Funny coincidence, I just read this morning about how the risk of cancer from radiation is massively exaggerated[1]. I'm not convinced that the overall health risk from nuclear power is worse than the health risk from coal plants.
This reactor was decommissioned in 1994. Since we're discussing the safety of 30-year-old reactors, it seems to me to be appropriate to compare to 30-year-old alternatives.
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Funny coincidence, I just read this morning about how the risk of cancer from radiation is massively exaggerated[1]. I'm not convinced that the overall health risk from nuclear power is worse than the health risk from coal plants.
[1]https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-to-lie-about-radiation/
Coal? You mean that thing that the US has been rapidly phasing out for two decades and currently represents about 10% of US electricity generation?
Whereas wind and solar are around twice that, and skyrocketing?
This reactor was decommissioned in 1994. Since we're discussing the safety of 30-year-old reactors, it seems to me to be appropriate to compare to 30-year-old alternatives.
Although the US Government is funding 2 new coal power plants.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-announces-850m-moderniz...