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> Modern fission plants are totally safe Unless there's a war. Unless corruption leads to poor management of the plants. Unless nuclear waste is mismanaged. Un
by goodpoint 5y ago
> Modern fission plants are totally safe
Unless there's a war. Unless corruption leads to poor management of the plants. Unless nuclear waste is mismanaged. Unless there is an earthquake or tsunami of completely unexpected intensity.
- mzs 5y agoor corrosion of containment vessel, or an airplane strike… http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/critics-challenge-safety-of-new-nuclear-reactor-design/ http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/critics-challenge-...
- orwin 5y ago> Unless there's a war. Unless corruption leads to poor management of the plants. Unless nuclear waste is mismanaged. Unless there is an earthquake or tsunami of completely unexpected intensity. No for mismanagement, earthquake or tsunami, the gen3 are completely safe, all security mesures are passives, unless the fault is directly on the core, it will fail gracefully. Irradiated water might leak, but to be fair, underground water in granitic areas are more irradiated than the fission product pool. Issues are war (and in this case, direct sabotage from an actor with actual knowledge, or a direct hit into a functioning reactor, so pretty much on purpose strike. I wouldn't be afraid of terrorism) and waste.