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Not when the consequence of failure for spilling hazardous material is so great! What are you going to agree to next, that nuke plants are allowed a few minute
by qbasic_forever 4y ago
Not when the consequence of failure for spilling hazardous material is so great! What are you going to agree to next, that nuke plants are allowed a few minutes of core meltdown a year? Get real.
- ceejayoz 4y agoNuclear plants have safety incidents all the time. Someone drops a hammer on their toe. That's what most of the 1,000 derailments are; things like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minor_Derailment_in_Brooklyn_%2850569880581%29.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minor_Derailment_in_... or https://tdn.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/amtrak-train-suffers-minor-derailment-near-woodland-monday/article_88804f3d-bbdf-5250-afc6-6925a4687755.html https://tdn.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/amtrak-train-suf... The big problems, for both trains and nuclear plants, are rare.
- jhugo 4y ago"Derailment" sounds dramatic but most of them are minor. It's unrealistic and unhelpful to pretend that all incidents are equally serious: the only way to achieve zero incidents of any severity is to not build the power plant (of any type) or the train system.
- lazide 4y agoJust because the consequences are severe doesn’t mean it’s possible to avoid them - regardless of the cost. For instance, plane crashes are far more severe - and still happen relatively frequently despite all effort to stop them.