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There was insane hype for all things atomic for decades. A few catastrophes like Chernobyl made it very unsexy

• Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
  This reaction to the Chernobyl is akin to throwing out the baby with the bath water.
  • Jweb_Guru 6y ago
    Fukushima was not long ago, either. I don't think it's a strong enough reason not to use nuclear at all given the alternatives, but all nuclear plants have fairly catastrophic failure modes in the event of an unforeseen problem and require constant maintenance and supervision in order to keep running. In areas of the world with little political stability or public funding, this makes other solutions much more attractive than they would be in an ideal world. Acting like people are being completely irrational in worrying about nuclear accidents is pretty disrespectful.