A almost 1% failure rate is not safe. Not by a long shot. Would you fly planes that had these failure rates? Also, it is the potential of catastrophic events t

A almost 1% failure rate is not safe. Not by a long shot. Would you fly planes that had these failure rates? Also, it is the potential of catastrophic events that is the issue here. Look at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant on the central coast in California. This thing sits on a fault line. Without a retrofit, it wouldn't have survived a Fukushima event. If this thing would have blown up, half a million people would have been directly affected and massive cleanup costs. That is unacceptable risk and it is economically unjustified to add more risk by building additional plants.