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> But no, we collectively decided that no amount of engineering could possibly make nuclear acceptably safe This is such bullshit. We have reactors that are 4
by mywittyname 6y ago
> But no, we collectively decided that no amount of engineering could possibly make nuclear acceptably safe
This is such bullshit. We have reactors that are 40 years old still operating safely. And in the 40 years since, safety systems have improved considerably. A modern reactor could probably have a 100 year service life and no accidents.
But such is the world we live in: people are scared of stuff they shouldn't be, and ignorant of all that should scare them.
- catalogia 6y agoAs far as I'm aware, the US Navy has operated hundreds of nuclear reactors for more than 60 years without any major incidents. That's several thousand reactor-years of positive experience. (They did lose two nuclear powered submarines, the Thresher and Scorpion, but in neither case is a problem with the reactors believed to be the cause. Though the Thresher's reactor is thought to have SCRAMed in response to it's control circuitry being shorted out, causing a loss of propulsion.)