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This is the mainstream HN opinion. The controversial opinion? Nuclear sucks because you lose a city every generation, even if you're the most advanced, organiz
by thehappypm 6y ago
This is the mainstream HN opinion.
The controversial opinion? Nuclear sucks because you lose a city every generation, even if you're the most advanced, organization nation on Earth (Japan) you can still make mistakes that have consequences for decades to centuries.
- sir_bearington 6y ago> you lose a city every generation No, you don't. Fukushima had a 2010 population of 20,000. It has 17,000 today. And it dropped from 22,000 to 20,000 between 2000 and 2020 so not all of the population reduction was due to nuclear disaster. Likewise, Pripyat was a planned town designed specifically to support the nuclear plants. When the nuclear plants closes, the town had no reason to continue existing. Like mining towns when the mines are exhausted.