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AdamD · 05-04-2012, 20:57

I have no problem with nuclear power, but I DO have a problem when we create technology, which is potentially very dangerous and not create the same level of safeguards in case something goes wrong.

In the Fukushima incident for example, why did they put the emergency generators for the cooling system at a level which could flood?

It was build in an earthquake prone zone, situated right on the sea front, with the potential for tsunamis.

Did none of the super smart engineers figure that out before building it? heh

The problem though, isn't the technology, the problem is us.

I often wonder how people 100 years from now, would look back on the mess we're making of this world.

Dumping radioactive waste into the sea, burying radioactive material under the ground and burying carbon emissions in the ground, because we don't have the technology to get rid of it.

05-04-2012, 20:57	#50
AdamD Inactive Join Date: Nov 2004 Services: VM 50Mb Posts: 1,665	Re: Nuclear project in disarray as two pull out making new plants I have no problem with nuclear power, but I DO have a problem when we create technology, which is potentially very dangerous and not create the same level of safeguards in case something goes wrong. In the Fukushima incident for example, why did they put the emergency generators for the cooling system at a level which could flood? It was build in an earthquake prone zone, situated right on the sea front, with the potential for tsunamis. Did none of the super smart engineers figure that out before building it? heh The problem though, isn't the technology, the problem is us. I often wonder how people 100 years from now, would look back on the mess we're making of this world. Dumping radioactive waste into the sea, burying radioactive material under the ground and burying carbon emissions in the ground, because we don't have the technology to get rid of it.