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Re:Safe Enough? by verve_rat on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:05AM (#36559699)
An earthquake on the Pacific Rim is far, far from being a black Swan.

If you can't build a nuclear plant, or a dam, while accounting for expected events, then maybe don't.

Re:Safe Enough? by defrost on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:17AM (#36559760)
An earthquake isn't a black swan event, correct.

An earthquake of that magnitude, creating a Tsunami of that strength, striking in just the wrong place .. is very much a black swan event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilFEKSZQv5o

By your 'logic' no dam can be built as they all stand a chance of a direct hit from a meteorite.

Risk-wise the Fukushima nuclear disaster cause less direct and indirect death than many accidents and natural disasers .. including deaths from, say, fertilizer depot explosions, oil rig accidents, etc.