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Originally Posted by IamIan
- We don't want to repeat the same mistakes and make more of those types of places... As the saying goes , 'Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it'.
- Lots of progress has been made sense than .. partially a result of the event itself.
- Less likely to happen at all on newer designs ... partially a result of the event itself.
- Less likely to be as bad on newer designs even if it ever did happen .. partially a result of the event itself.
- More able to do a better job on clean up today than they did back then... partially a result of the event itself.
- Even if it did happen , it isn't thousands of years .. at most , it's maybe a few generations .. several decades of remediation.
- It isn't evil or a boogyman... but it does have it's problems
- It isn't a white knight savior solution to all our problems... but it does have it's benefits.
- It's better to be accurate than to be for it or against it.
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Mostly agree with all the above.
With all things, there are always trade-offs. Once the trade-offs are considered, I choose to be for or against something. In the case of nuclear energy, I favor it if the alternative is building another fossil fuel plant.
I'd like to see renewable generation become the economical way to produce energy, with nukes making up for any deficiencies in demand and for peaking.