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Meltdown events have basically been zero on designs for decades. But we still have massive barriers against nuclear when even things like wind kill more. Every
by midasuni 3y ago
Meltdown events have basically been zero on designs for decades. But we still have massive barriers against nuclear when even things like wind kill more.
Everyone talks about Fukushima and the half a dozen cancer cases. Nobody talks about the ten thousand that died from other effects from the earthquake, nobody talks about the thousands that died that year to produce the same amount of output from coal
Same with airline security. I get my toothpaste check Kes out because of the “potential” of some deaths, yet nobody stopped me driving to the airport that morning, and driving actually kills thousands in the US alone every month.
- cinntaile 3y agoThe reason for not talking about that is that it's not relevant for this discussion. Deaths due to the earthquake that are unrelated to the nuclear power plant do not help us to assess nor reduce nuclear accident risk. Same goes for your airline security example. Car related accidents/attacks are unrelated to airplane accidents/attacks.