You can't believe in climate change if you don't believe in nuclear energy
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Nuclear is a big win for everyone
Fukushima is a great example of why investing in Nuclear power is fine. The media portrays it as this massive disaster on par with Chernobyl. In reality the plant was hit with a 9.0 earthquake followed by a 50 foot tall tsunami. The reactors were damaged, but things were fairly well controlled. No immediate deaths occurred and so far they've linked 1 cancer death to Fukushima. The biggest problem was the flooding getting the water contaminated and carrying it around.
It is estimated people in the area of Fukushima have a 1% greater cancer risk now. To help deal with this they implemented screening programs.
This all happened with a nearly 50 year old plant that got hit with the kind of shit they make disaster movies about.
Nuclear power is clear, efficient, and reduces America's dependence on foreign old.
Part of the US response to the Fukushima event: earthquake + tsunami, US plants have been required to make provisions to address them.
Their standby diesel generator buildings have been fitted with waterproof doors, their intakes and exhausts raised in elevations beyond historic 100 year flood levels, and sites have been required to maintain portable pumps for flexible cooling solutions.
Of course all of this does not matter for Gen 3+ designs like the AP1000, which does not require circulating water to rid decay heat after an unplanned reactor trip. Those plants passively cool themselves.
The general publics knowledge of nuclear energy is beyond bad, it is dangerously bad.
Good, this is the shit government needs to invest in, not war for no reason
That reactor withstood a massive earthquake and if I remember correctly (correct me if I'm wrong), 2 tsunamis. The only reason the disaster happened is because the pipes containing the cooling water failed and the reactor overheated.
Reactors can't really explode like dumbass libs think. They're shaped incorrectly for the runaway reaction to occur. The worst they'll do is meltdown, and if all the safety equipment survives, again two tsunamis and a massive earthquake, there's no reason to be afraid of it.