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Originally Posted by Saltheart
Now don't get me wrong , I have always been pro nuke in the past. I am just starting to wonder if its worth it or not , now that they have a concrete record of some level of failure rate.
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If you're really interested, compare the environmental impact, loss of life, energy costs and generated energy per acre of things like oil, coal, NG and you'll see that nuclear is still a winner by far.
Don't get me wrong, there is definitely a very long-term effect when there are incidents but 3-4 incidents out of the hundreds of plants over 30 years is far from a convincing argument - especially considering what current designs require as safety measures. Taking the environmental aspects out - coal, oil and NG won't be here forever.