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by SmellyGeekBoy
2785 days ago
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TMI has already been addressed in sibling comments but I just wanted to point out that both Fukushima and Chernobyl were outdated reactor designs with active cooling. A modern reactor has much safer failure mode - but the hysteria about nuclear means that they don't get built and we keep these dangerous old designs running instead. |
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> Due to the prolonged period of stagnation in the construction of new reactors and the continued (but declining) popularity of Generation II/II+ designs in new construction, relatively few third generation reactors have been built. Generation IV designs are still in development as of 2017, and are not expected to start entering commercial operation until 2020–2030.[1]
[0]: http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fue...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor#Reactor_types