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Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by samatman on Thursday October 06, 2022 @10:14PM (#33116685)
I've said before, and it bears repeating, that Fukushima was the worst environmental disaster in living memory.

Because journalists and activists spun it into a near-total shutdown of new nuclear production, and for no other reason.

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Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by Manuel_D on Thursday October 06, 2022 @10:18PM (#33116704)
> that Fukushima was the worst environmental disaster in living memory.

By what metric? The exclusion zone has been completely lifted. The amount of radiation released into the ocean is negligible.

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Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by ajhurliman on Thursday October 06, 2022 @11:19PM (#33117057)
Read the second sentence.
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Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by beej71 on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:14PM (#33129497)
Maybe we should steer clear of power sources that can cause the worst environmental disaster in living memory, regardless of the mechanism.

If new reactors like this one can avoid such outcomes where the old ones cannot, it's a decided improvement.

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