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> there are plenty of targets for terrorists: packed trains, stealing a big truck, etc. The counterargument is that blowing up a train or stealing a truck usua

> there are plenty of targets for terrorists: packed trains, stealing a big truck, etc. The counterargument is that blowing up a train or stealing a truck usually doesn't poison the local area for generations. Higher risks means some consideration is due. If the stakes are higher but the probability is the same, the expected value is still higher. I for one don't want to live in a hellscape pockmarked by miniature exclusion zones.

consumer451 3y ago
If you look at it strictly from an economic POV, real estate is devalued near sources of fission. (and other power plants as well) The market has spoken on that matter.
- bagels 3y ago
  Which is the cause? Are nuclear plants built in cheaper areas, or do those areas become cheaper because of the plant?
  - hef19898 3y ago
    The latter.
bigbillheck 3y ago
That sounds like a state actor thinking, not a terrorist.
- T_MacThrowFace 3y ago
  what if they are actually one and the same