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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by ohgodplsno on Monday March 01, 2021 @07:32AM (#26302144)
It took a tsunami on an unmaintained nuclear power plant to cause Fukushima.

It took the russians lifting off _every single security mechanism_ to cause Chernobyl.

The ojer major incidents like Three Mile Island are just "well, security measures have failed, we didn't have enough fallbacks. It's broken now. Light irradiation around but nothing major".

So, no, nuclear power doesn't stop for anything but the absolute worst conditions. As for the "doing even worse" part, two can play that game: hydro is renewable and yet killed hundreds of thousands. Oh no, stop hydro!

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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by _nalply on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:52AM (#26304802)
The problem are the future accidents with the left-overs of nuclear. They are simply uncountable because these are in the future.
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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by LargoLasskhyfv on Monday March 01, 2021 @03:11PM (#26307741)
Advanced radio chemistry will produce meta-materials which will enable time travel. Problem solved! Wheeee!
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