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In reply to the discussion: So it turns out that nadinbrzezinski was correct re Fukushima [View all]blackspade
(10,056 posts)I'm looking at things broadly, in that there are always coverups when corporate profits are on the line. This is no exception, though the ramifications are far beyond the liability for say, malfunctioning airbags.
That said, I have never been in favor of nuclear power. I never will be.
I think you just effectively made a great argument about one of the outstanding issues with this type of power generation.
Other issues include the massive costs, associated with their construction, maintenance, and decommissioning in both financially and environmentally, costs of mining, extraction, and disposal of the fuel, safety..... the list goes on.
I agree with you completely on the issues that face the West. Unless there are some drastic lifestyle, economic, and political changes, there will be an immense amount of suffering and loss. I would say move east, but we will be just as screwed.