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Originally Posted by Skybird

It is like it always have been and probably always will be: it is a highly risky technology that can only reduce risks, but not rule them out. And in case of disaster striking, it strikes really hard.

It does seem nuclear technology is inherently risky and no amount of tinkering can alter that. The state where I live has more that it's share of nuc plants and according to TV reports are similer to those Japanese types. I've never been an anti-nuc before, but I have strong doubts about them now.

They have been sold as "cheap energy" and "clean technology", but coal plants don't seem so bad to me now. Really, the nuclear plants have shown to be beset by problems; safety problems, cost problems, waste problems, decommisioning problems.....