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Someone pointed out recently that nuclear is only as safe as its operator - the Us Navy has never had a reactor accident for instance. Still the dangers are Ch
by sprafa 7y ago
Someone pointed out recently that nuclear is only as safe as its operator - the Us Navy has never had a reactor accident for instance.
Still the dangers are Chernobyl and Fukushima - uninhabitable areas where no one can go for generations.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoTurns out, Chernobyl is pretty safe right now. Could be cleaned up with a Troop of Scouts with trash bags. Its the FUD surrounding 'nuclear' that keeps people out.
- sprafa 7y agoHave you watched the show? The effort that was made to clear that are up was above and beyond what most people would consider reasonable.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoNot the reactor; the town?
- sprafa 7y agoThe ground being removed, the mass extermination of animals (although people have said its exaggerated in the show). Supposedly the cleanup was immensely expensive
- option 7y agothat is not true. read about thorium reactor scenario with malicious operator - someone has an excellent Quora answer on this
- option 7y agoReally? I actually grew up near Chernobyl and my parents still work on the plant (e.g. have been going there e every day for more than 30 years) Don’t believe everything you see on HBO shows. And no, radiation isn’t contagious and can’t (and did not) bring down the helicopter
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- sprafa 7y agoAre you saying te use of thousands of people to clean up that region is an invention?