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> "Oh, new reactors are much safer than the old ones." You're aware that Fukushima Daiichi NPP was older than Chernobyl NPP, right?

• nl 10y ago
  Yes(?) I'm just relaying the argument as I understand it.
  • vidarh 10y ago
    The point being that in the 30 years since Chernobyl we have had no serious accidents involving any modern nuclear reactor models and one serious accident involving a reactor older than Chernobyl. We may just have too little data, but at least so far the data all points to the argument that modern reactors are safer being reasonably likely to be true. The only reason we don't have clear evidence either way is that the risks even with the older models is very low.
    • nl 10y ago
      The incidence of accidents with any reactors is very low. The risks associated with those accidents are extremely high.
      • vidarh 10y ago
        > The risks associated with those accidents are extremely high. And yet they are low enough that nuclear is one of the safest alternatives we have, given the low incident rate.