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This is likely true. However, to scale nuclear power development, we would have to lower standards in some ways to meet more aggressive timelines, which would a
by CardenB 8y ago
This is likely true. However, to scale nuclear power development, we would have to lower standards in some ways to meet more aggressive timelines, which would almost certainly increase the mortality rate.
Nuclear can be the safest, but it's not the most efficient to build.
- pitaj 8y ago> which would almost certainly increase the mortality rate This is not at all certain. There are ways of loosening regulations while not making them less safe. Even if there weren't, it is not guaranteed that having less safe regulations would result in less safe nuclear plants. Even if the nuclear plants were less safe[1], there is no guarantee that would result in more incidents. Edit [1]: meaning they operate under less stringent safety standards and procedures, not a comment on the outcomes
- starbeast 8y agoOne thing to take into account with nuclear is if you aren't happy to share an energy tech with your enemies, due to the risk of them using it to build civilization destroying weaponry, then that tech may not be the safest for global power generation. To pick an example that is constantly in the press, Iran having a nuclear program makes people nervous in a way that them having a wind turbine factory or PV fab does not.