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Take the DFMEA angle. Score of three or four for likelihood of a natural disaster screwing the plant over, score of 10 because the result could be a Fukushima-s
by philpem 7y ago
Take the DFMEA angle. Score of three or four for likelihood of a natural disaster screwing the plant over, score of 10 because the result could be a Fukushima-style outcome. Multiply the two to get a risk score, and you're into "we really should do something about this" territory.
Stable-without-coolant tech would have meant Fukushima at least wouldn't have melted down.
Just because it's "really safe" now, doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't make it safer.
And as a bonus: you can tell the press "well actually, this reactor can't melt down!" and 95% of their fear-whipping ability goes away.