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by irjustin 2255 days ago
'Nuclear is fine' ads would work until the next misstep, which the negative proponents will be looking for.

Generally, it was looking good until the Fukushima disaster. It resets the clock and that clock takes 20-30 years to play out.

On the 30 year timescale, all the gen 1, 2, 3 designs have flaws which make them potentials for issues. It doesn't even have to be a big issue, just enough for the press to catch it and push "See, they said it was safe... it's not!".

That flaw makes me want to just skip fission all together =/