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Re:Why the Clean Tech Boom Went Bust by Tichy on Sunday January 22, 2012 @06:30AM (#3496345)
Showing one single plant without failures doesn't prove anything, sorry. And the comparison with coal is completely besides the point.

Edit: OK, only now read the Wikipedia link. So your point is that Fukushima was not operated properly? Well that is exactly my point. Even if in theory you could design a secure system, it won't work out in reality. "The system" is not only one reactor, it is the whole system of society that operates it.

Just look at the way the US handles airport security after 9/11 and after the shoe bomber and underwear bomber (naked body scanners). The same way they will handle nuclear power plant security. If there is a problem, they will fix that particular problem and totally miss the big picture. (And every country also, just mentioning the US because their airport failure is so well known these days).

And another Edit: if they knew Fukushima was not safe before the accident, why did they not shut it down? Think about it, and then extrapolate to other nuclear plants.

And how did they sell Fukushima to the public when it was built? I am sure they claimed it was safe at least back then.

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