RE: Nuclear power
March 12, 2022 at 2:45 am
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2022 at 3:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Fukushima probably isn't a great example of the risks of nuclear, as it wasn't built to it's own design and that was precisely why it failed. There was a chance to rectify that mistake after it had been made, years worth of chances, too.
It's a great example of the risks of human avarice, ever present in any endeavor, ofc.
Put more politely
..and where to begin with chernobyl. The failure of chernobyl is why the world turned against nuclear. Not because it failed, mind you, but because the soviets could not accept the pr nightmare of their specific failure and so created a vast disinformation campaign with a door into the budding us environmental movement. If we can't do it safely, no one can..said the soviets..and just look at these bastard americans trying to kill us all with their nuclear toys. If there was some alternate reality where we did manage to kill ourselves off by building too many (or too many shoddy) nuclear plants..ironically, a cynical attempt to make political chips in the light of a personal failure will account for some significant portion of our having avoided that fate.
The short version of a long story, is that even if we zero out malfeasance and incompetence and just roll those things into the risks of nuclear, it's still cleaner and safer than fossil fuel. Has been from the beginning. The reason we didn't go for it is entirely political.
It's a great example of the risks of human avarice, ever present in any endeavor, ofc.
Put more politely
Quote:In the final analysis, the Fukushima accident does not reveal a previously unknown fatal flaw associated with nuclear power. Rather, it underscores the importance of periodically reevaluating plant safety in light of dynamic external threats and of evolving best practices, as well as the need for an effective regulator to oversee this process.https://carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/06...-pub-47361
..and where to begin with chernobyl. The failure of chernobyl is why the world turned against nuclear. Not because it failed, mind you, but because the soviets could not accept the pr nightmare of their specific failure and so created a vast disinformation campaign with a door into the budding us environmental movement. If we can't do it safely, no one can..said the soviets..and just look at these bastard americans trying to kill us all with their nuclear toys. If there was some alternate reality where we did manage to kill ourselves off by building too many (or too many shoddy) nuclear plants..ironically, a cynical attempt to make political chips in the light of a personal failure will account for some significant portion of our having avoided that fate.
The short version of a long story, is that even if we zero out malfeasance and incompetence and just roll those things into the risks of nuclear, it's still cleaner and safer than fossil fuel. Has been from the beginning. The reason we didn't go for it is entirely political.
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