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Bill gates documentary on Netflix was really, really interesting and touches this. Even made me appreciate Bill Gates which I didn't think was possible because
by mikkom 7y ago
Bill gates documentary on Netflix was really, really interesting and touches this. Even made me appreciate Bill Gates which I didn't think was possible because of Windows :-)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10837476/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10837476/
Basically all the reactors involved in the incidents are based on very old technology and had design problems (which is not surprising as the technology and science was new at the time these were built - fukushima 1971, chernobyl 1977).
What we really should do is to work on reactors whose main functionality is to provide energy with extremely minimal possibility for meltdown. It's too bad that even with resources of Gates it seems to be impossible to advance the nuclear technology - I see it as the main way to save our planet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a25728221/terrapower-china-bill-gates-trump/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a25728221/te...
- goatinaboat 7y agoIt must be a deliberate tactic of the anti-nuclear lobby, to simultaneously block new reactors being built and complain that old reactors are obsolete. There is no other explanation that makes sense!