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Originally Posted by martyh
Well knowledge of the industry has come on a long way since those occurrences and so has technology.Chernobyl was undoubtedly caused by poor maintenance and poor design .Three mile island was caused by human error and mechanical faults .In a modern reactor these sort of issues ,although not impossible to happen ,would be a lot less likely to happen .I think safety has come on in leaps and bounds since those accidents
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And it's the fact that there is still a possibility that makes it unacceptable.
Remember they said Buncefield would never happen.
Also as watzizname says, plutonium is also going to run out. So money needs to be invested in clean alternatives.