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It depends on how the nuclear reactor is managed. Have companies shown they care about the people over profit? Has government proven to not be inept at regulati
by daveheq 10y ago
It depends on how the nuclear reactor is managed. Have companies shown they care about the people over profit? Has government proven to not be inept at regulations and inspections and punishments? On top of that, a natural disaster can cause one to melt down.
If we move to thorium, it's almost impossible to have a disaster, but it can't be made into a weapon and the profits are low so nobody wants to build the best source of feasible big power known to man.
- natch 10y ago"best source of feasible big power known to man." I'd prefer small power. Nuclear is too centralized. It leaves all the control in the hands of government and corporations. It is inherently biased to control by large entities, rather than the individual.
- Thorncorona 10y agoYou can't feasibly construct small power though. It's hard enough to run an electrical grid built on "big power." Very expensive too. With "small power" you would have to completely change all existing infrastructure along with costs of small power generation . Just think of how long and how much it costed for decentralized computing to become a "thing." and computing is practically cost free when compared to computing