5 ms·
Chernobyl is so different from a modern reactor, that it's not really useful to judge to current risks with existing reactors, let alone planned new Gen III+ re
by koheripbal 7y ago
Chernobyl is so different from a modern reactor, that it's not really useful to judge to current risks with existing reactors, let alone planned new Gen III+ reactors which are orders of magnitudes safer.
- ceejayoz 7y agoIn fairness, the same is probably true for dams, as well - we've gotten a lot better at engineering them.
- geggam 7y agoRecent California flooding makes me question this.
- beerandt 7y agoYea, people talk about not being able to fully predict nuclear disasters, then turn around and claim sun, rain, and wind are totally predictive enough to rely on. I get that the risks vary, but man, a lot of people really don't understand statistics and probability.
- yellowapple 7y agoAnd in particular the recent near-failure of the dam in Oroville. That could've significantly impacted hundreds of thousands of people.