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In the same way I wouldn't feel entirely safe driving around in a car from the 60s, nuclear reactor design has come a long way since then. And considering how
by Incipient 3y ago
In the same way I wouldn't feel entirely safe driving around in a car from the 60s, nuclear reactor design has come a long way since then.
And considering how absolutely ancient the Japanese reactors are, they came incredibly close to not failing. Anything modern simply wouldn't have.
- pgeorgi 3y ago> Anything modern simply wouldn't have. That was the claim for the technology they developed at Jülich, too. And it does look good on paper. Seriously, as long as you try to argue on technical merit, you're missing the point of the debate on nuclear power in Germany. It all came down to having to trust people who have demonstrated that they're not at all trustworthy.