Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by bell-cot on Thursday April 30, 2026 @04:43PM (#47967962)

While "big dam failed, lots of people died" is a very clicky headline, you are overselling it.

Between the direct costs (at the plant), and still having a 1,000 sq. mile exclusion zone 40 years later, Chernobyl really isn't overshadowed by the potential of thousands of dams.

And by the hellish standards of that war - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain... - 200 to 300 dead is a rounding error.

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by vidarh on Friday May 01, 2026 @07:59AM (#47973763)

We could have a Chernobyl every year, and the environmental impact would still be a rounding error compared to hydro, if we're going to go to environmental impacts rather than lives.

That is the weakest aspect of hydro - it causes massive green house gas releases during and in the aftermath of construction, and destroys vast ecosystems.

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