Thats what France said.
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not_gsa@lemm.ee 11 months ago
There is nothing wrong with nuclear power
Nobsi@feddit.de 11 months ago
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 11 months ago
And France is doing perfectly fine with it except for skimping on maintenance and also them coming up on their end-of-life without replacement
Nobsi@feddit.de 11 months ago
Half of them were off at some point which means they lost over a third of their entire energy production which means they had to import a ton.
Some of them are still not back online.
Spambox@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That list records 8 fatalities related to nuclear power in the US. All time.
Coal is responsible for more than 40. Per year. Just in my city.
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 11 months ago
To be fair, though, the top comment said “nothing wrong” and the guy just followed up with the wrong
I still think we have access to this energy source and are basically just ignoring it so oil and coal and continue to soak up tax payer funded subsidies and ruin our planet.
Spambox@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Almost anything has the potential to negatively affect tens of thousands of people when it’s managed as recklessly and negligently as Chernobyl.
Chernobyl was less a reactor and more a bomb with a very long fuse. Saying we shouldn’t build nuclear reactors today is like saying you shouldn’t take a modern cruise because 14th century sailing ships sank all the time.
SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 11 months ago
How many years has it been since chernobyl?
ThePenitentOne@discuss.online 11 months ago
You are also forgetting the years of life lost due to air pollution.