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Chernobyl was a combination of issues and can't really happen again today. Fukushima is bad but very few people died (counting those that'll get cancer). Many,
by lucb1e 7y ago
Chernobyl was a combination of issues and can't really happen again today. Fukushima is bad but very few people died (counting those that'll get cancer). Many, many, many more people die from the pollution caused by coal every year, and many, many more will die from global warming.
If one such failure amongst hundreds of reactors active for over fifty years is the price of saving millions every year, then so be it. We should use solar/wind/water to the full extent possible but not exclude nuclear energy, especially with the latest factor designs. And you can bet that Japan learned from Fukushima and that it's very unlikely that'll reoccur as well. Plus, most reactors aren't built near major fault lines, so this failure isn't even possible in most places. Let's not kill millions because of a TV drama. It's news exactly because it's rare, that's why you don't hear of people dying while installing roof solar or from air pollution.