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/agreed I would like to add that there is a problem with the safety of nuclear power because of the way humans react to danger. When nuclear power fails and k
by cconstantine 18y ago
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I would like to add that there is a problem with the safety of nuclear power because of the way humans react to danger.
When nuclear power fails and kills people it kills a relatively large number of people. Coal is constantly killing people over a large area. Coal deaths don't make good new events, but nuclear deaths do. This makes people more aware of the dangers of nuclear power. This makes people more afraid of nuclear power, even though it is statistically safer.
It's the same thing with airplanes. People die in car crashes everyday, but it's world/national news when a plane crashes. Thus, people are more afraid of planes than cars.
I wouldn't say that it's the news' fault either, they are simply reporting on things people are interested in.
Modern computer aided design, pebble bed reactors, and reusing nuclear waste as fuel make nuclear power far safer than anyone in their right mind would require. People working to advocate nuclear power would do better to shift focus from safety to fighting this perception problem.