I am not sure what is more dangerous for the
environment, oil spills or radiation leaks, but
the NIMBY syndrome is not uncommon ;-)
I guess the two main problems are
a) catatrophic accidents like Chernobyl and
Fukushima can not be ruled out completely
b) there is no final storage place or
Jochen and everybody, hi,
I don't know if it has already been covered on this thread, and I
understand that the following comment is not central to the main
theme. But to group Chernobyl with other reactor failures has one
element that is potentially problematic. Chernobyl was a carbon-
Everytime one of these reactors has a problem we hear the refrain:
- oh that's an old/foreign/crap design which noone makes anymore
- the people running the reactor are poor/corrupt/stupid/culturally
different
- and this would never happen to any of our other reactors
the cynic in
