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In a democracy, you need public support for this sort of thing. The anti-nuclear movement has been behind the shutdowns. With Russia invading Ukraine, nuclear
by markdown 5y ago
In a democracy, you need public support for this sort of thing.
The anti-nuclear movement has been behind the shutdowns. With Russia invading Ukraine, nuclear proponents might be able to sway public opinion in the opposite direction for once.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoThis is like Brexit, the populous are too easily led away from reason when nuclear power is mentioned. I'm not sure what the solution is. People were freaking the F out in South Wales, UK, because sand from Sizewell development (near Bristol) was being dumped a mile offshore, sand with one or two banana-equivalent doses per tonne (IIRC). Like maybe if you spend every day at the beach eating sand then you might be able to cause yourself some harm but there's no beach in Cardiff, the sand is way offshore and UK needs more non-fossil baseline power sources. I think perhaps the public information giving preparedness guidance for nuclear war did a number on us in the 80s. Chernobyl didn't exactly help, mind you.