• @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    38 months ago

    Fukushima happened in “smart” Japan because it was cheaper to put the backup generators in the basement than to build a concrete podium taller than the tsunamis that previously hit the site.

    Capitalism will always choose cost over safety. Even then nuclear ends up going way over budget.

    • @irmoz@reddthat.com
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      8 months ago

      Then we shouldn’t leave energy security and the climate in the hands of capital. Energy should be nationalised.

      • Uranium3006
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        28 months ago

        indeed. also chernobyl and fukushima aren’t comparable, really. I’d support a law that all new power reactors need to have passive cooling relying on the laws of physics, not relying on external power, but that’s not a high bar and many designs already have it. remember that most currently operating reactors were built all at once in the mid 20th century and even then their safety record has been great. we can do better with new construction