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How do you get this wrong? Chernobyl was an example of a very poor design and engineering. The flaws in the Chernobyl reactor have been well documented and it is not representative of the vast majority of reactor designs. Who exactly said Chernobyl was "safer"? Also, 4000 people did not die. About 30-40 died from the Chernobyl accident. Nobody died from the Three Mile Island accident and nobody died from the Fukushima accident. Nice try walking back your false statement. Again, please stop making false and ridiculous statements.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

So the part about an explosion - I'm wrong. Not a nuclear explosion. Okay fine. A different type of explosion. And still radiation that can kill tens of thousands of people, animals, and lay the land near it fallow and/or uninhabitable. Nothing "ridiculous" about it. I was not "false" I was incorrect about the type of explosion that could result. I was not incorrect about the fact that there could be an explosion. OR that radiation from damage to a nuclear power plant can cause radiation to kill people, animals, and be destructive to the land around it.

As for future power plants being safer - they said that about Chernobyl, before there was a meltdown and over 4000 people died. Now we have much more stringent regulations, which means the price to build another one has risen to the point of not being affordable, without significantly raising taxes to pay for it. Meanwhile, nuclear power has mostly fallen out of favor worldwide, replaced by solar, wind, and hydroelectricity. Except in the US, where so many people would rather burn their clothing for fuel than accept the fact that renewable energy is better for everyone, and for the planet, and for the air. Or maybe they know this and just don't care.