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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by rob74 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @04:11AM (#26421935)
To be fair, I don't think the Sierra Club are the only ones who think building a nuclear power plant two miles from the San Andreas Fault isn't a particularly good idea...
Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by Lammy on Thursday March 11, 2021 @10:58AM (#26425402)
The possibility of seismic activity isn't automatically dangerous. I feel confident that if we can engineer skyscrapers to withstand shaking that we can engineer an isolated reactor vessel too, and a reactor shutdown only takes three seconds: https://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2012/12/28/what-is-a-rea...