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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by pqtyw on Thursday April 30, 2026 @12:29PM (#47964891)
> Sure, but Chernobyl didn't require a massive tsunami, and neither did Three Mile Island.

Three Mile Island was a success in the sense that even the worst case scenario the safety measures are sufficient to more or less fully contain it.

In Chernobyl's case... well yes it proves that if you let incompetent and stupid people build and operate nuclear power plants horrible things can happen.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by natmaka on Thursday April 30, 2026 @01:12PM (#47965481)
> Three Mile Island was a success in the sense that even the worst case scenario

No, as it involved a partial meltdown, not a complete meltdown.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by lesuorac on Thursday April 30, 2026 @01:38PM (#47965794)
It's a success. The redundant systems of 3mi meant that the 10 miles around it received the effect of a chest x-ray.

I mean we allow coal plants to vent radioactive material. Surely nuclear considering it an accident is an improvement.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by natmaka on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:14PM (#47978077)
A nuclear accident with far more devastating consequences is possible.

The debate isn't about "nuclear or coal?" but about "nuclear or renewables?"

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