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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by jojobas on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:14PM (#24610565)
You do. US Navy had zero nuclear accidents so far, simply because one Hyman Rickover was able to convince the government that safety overrides everything else.
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by IgorPartola on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:20PM (#24610615)
Unlike the Air Force which accidentally flew two nukes to the wrong state :). But that’s not nuclear power so I suppose you are correct.
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by GekkePrutser on Monday September 28, 2020 @08:47AM (#24616039)
And dropped a couple on Spain for good measure.
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by DoctorOetker on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:50PM (#24610829)
"coal energy destroyed zero inhabitable planetary biospheres so far"
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by jhayward on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:31PM (#24611565)
Um, are you sure about that? I can think of at least two.
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by MurMan on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:50PM (#24611673)
I assume that you're referring to USS Thresher and Scorpion. These weren't nuclear accidents.
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by pvaldes on Monday September 28, 2020 @04:55AM (#24614514)
> These weren't nuclear accidents.

Of course they were, unless we assume that those nuclear plants were lost on purpose and not accidentally

Anything related with the destruction of a damned nuclear submarine that is lost somewhere in the sea bottom is a nuclear accident, by definition.

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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by pvaldes on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:23PM (#24610643)
> US Navy had zero nuclear accidents so far

and here we go again....

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