

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