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I can believe that human beings can run one nuclear fission plant successfully for one hundred years without a serious accident. I cannot believe that we can ru
by earthboundkid 8y ago
I can believe that human beings can run one nuclear fission plant successfully for one hundred years without a serious accident. I cannot believe that we can run thousands of plants for hundreds of years without a serious accident. There is too much complexity to prevent a black swan event, and in the case of nuclear fission, a black swan renders the surrounding area uninhabitable for an immensely long time. Nuclear fission is a fine bridge technology, but we cannot build systems that rely on it and expect them to be sustainable.