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But it’s not sudden optimism at all, it’s a multi-generational proven record.

rightbyte 3y ago
They work until they don't and threaten to spread invisible poison that can make a x miles radius inhabitable. A "sorry but not sorry you choose to live next to it" event. And now we are supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere where incompetent morons or terrorist can blow them up?
- nomel 3y ago
  To be fair, current power generation also spreads bad things, that will slowly make large areas of the planet uninhabitable. I don't think it's fair to think so little of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They have standards. I don't think it's reasonable to assume they will give up their standards of safety.
- nemo 3y ago
  >And now we are supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere where incompetent morons or terrorist can blow them up? No one's said "we" are "supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere." This one's being installed at a military base. It should have adequate security.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago
  > They work until they don't and threaten to spread invisible poison that can make a x miles radius inhabitable. The U.S. nuclear power industry has been producing energy for 66 years without a single fatality to a member of the general public. > And now we are supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere where incompetent morons or terrorist can blow them up? I'm pretty sure that a major military base in the middle of the Alaskan Interior has reasonably good security.
- mbostleman 3y ago
  Hundreds of millions of panels rolled off the line during my 8 year tenure at a solar panel manufacturer. Those panels were spread across globe. We took blood tests to monitor CdTe levels. So I’m assuming the risk of spreading invisible poison by that approach is not zero.
- PhasmaFelis 3y ago
  IIRC, a typical coal plant working normally emits as much radioactives in 30 years as one Chernobyl event. I'd rather have a plant that might spew poison than one that will definitely spew poison.

They work until they don't and threaten to spread invisible poison that can make a x miles radius inhabitable. A "sorry but not sorry you choose to live next to it" event. And now we are supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere where incompetent morons or terrorist can blow them up?

nomel 3y ago
To be fair, current power generation also spreads bad things, that will slowly make large areas of the planet uninhabitable. I don't think it's fair to think so little of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They have standards. I don't think it's reasonable to assume they will give up their standards of safety.
nemo 3y ago
>And now we are supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere where incompetent morons or terrorist can blow them up? No one's said "we" are "supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere." This one's being installed at a military base. It should have adequate security.
Turing_Machine 3y ago
> They work until they don't and threaten to spread invisible poison that can make a x miles radius inhabitable. The U.S. nuclear power industry has been producing energy for 66 years without a single fatality to a member of the general public. > And now we are supposed to put small ones kinda everywhere where incompetent morons or terrorist can blow them up? I'm pretty sure that a major military base in the middle of the Alaskan Interior has reasonably good security.
mbostleman 3y ago
Hundreds of millions of panels rolled off the line during my 8 year tenure at a solar panel manufacturer. Those panels were spread across globe. We took blood tests to monitor CdTe levels. So I’m assuming the risk of spreading invisible poison by that approach is not zero.
PhasmaFelis 3y ago
IIRC, a typical coal plant working normally emits as much radioactives in 30 years as one Chernobyl event. I'd rather have a plant that might spew poison than one that will definitely spew poison.