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Also not to mention that we’d have an additional 26 exclusion zones around blown up nukes. I’d like to see the authors back-of-the-envelope maths for the econo

• LorenPechtel 4y ago
  Radiation releases don't mean exclusion zones. Note that he included Three Mile Island amongst the radiation releases. Where's the exclusion zone?? It's not even a matter of cost, just look at the risks. You're at the fence of the reactor when it happens, you decide to walk away. Let's see how far you get before the risk of the trip exceeds the risk of staying. You come to a street--end of trip. It's more dangerous to cross the street than to stay put. (Admittedly, that's assuming an average crossing of an average street and streets vary. It's a lot safer to cross a 25 mph residential street than a 45 mph main street.)