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Back on topic, since discussions on how terrible Lucas is/was is about as riveting as watching someone (who isn't Michael J Fox) eat.
And I'm still curious about this. I mean the eco whackos are still fighting about whether wind, solar, coal, etc. are better... but they all agree that nuclear is bad? How does that logic work out?
This. The RBMK reactor is a prime example of how not to build a reactor. As such, we don't do it anymore. Not only that, it was built in the 50's... so it was hardly the prime example of nuclear technology. Saying "another Chernobyl could happen!" is like saying another Titanic could happen; it just can't anymore.As bad as TMI was, Chernobyl was not possible in any Western reactor. There are too many passive safeties that one would have to destroy in order to even get close to potentially starting it, and the reactor would simply shut down anyway.
Basically, you would have to repeal Archimedes' Law and gravity to get a Western reactor to Chernobyl. Even blowing it up or ramming something into it won't make it run away like the Russian designs. They just shut down.
And I'm still curious about this. I mean the eco whackos are still fighting about whether wind, solar, coal, etc. are better... but they all agree that nuclear is bad? How does that logic work out?