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Yeah but a person with an AK-47 and TNT isn’t safe regardless of the setting
by webkike 7y ago
Yeah but a person with an AK-47 and TNT isn’t safe regardless of the setting
- gamegoblin 7y agoA person with an AK-47 and TNT can't render vast tracts of land uninhabitable for decades in the way that nuclear waste can. I am very pro-nuclear in the US (and the EU etc.), but I think the concern about nuclear in potentially unstable nations is absolutely valid.
- gowld 7y agoThe Chernobyl exclusion zone is 1000sqmi (32mi by 32mi). That's not so vast if it's in low populated area.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoThat would be a significant area for most western countries.
- gpm 7y agoIt's a mistake to think of Chernobyl as anything near worst case, there were absolutely huge containment efforts that took place after that disaster that might not take place after a similar future disaster.
- webkike 7y agoSure they can. They are called minefields.
- bilbo0s 7y agoI think the comment's material point is, why put a nuclear plant in arms reach of such groups? It's a good point. I would argue that most people are not talking about putting a nuclear plant in, say, Somalia. I think most people realize there have to be some preconditions met before you can really even think about using nuclear power. For the most part, if you are able as a nation to construct such a plant, you likely have the security infrastructure to secure the place. In fact, you likely have one of the more powerful security infrastructure buildouts in your region.