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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.
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The U.S. Navy has been operating mobile nuclear plants for decades without issue. American nuclear-powered warships have even provided power to coastal cities in times of natural calamities that interrupted normal power generation.
That said, we shouldn’t drive because we might die in a horrible accident. We shouldn’t build tall buildings because we might fall off one. And we should limit eating because of the threat of food poisoning.
Those who base their activities on fear, never accomplish anything.