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There was also that incident in Fukushima that turned the political tides against nuclear power.

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• justinjlynn 9y ago
  Humans are terrible at evaluating rare but expensive failure modes. Nuclear power is far safer than just coal mining operations, even taking into account accidents.
• realusername 9y ago
  At least now, if a Tsunami hits Germany, we are safe.
  • isostatic 9y ago
    If a tsunami hits Germany, places like Kiel will be screwed. The Netherlands too. Most of Germany will be fine. Deaths from Tōhoku earthquake and taunami: 16,000 Deaths from subsequent nuclear plant issue: maybe 300 long term
    • BjoernKW 9y ago
      Tsunami in the Baltic Sea (or North Sea, for that matter)?! How's that supposed to happen?
      • ekr 9y ago
        Lots of ways. Imagine a meteorite strikes the North Sea for instance (tongue-in-cheek).
    • paublyrne 9y ago
      I think the parent's comment may have been glib.
  • exyi 9y ago
    Tsunami in Germany would have to be caused by a meteorite in the near sea, so you are not safe :P
    • datenwolf 9y ago
      Could as well be caused by a major submarine landslide of the Norwegian continental shelf. There's some evidence that this did happen at least once in the (geological) past.
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