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Originally Posted by dradeel
Absolutely. They are dangerous as hell. As I mentioned; "time bombs that are still counting down". But should these lethal buildings destroy the reputation of the ones that are strighly maintained and using top notch modern technology?  |
Yeah but that's like saying that an AK-47 in the hands of a serial killer shouldn't destroy the reputation of weapons in general. There is ALWAYS danger when we're dealing with something volatile. And somehow we just have to predict that - given the number of nuclear powerplants in this world - at least a dosen of them are being negligently handled. Just one mishap is more than enough to cause a continental disaster. And let me not even get into the subject of nuclear waste. I'm not as optimistic as
Haku, when it comes to fusion development. 100 years from now, maybe? But what'll a 100 years of nuke-waste cause to our environment? I'm not saying gas or coal dependant energy sources are any better. I seriously think both technologies are dead ends both in relation to safety hazards as well as environmental burden. At least in it's current application. I still have faith for the nuclear energy of the future, though.