About safety: Nuclear reactors don’t really have many problems, there were literally 2 incidents in the last…idk 100 years lol, 1 was because of a tsunami, the other was because some stupid idiot thought “okay let’s put unprepared people to do stuff to the reactor” and also said reactor wasn’t as secure as modern reactors.
Nuclear energy overall do less harm than fossil ever did and some want to switch from uranium to torium which is more safe, solar energy isn’t that great, low efficency, high maintance and take up a lot of space, moreover, the discussion about plants is stupid because it does not mention the amount of electricity used daily by millions of human.
Currently, I would say that hydroelectric power is the most worthwhile renewable energy source, followed by wind power.
In any case, we are talking about using more nuclear energy, not just nuclear energy, so the argument of decentralisation does not hold much water.
(I would add that nuclear power stations are much smaller nowadays, but more are being built, see France).
I’m not against using nuclear energy, but we should focus even more on the safety aspect, especially long-term. It costs a lot to build and improve the reactors and safety mechanisms, and when money dictates everything, things are going to get done with the minimum cost somewhere, which leaves a lot of room for errors.
We can’t exactly prevent earthquakes or tsunamis and whatnot, and global warming is even making sure the weather conditions are going to cause more extreme storms and all that… but the biggest issue is money religion, basically. At this rate there will be reactors build the cheapest way possible, and even the people hired to be responsible will be chosen what’s cheapest… Not to mention all the possibilities to save money in storing the nuclear waste.
People are already starting to forget a bit too much about how dangerous nuclear radiation is since even Fukushima wasn’t that bad in the end, and at this rate we’re not going to stop rampant capitalism either, before something can go terribly wrong…
I guess the point is, we’re really, really stupid, and nuclear energy combined with stupidity has quite the infinite potential for disasters. Which we should consider a lot more for things to stay safe in the future too
About safety: Nuclear reactors don’t really have many problems, there were literally 2 incidents in the last…idk 100 years lol, 1 was because of a tsunami, the other was because some stupid idiot thought “okay let’s put unprepared people to do stuff to the reactor” and also said reactor wasn’t as secure as modern reactors.
Nuclear energy overall do less harm than fossil ever did and some want to switch from uranium to torium which is more safe, solar energy isn’t that great, low efficency, high maintance and take up a lot of space, moreover, the discussion about plants is stupid because it does not mention the amount of electricity used daily by millions of human. Currently, I would say that hydroelectric power is the most worthwhile renewable energy source, followed by wind power.
In any case, we are talking about using more nuclear energy, not just nuclear energy, so the argument of decentralisation does not hold much water. (I would add that nuclear power stations are much smaller nowadays, but more are being built, see France).
I’m not against using nuclear energy, but we should focus even more on the safety aspect, especially long-term. It costs a lot to build and improve the reactors and safety mechanisms, and when money dictates everything, things are going to get done with the minimum cost somewhere, which leaves a lot of room for errors.
We can’t exactly prevent earthquakes or tsunamis and whatnot, and global warming is even making sure the weather conditions are going to cause more extreme storms and all that… but the biggest issue is money religion, basically. At this rate there will be reactors build the cheapest way possible, and even the people hired to be responsible will be chosen what’s cheapest… Not to mention all the possibilities to save money in storing the nuclear waste.
People are already starting to forget a bit too much about how dangerous nuclear radiation is since even Fukushima wasn’t that bad in the end, and at this rate we’re not going to stop rampant capitalism either, before something can go terribly wrong…
I guess the point is, we’re really, really stupid, and nuclear energy combined with stupidity has quite the infinite potential for disasters. Which we should consider a lot more for things to stay safe in the future too
For large values of 2, yes. There are 9 listed here, and more if you include those that didn’t cause any deaths (such as Three Mile Island).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
Have you met people? These will both happen again. You cannot trust people.