Dredly t1_iyi13vr wrote
Reply to comment by --Cr1imsoN-- in 'Finally, some justice': Corporation ordered to pay Pennsylvania town millions. Fracking destroys town’s water. by CQU617
Its a US problem, not 3 mile specifically. the US has built 1 new Nuclear plant in this century. We've literally only built 2 in the last 40 years...
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"but what about 3 mile island, Fukushima, and Chernobyl!" ... that is a near miss, a failure of insane stupidity caused by poor training, and a tidal wave 46 FEET high caused by a magnitude 9 earthquake (the 4th strongest quake EVER). Nuclear power is incredibly safe, and historically always has been... fossil fuels are the absolute opposite. their pollution kills millions a year, their environmental destruction is massive, and they are unsafe
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Who remembers the Kingston Power Plant disaster? nobody? it was only 14 years ago! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant_coal_fly_ash_slurry_spill
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What about the Connecticut Power Plant explosion that killed 5 people?... no? it was 8 years ago! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Connecticut_power_plant_explosion
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What about the ConEdison Powerplant explosion in NY? Luckily nobody died... but that was just due to a Cat 1 Hurricane
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and those are only ones specifically AT power plants in the last 15 years, in the US... lol
--Cr1imsoN-- t1_iyi1b7x wrote
I think you’re right. It’s just convincing everyone else that nuclear power is safer and more efficient.
Redlar t1_iyiyx3i wrote
>"but what about 3 mile island, Fukushima, and Chernobyl!"
For my nearly five decades on this planet, minus eight years living in NY state, I've lived within the 10 mile zone of two different PA nuclear power plants. I've grown up knowing what the siren testing meant and what to do in the exceedingly unlikely event of an incident occurring.
I've also grown up with great concern for the environment but I'm all for nuclear power (if the spend fuel is properly contained).
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