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You raise some interesting points. As I understand, the Three Gorges dam has two goals: 1) control flooding and 2) produce power. If anything, it might be sai

• myrmidon 2y ago
  > Italy/Spain is so corrupt/incompetent to run nuclear power plants? Yes absolutely. Japan has a much more respectable culture regarding safety/diligence, and basically every italian citizen will agree on that. If Japan had to evacuate one of ~50 reactor sites within a lifetime, then it seems ill-avised for an italian citizen to let current government (which is pretty likely to flip-flop across the political spectrum at basically double the rate of normal elections in the first place) start building a reactor in the backyard. Note that actual numbers reflect this: Last Italian referendum about nuclear power was 94% (!!) against (admittedly shortly after Fukushima). > Also, sarcastically, Africa is not a country, but 50 countries with a wide variety of development. I know, my statement is about all of them. Operating nuclear plants requires long-term (centuries, not decades) trust in safety culture, regulators and operating companies. Which african nation would you suggest as a paragon for nuclearization? Egypt? South Africa? (note: this is a trick suggestion; electrical power management in South Africa is the most embarassing, corrupt shitshow you could ever imagine in a somewhat industrialized state).