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Commander X said:
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I checked...

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paroom paroom said:
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From what I can gather, your only argument is that a catastrophic accident will inevitably happen, therefore nuclear bad (and also some really fucking dumb false equivalency between nuclear energy and the nuclear bomb).

A catastrophic meltdown is conceivable, yes. However, the likelyhood of one happening is really fucking small. Reactors are designed with a lot of redundant failsafes precisely to prevent this from happening. Any accident is likely to kill the reactor, not cause a massive meltdown a la Chernobyl.

Furthermore, here's what a paper had to say about the three major nuclear accidents people bring up.
It is clear that the two major nuclear accidents before Fukushima—Chernobyl in 1986 and Three Mile Island in 1979 (which involved extensive damage to nuclear fuel but a relatively small release of radiation)—were preventable. In each case the cause was inadequate operator training and flaws in reactor design, exacerbated by inadequate understanding of potential risks. Better training and better design (areas in which the global nuclear industry has made significant strides) should prevent a recurrence of similar events.
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One year after the Fukushima accident, however, a picture is emerging that suggests that the calamity was not simply an “act of god” that could not be defended against. There is a growing body of evidence that suggests the accident was the result of failures in regulation and nuclear plant design and that both were lagging behind international best practices and standards. Had these been heeded and applied, the risks to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station would likely have been recognized and effective steps to prevent a major accident could have been taken. In this sense, we believe the Fukushima accident—like its predecessors—was preventable.
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Basically, nuclear power is not a "ticking time bomb." Nuclear catastrophes are rare, and, when the do occur, are entirely preventable. As modern safety standards get better, as reactor design gets better, the risk of such failures only decreases more. To throw out the cleanest and most efficient form of power available just because of the chance of a catastrophic accident, when that chance is already small and ever-shrinking, would be irresponsible at best.

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