[fasterik]

The worst case is worse, but nuclear disasters are so rare and reactors produce so much power that nuclear is safer than wind in terms of deaths per TWh.

https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy

[Gwypaas]

Let's stop subsidizing their accident insurance then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Anderson_Nuclear...

[vGPU]

> The Act required companies to obtain the maximum possible insurance coverage against accidents, determined to be $60 million

It’s a necessity, and extremely logical and reasonable.

[cinntaile]

The most recent "disaster" was Fukushima, the actual cost there is far far greater than $60 million.

[vGPU]

The point being that they aren’t able to get private insurance higher than that, so the government has to come up with a way to help.

They’re insured the exact same way the banks are.