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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear Reactor Pool Fire/Huge Risks in U.S. According to Unpublicized NRC Study [View all]madokie
(51,076 posts)15. Without a doubt
All it takes to realize the dangers of nuclear energy is to look at the size of the exclusion zones of both Chernobyl and Fukushima. Fukushima would be a lot and I mean a lot bigger if not that it is sited where the prevailing winds are blowing out to sea. The jury is still out on that one as it is anyway. Its a long way from over. I doubt anyone alive today will see this to the end.
If nuclear energy was safe then why is there even a need for an exclusion zone ever? To me how much further does this debate of whether nuclear energy is safe need to go. How many times do we have to be slapped in the face before we get it? Its stupid to not be transitioning away from it as it is already.
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Nuclear Reactor Pool Fire/Huge Risks in U.S. According to Unpublicized NRC Study [View all]
kristopher
Feb 2014
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Yes, they love to hide behind the difficulty in tracking nuclear related cancer related fatalities
kristopher
Feb 2014
#14
A consortium of nuclear companies that self insure doesn't really qualify as "commercial insurer"...
kristopher
Feb 2014
#22
That is exactly what the major accident coverage is - and they don't pay "premiums"
kristopher
Feb 2014
#24
You don't change the rotational speed of an AC generator to regulate the voltage output
madokie
Feb 2014
#53
The filing to the NRC (the PDF) asks them to make changes in how they license reactors
kristopher
Feb 2014
#12