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UK nuclear support fades after Japan quake
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWhat would be the effect of a major accident at a coal fired power station? Would you be able to build houses and schools on the land afterwards?
And hydro-electric means you lose the land straight away.
Fukushima was hit by one of the biggest earthquakes on record, followed by a huge tsunami that devastated cities and killed 20,000 people, which in disaster stakes is as bad as it gets. And what happened? Nobody died, in fact none of the workers and certainly none of the public received any significant amount of radiation other than the two workers who had some minor burns from contaminated water.
Even when the tulipe hits the fan on that scale, nobody is killed or seriously injured. Can any other major industrial processes claim to be that safe? It's crazy that people are more scared of nuclear power after Fukushima; they should be reassured by what happened.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostCouldn't agree more and those designs were >40 years old.
Good to see that the more level-headed posters are all drawing the same pragmatic conclusions. Now if we can just settle the panicky Sun-reading ones down somehow.
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Coal power plants continually produce more radioactive waste than nuclear plants
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And as we do not live on a fault line the chances of a disaster similar to Japan are pretty much 0
So yes nuclear is the way to go - ask the FrenchComment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostSo yes nuclear is the way to go - ask the French
And if their nukes blow, we'd get fallout anyway, with a favourable north westerly.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostAnd hydro-electric means you lose the land straight away.
Originally posted by VectraMan View PostEven when the tulipe hits the fan on that scale, nobody is killed or seriously injured.
Originally posted by VectraMan View PostCan any other major industrial processes claim to be that safe?"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWe've ran out of space we now need to build houses way up in the mountains?
Turns out Tsunami was not the only force of nature I was thinking of; what about man? What if a terrorist targeted a reactor with an explosive? Contamination could spread over a wide area. 5 reactors in the south of England, wait for the right wind conditions and London is a ghost town.
If it's made by man it is fallible. I don't know of any other MIP where the outcome can be so devastating.Comment
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostYou really don't have a clue do you?
I perform quantitive risk assessments for a living."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostI perform quantitive risk assessments for a living.Comment
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