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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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