| ▲ | DrBazza 8 hours ago | |
> they _really_ hate nuclear The general public don't understand nuclear. And we can thank CND, Greenpeace, and the mainstream press of the 60s onwards for regurgitating their misinformation and poor science as fact. Modern designs are effectively melt-down proof. Nuclear waste storage is also hilariously funny. People understand not to tread on a railway line or get electrocuted and die, but somehow have a problem with burying waste at the bottom of a sealed mine in a geologically safe area many miles from the nearest village or town (never a city) in containers that have been tested to literal destruction is somehow a problem. The sad irony is these eco-people's opposition to nuclear for decades has resulted in gigatons of CO2 from coal/oil/gas power stations. | ||
| ▲ | TheOtherHobbes 8 hours ago | parent [-] | |
People have a problem with spent fuels sitting in pools for decades, as happens in Sellafield. "Originally constructed in the 1940s, 50s and 60s these facilities - two ponds and two concrete silos - no longer meet the safety requirements that are required today and present some of the most difficult decommissioning challenges - not just in the UK - but in the world." The industry does not have a good reputation, and it only has itself to blame for that. https://www.onr.org.uk/our-work/what-we-regulate/sellafield-... | ||