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On nuclear safety, consider that France runs on something like 80% nuclear power. Hardly anyone knows this, because French nuclear plants are run well, and have
by clock_tower 11y ago
On nuclear safety, consider that France runs on something like 80% nuclear power. Hardly anyone knows this, because French nuclear plants are run well, and haven't had any disasters.
- tobltobs 11y agoA few years ago you could have said the same about japan.
- CamperBob2 11y agoI can't remember where I read it, but Japan apparently has a history of playing fast and loose with nuclear stuff. Their safety record prior to Fukushima was far from spotless.
- tobltobs 11y agoAfter a nuclear accident in France you will be able to read the same about the "safety record" in France. The safety record of eg. Fessenheim does not sound reassuring.
- CamperBob2 11y agoRegardless, it would take a pretty bad nuclear accident to do as much harm as existing carbon-based power plants do when operating as designed. Not all harm involves glowing green blobs of radioactive doom on CNN.