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by olivermarks 1483 days ago
Fukishima was a giant 1960's era GE nuclear plant. Like everything else in the technology world there has been huge evolution since then.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rolls-Royce-hope...

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And the Titanic was also considered an unsinkable ship...

Sure technology has improved and it is safer, but you know can make it even safer still? Not putting them on places with lots of seismic activity.

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-key-resilient-features-... I suspect small modular reactor units will be safer and can be put back into operation a lot faster and with less fire risk than current Rube Goldberg grid contraptions