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Topic: Am I the only one looking at the situation in Japan and seeing an argument FOR nuclear technology?

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #3,067

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits the place, a tsunami wreaks havoc on it, stuff explodes... and after all that, still no leak.

Meanwhile, natural disaster free, coal, gas and others damage the environment, the air we breathe, and more.

Nexus !jNexusRe/. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 48 seconds later[^] [v] #55,875

One of the containment vessels cracked, so I guess you would call that a leak.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,876

@previous (Nexus !jNexusRe/.)
The level of radiation in the area went up to 50 bananas, and then dropped down to 2 bananas. It's hardly a catastrophe.

protip !tyLmN8C16E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 19 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,877

Yeah, the supposed 20,000–50,000 deaths annually from fossil fuel power far outweigh the aggregate nuclear toll. It’s certainly problematic that the waste lasts a while.

protip !tyLmN8C16E double-posted this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,881

@55,876 (A)
However, bananas are only beta decay, but nuclear byproducts have some gamma decay.

hamfist joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,884

What are the cons of solar power, besides weather? I only see the benefits discussed in conversations

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,891

@previous (hamfist)
They don't produce enough energy right now to be practical. In the future this will probably be viable, but in the mean time it means huge costs, and using oil to make them in the first place.

So until then, it's better to use nuclear in safe areas.

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,892

@55,884 (hamfist)
cost

hamfist replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,893

@55,891 (A)
I see.

Also, I heard that Cheronobyl was extremely preventable. Like - there were a huge amount of stupid fucking mistakes. It's kind of lame that the incident turned us off from nuclear power

Anonymous C replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #55,897

@previous (hamfist)
Yep
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