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According to Wikipedia there is about 422 commercial reactors in the world and so far in history about 18 meltdowns. So statistically 4% of reactors will have a
by Puts 4y ago
According to Wikipedia there is about 422 commercial reactors in the world and so far in history about 18 meltdowns. So statistically 4% of reactors will have a meltdown. To me that is crazy, and does not sound safe. Even if these accidents have not lead to direct deaths each one is an environmental catastrophe that is impossible to clean up. And that is just meltdowns - the most serious of all accidents.
- _cenw 4y agoThat doesn't say much about the viability of the technology. Almost all of these reactors are 40+ years old by now. The safety improvement we could get from just iterating on that tech with our current knowledge is huge. Also, meltdowns are bad, but they are accounted for, even in most of those old designs.
- Krssst 4y ago422 in operation. You should divide by the total amount of reactors that have ever run for some significant amount of time, including those that have stopped operating.
- LorenPechtel 4y agoThe question is how serious the incidents are. Three Mile Island was a partial meltdown--and harmed nobody.