Worth noting that all modern failures have been GE models or ancient Westinghouse models. Modern nuclear reactors built by Westinghouse are virtually immune from meltdown, and Westinghouse is the lead player in new builds. Nuclear safety has come miles since the like of Fukushima, and especially 3 Mile Island. I'd feel perfectly safe living near a new Westinghouse nuclear plant.

[–] DrDominate@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather a nuclear plant as my neighbor rather than a coal or natural gas one.

[–] portalsentinel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One has a one in a million chance to kill you. The other has a 100 in 100 chance to cause you severe health issues in the longrun.

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Those health issues while being a problem are in no danger of killing humanity. Wether they affect hundreds, thousands, even millions.

ONE really bad nuclear disaster can make a whole continent uninhabitable.

The risks are on totally different magnitudes.

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

There's always a way to fail. Always.

There are no unsinkable ships. No matter how safe the Titanic is, keep enough of them on the sea and one will eventually sink the way least people expected. If life on Earth depends on a Titanic never sinking...we're fucked eventually.

Life on Earth depends on no more than a couple on nuclear plants blowing up catastrophically.