Comment on Would nuclear reactors be feasible everywhere?
Maalus@lemmy.world 10 months agoYeah, but those worst case nuclear accidents have nothing on coal in terms of a death count. They sound scary, but overall don’t come even close to it.
Comment on Would nuclear reactors be feasible everywhere?
Maalus@lemmy.world 10 months agoYeah, but those worst case nuclear accidents have nothing on coal in terms of a death count. They sound scary, but overall don’t come even close to it.
redballooon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
True but the fallout for each accident is immense. Western Europe dealt with Tschernobyl for years. Japan was just lucky that the wind blew in the other direction.
If the world triples nuclear power plants, and we deal with an accident every 7-10 years, that’s gonna be a serious problem.
In 2023 the alternative is not nuclear vs coal, but nuclear vs wind and solar.
Rakonat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pitting nuclear against wind and solar is stupid given how much they compliment each other.
jasory@programming.dev 8 months ago
“Dealt with Chernobyl for years…”
You realise that all the estimated premature deaths are less than respiratory issues from air pollution. We could have a Chernobyl every year and it would be an improvement.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We can not have clean emergy because coal miners have to mine coal.
If they don’t mine that coal then the whole thing falls apart.