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by m0llusk 9 days ago
Similar to the trajectory of nuclear power which lost public approval for reasons that are not entirely rational.
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onaclov2000 9 days ago
I have been half wondering if it gets bad enough will people be willing to support nuclear power again.
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SoftTalker 9 days ago
Gen Alpha or whatever the latest rising adults are called might. They are too young to remember any of the disasters
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phil21 9 days ago
All… three of them if you really try hard? Really only two qualify as disasters to me. Three Mile Island wasn’t great, but certainly not a disaster on any level I can figure.
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SoftTalker 9 days ago
Yeah Chernobyl was the only really bad one. Windscale was bad also but that was a long time ago and not a power reactor. Neither reactor design is anything anyone would try to run today.

Edit: Well, RBMKs are still running in Russia but with significant safety upgrades.

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