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No, newer nuclear reactor designs are in essence "meltdown proof", and extremeley safe. Unfortunately nuclear is regulated to death in the U.S. so it is extrem
by 504error 4y ago
No, newer nuclear reactor designs are in essence "meltdown proof", and extremeley safe. Unfortunately nuclear is regulated to death in the U.S. so it is extremeley expensive to build new plants or even improve existing ones.
- Schroedingersat 4y ago> newer nuclear reactor designs are in essence "meltdown proof", and extremeley safe. > Unfortunately nuclear is regulated to death in the U.S. so it is extremeley expensive These are the same fact. The second the regulators relax is the same second that corners get cut and limits get pushed because 'reactor designs are in essence "meltdown proof"'. That attitude is exactly how the five colossally stupid things that have to happen all at once to cause a meltdown start individually becoming regular occurrences -- after that it's just a matter of reactor hours before enough of them coincide with some other improbable event. See the shutdown of Korea's fleet while forged documents were investigated for one of many examples. Or Fukushima.