Nuclear power: A dream that failed

[kristopher]

20. And still...

This is a universal and irremediable problem with the human element.

"And still they allowed their enthusiasm for nuclear power to shelter weak regulation, safety systems that failed to work and a culpable ignorance of the tectonic risks the reactors faced, all the while blithely promulgating a myth of nuclear safety."

http://www.startribune.com/business/142393925.html




An anonymous comment on the internet:
"It's baffling that nuclear power is regarded as a gleaming, high-tech solution to energy generation - it's just a steam turbine run on the filthiest fuel imaginable. All the high-tech stuff does is to protect us from the waste, with varying degrees of success."