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Re:Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant by redis_mlc on Sunday October 03, 2021 @04:16AM (#28735444)
> nutty fears

Both Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents will have trillion-dollar cleanups.

$46 billion is only 4.6% of each cleanup.

Can I send you the bills for those cleanups? If not, stop being a nuclear apologist.

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Re:Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant by throwawaysea on Sunday October 03, 2021 @02:00PM (#28739104)
Chernobyl used very old reactor technologies. Fukushima had backup diesel generators below ground level. Both modes of failure will likely never happen again and can be validated through regulation.
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Re:Why California is shutting down its last nuclear plant by cma on Sunday October 03, 2021 @10:10AM (#28737262)
You can't even send the company a bill in the US, the nuclear liability cap puts operator liability an order of magnitude or more below what would be needed in a serious event with a bad wind.
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