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This is maybe off topic, but it also may pave the way for us to use nuclear energy to produce electricity without greenhouse emissions. I think the problem we h

• wongarsu 9y ago
  In the case of the Three Miles Island Accident, modern sensors and more automation would have helped. With Fukushima, automation wouldn't have helped, what they were lacking was better tsunami protection, more resistant construction, bigger battery backups. At Tschernobyl they had an inherently unsafe reactor type, operated the reactor outside the safety parameters and had safety systems deactivated. Not much you can do about that. Automation would help, but more modern reactor designs that are less prone to causing problems likely have a much bigger impact. >Or maybe with efficient manufacturing like 3d printing, we could tear them down and rebuild them each year? Tearing nuclear reactors down on regular basis sounds like a much worse nuclear waste problem than the power production already is. All the stuff that would be interesting to tear down and rebuild is contaminated from radiation exposure.
  • blattimwind 9y ago
    > With Fukushima, The main issue with Fukushima and other Japanese nuclear plants is Japanese regulation enforcing 1960s nuclear safety.