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The same could be said for Hydro Dams. When they fail it is catastrophic.
by wstrange 10y ago
The same could be said for Hydro Dams. When they fail it is catastrophic.
- pilom 10y agoTotally agree. Teton Dam failure in the US killed 11 people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOGPBnfoKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOGPBnfoKE
- wstrange 10y agoHow about 171,000 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam
- DenisM 10y agoIndeed, hydro has pretty bad faikure mode. Still, we're not talking about massively irradiated fallouts, the impact is contained booth in space and in time.