[samatman]

I've said before, and it bears repeating, that Fukushima was the worst environmental disaster in living memory.

Because journalists and activists spun it into a near-total shutdown of new nuclear production, and for no other reason.

[beej71]

Maybe we should steer clear of power sources that can cause the worst environmental disaster in living memory, regardless of the mechanism.

If new reactors like this one can avoid such outcomes where the old ones cannot, it's a decided improvement.

[Manuel_D]

> that Fukushima was the worst environmental disaster in living memory.

By what metric? The exclusion zone has been completely lifted. The amount of radiation released into the ocean is negligible.

[ajhurliman]

Read the second sentence.