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Yeah 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 ha
by tmccrary55 5y ago
Yeah 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 ...