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In 2080 people will be saying the same thing about reactors built now. I'm certain of it.
by lwhi 5y ago
In 2080 people will be saying the same thing about reactors built now.
I'm certain of it.
- tmccrary55 5y agoYeah but newer designs like GE's newer ESBWR are designed to passively shutdown if there's a failure. The reactor used at Fukushima and many other places go haywire in a worst case failure scenario (like a massive earthquake and tsunami). There still isn't anything that can provide the power we will need better than nuclear.
- lwhi 5y ago> There still isn't anything that can provide the power we will need better than nuclear. It ultimately feels like a deal with the Devil. -- I'm also certain we will find something better. Why take so many risks unnecessarily now.
- tmccrary55 5y agoThe entire universe runs on nuclear power. I'd be surprised if we found something much better, but who knows what the future brings.
- lwhi 5y agoIf we're emulating the universe, we should be situating the nuclear plant at least a million km away.
- tmccrary55 5y agoInverse square law. What would be more interesting is miniaturized reactors.
- lwhi 5y agoAs would a perpetual motion machine ...
- ChrisRR 5y agoThat's how progress works. I would hope in 60 years time they're not still considering 2021 to have been the peak of technology
- lwhi 5y agoExactly! So why are we talking as if we've solved all the potential hazardous problems now?
- jjk166 5y agoFor the same reason people 60 years ago talked as if they'd solved all the potential hazardous problems of jet travel. There will always be a little more you can squeeze out of a technology, but at some point it is good enough to be considered safe.
- lwhi 5y agoNo. In the worst case scenario, nuclear presents a much greater risk.
- jjk166 5y agoIn the worst case scenario there is some unknown physics that leads to a jet engine destroying the universe. There is no way to prove that such a disaster can't happen. You may say "well that's absurd, we know how jet engines work" and that's exactly what I'll say about nuclear reactors.
- lwhi 5y agoOkay, I'll give you that. Yes, we know exactly how catastrophic a nuclear accident can be .. and have no sensible solution for nuclear waste other than bury it and hope for the best.