[sillystuff]

Disagree with this part:

"Nuclear should be innocent until proven guilty..."

Fully agree with this part:

"...just like any other technology"

The assumption of safe until proven dangerous should be flipped wherever it currently prevails. If X wants to add some novel thing into our environment / food supply, the burden should be on X to prove safety, first.

[AstralStorm]

We have sufficient evidence from France and Germany that safe reactor designs are safe.

[Baloo]

Aren't France shutting down a large number of plants due to safety issues?

[BurningFrog]

Looked this up, and France is having several nuclear problems at once, including that rivers used for cooling is getting too warm in the summer.

Some of it is indeed security concerns in aging reactors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/business/france-nuclear-p...

[Georgelemental]

Yes, France is shutting down perfectly functional reactors like Fessenheim that could continue working for decades with minimal maitenance. And now electricity prices are projected to dectuple

[synotna2]

If only coal and gas were held to the same standard