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It's talked about too little because the nuke industry won't, and the guy on the street just wants power as cheap as possible and screw the implications; they d
by tempguy9999 7y ago
It's talked about too little because the nuke industry won't, and the guy on the street just wants power as cheap as possible and screw the implications; they don't want to think about it so they won't.
To me this political/managerial drawback is the only drawback to nuclear power; the sole and single downside. But it's a killer because of human nature.
- segfaultbuserr 7y agoActually I see issue 1, 2, 4 as more relevant issues on the practicality of nuclear power. But as you want more about human issues, a classic work is Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies by Charles Perrow. The book shows that any complex system is likely to fail due to its inherent complexity, and due to the external social organization. Worth reading. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Accidents
- tempguy9999 7y agoExcellent, will check it out, thank! Actually just looked at the wiki page, that's enough for me to order it today. In return may I offer this absolutely bitchin' tome Safeware by Nancy Leveson https://www.amazon.co.uk/Safeware-System-Safety-Computers-19/dp/0201119722/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Safeware-System-Safety-Computers-19... which I can't recommend enough. It's aimed at a lower level than your book AFAICT (lower level = less about interconnectedness of large systems) but it's a must read.