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Don’t have the politicians in charge tell people to over ride multiple safety procedures. Actually pay attention to safety in some fashion.
by barry-cotter 5y ago
Don’t have the politicians in charge tell people to over ride multiple safety procedures. Actually pay attention to safety in some fashion.
- mikeyouse 5y agoOh good - we just need to change human nature and fix endemic political corruption. Good thing none of that exists near the US nuclear industry. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2204/ML22040A111.pdf https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2204/ML22040A111.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_nuclear_bribery_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_nuclear_bribery_scandal https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/flynn-backed-plan-transfer-nuclear-tech-saudis-may-have-broken-n973021 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/flynn-backed-plan-...
- Ma8ee 5y agoSo as long as we make sure that only competent and sane people get elected to political posts, we are safe. That will make me sleep well at nights.
- dzikimarian 5y agoIf you're assuming that political situation will come anywhere near this known from communist block, then random nuclear plant failure is probably pretty low on the list of the issues they caused. Much more people died due to simply saying something against propaganda than as a result of Chernobyl. I know that politicians suck, but if we do everything assuming that next Stalin and Lenin are inevitable, then even knfie production starts to look suspicious.
- Ma8ee 5y agoFor each Stalin, we get quite a few Trump.
- bayesian_horse 5y agoDepending on politicians - or anyone's - ability to completely eliminate that risk is completely naive. And that's why scientists (and politicians listening to them) have consistently underestimated the risks. Scientists somehow think it is not their job to account for Human error, fallibility or even depravity (see Russians attacking nuclear plants in Ukraine).