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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by nicoburns on Thursday April 30, 2026 @12:35PM (#47964993)
> it occasionally irradiates a swath of land and renders it uninhabitable

The big fear for me would be that this happens to a nuclear power plant that is located in a densely populated area (of which there are many). Chernobyl was bad, but imagine the impact if the exclusion zone contained a major city.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by thrownthatway on Thursday April 30, 2026 @01:29PM (#47965668)
Two new AP1000 reactors are being built in Ukraine. During a hot war.

That’s how safe and important these things are.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by nicoburns on Thursday April 30, 2026 @01:36PM (#47965769)
> That’s how safe and important these things are.

I don't think something being done in war time is evidence of it's safety! If anything, way tends to encourage more risk taking.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by peterfirefly on Thursday April 30, 2026 @02:03PM (#47966107)
The only real problem with the Fukushima incident was the (unnecessary) evacuation. It really would be best if they weren't built too close to where people live.
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