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> The safety of the US naval reactors is simply unparalleled. In 70 years of service they did not have a single incident And how do we know that for sure, give

> The safety of the US naval reactors is simply unparalleled. In 70 years of service they did not have a single incident And how do we know that for sure, given the army tendency to cover up wrongdoing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_accidents_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_accident... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_waste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_... Not to mention the societal risk in having critical civic infrastructure controlled by the military.

acidburnNSA 4y ago
Radiation detectors are incredibly sensitive and can detect even a single atom decaying. If there were a major radiological release people around the world would see it. Two US nuclear submarines have gone down, the Thresher and the Scorpion. Neither was due to the nuclear power plant, and so far they have kept the radiation contained.
- goodpoint 4y ago
  > so far That says everything.
  - foxyv 4y ago
    Keep in mind that the favorite method of waste disposal during the early history of nuclear energy was dropping containers into the ocean. This dumping strategy hinged on the dilution of the material in huge quantities of water. The strategy was successful but particularly unpopular. If the containment on these reactors was lost, the effect would be measurable due to the sensitivity of such detectors, but literally a drop in the bucket of waste disposed of into the ocean. http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/jones-a2/ http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/jones-a2/
pintxo 4y ago
> having critical civic infrastructure controlled by the military Hasn't that ship already sailed, with the Army Corps of Engineers being responsible for all dikes in the US?

acidburnNSA 4y ago

Radiation detectors are incredibly sensitive and can detect even a single atom decaying. If there were a major radiological release people around the world would see it. Two US nuclear submarines have gone down, the Thresher and the Scorpion. Neither was due to the nuclear power plant, and so far they have kept the radiation contained.

goodpoint 4y ago
> so far That says everything.
- foxyv 4y ago
  Keep in mind that the favorite method of waste disposal during the early history of nuclear energy was dropping containers into the ocean. This dumping strategy hinged on the dilution of the material in huge quantities of water. The strategy was successful but particularly unpopular. If the containment on these reactors was lost, the effect would be measurable due to the sensitivity of such detectors, but literally a drop in the bucket of waste disposed of into the ocean. http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/jones-a2/ http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/jones-a2/

pintxo 4y ago

> having critical civic infrastructure controlled by the military Hasn't that ship already sailed, with the Army Corps of Engineers being responsible for all dikes in the US?