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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by mixermachine on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:09PM (#30833615)
> The same can't be said for, say, hydroelectric dams. Those are arguably even more dangerous than nuclear plants.

Imagine a hydroelectric dam "Chernobyl". At least the mid to longterm consequences would be softer. I think they would have figured out a few years later how to rebuild everything.

Chernobyl (>35 years ago) on the other side is still buzzing and the rebuilding of the sarcophagus is ongoing and will be for a long time

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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by nwiswell on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:15PM (#30833679)
> Imagine a hydroelectric dam "Chernobyl". At least the mid to longterm consequences would be softer.

Well except the millions of people with emotional scars because their relatives died and they were displaced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yellow_River_flood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure

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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by deadbeeves on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:18PM (#30833723)
Did you not see the predictions of what would have happened if the Three Gorges Dam had failed? A dam failing is utterly catastrophic. Chernobyl by comparison is small potatoes, even if no one had done anything.

(Also, the comparison isn't 1-to-1, since Chernobyl wasn't attacked. I have no idea what the failure modes of modern reactors are when damaged by munitions.)

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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by VintageCool on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:52PM (#30834132)
Estimated death toll from the Banqiao Dam failure ranges from 26,000 to 240,000.
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