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Global Nuclear Power Boom | FEED DISCUSSION

teekay99 said:
Let's not call low probability high impact events "propaganda".
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Nope. Even full meltdowns don't pose the threats the media or Hollywood portray. It is indeed fear porn click bait and propaganda for the fossil fuel companies. Wake up sir.

Not to mention most alive don't even recall a living memory of a nuclear disaster even though hundreds of reactors across the globe have ran since their birth without a single incident.

Even the worse nuclear disaster in history (chernobyl) that had a TOTAL meltdown with minimal containment architecture only killed 31 civilians. That was decades ago. That will also never happen again as it was a design flaw that CANNOT be replicated again.

Coal killed 31 people today alone from mining/processing it. Not to mention the global permanent contamination of many heavy element byproducts of burning coal.

So everyone. Please learn.
 
DarkNoon said:
Coal killed 31 people today alone from mining/processing it. Not to mention the global permanent contamination of many heavy element byproducts of burning coal.
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You know. Fossil fuel companies are right to take the American people as fools, they pulled a fast one even on the most smartest people regarding nuclear power...

👉Cities powered by coal have more radiation than cities power by nuclear. As burning coal releases deadly radiation into the environment. Among other heavy deadly elements like mercury. That not only kills people but poisons the environment over the long term.

But nuclear powered cities have less radiation in their background and less heavy toxic medals in their environmental background then those who burn coal.

But oh no, nuclear power is the boogy man. 😂 My God.
 
It's not even about climate change. Fuck the climate. It changes with or without humanity.

This about the proven facts that nuclear is without a shred of doubt safer than any other form of power generation, even compared to wind and solar.

It's about energy independence, it's about energy to cheat to meter, it's about being able to say fuck you to whatever enemy holding fossil fuels over our heads...

Idk. Don't mind me. Just screaming into a void I guess.

But really, my only point through ALL OF THIS IS... you only have the media to blame for high energy prices over propagating misinformation over nuclear power in the 70's-2000's. Just another thing to hate the media for.
 
And it's not just coal. Natural gas has the same problems. Though it's less deadly.

But saying that is like saying vaping is healthier than smoking. It's still bad. Ditto for natural gas verus coal. Sure one is less bad for your health. Still bad regardless.

Again not talking about climate change. Talking about literally physical health of people & average lifespan.
 
DarkNoon said:
No. It is a irrational fear propagated by the media. Even chernobyl was blown way out of portion. ONLY 31 CIVILIANS died in chernobyl.
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And contaminated an area for quite some time. Don't let's downplay things, either.

I am not trying to suggest a nuclear power plant meltdown would incinerate San Fransisco. I am also not suggesting that a meltdown that results in contaminating exposure can't happen.

DarkNoon said:
You know how you get pissed the heck off @DEFCON Warning System when people needless propagate misinformation in regards to "nuclear war not survivable" when you have learn it very much is.
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You're right. But I also don't downplay the effects of nuclear war, either. I have oft said that nuclear war is survivable, but it won't be Disneyland either.

Same with a nuclear accident. It won't irradiate half the planet, but you can't go dancing outside the property either.
 
DEFCON Warning System said:
And contaminated an area for quite some time. Don't let's downplay things, either.

I am not trying to suggest a nuclear power plant meltdown would incinerate San Fransisco. I am also not suggesting that a meltdown that results in contaminating exposure can't happen.
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@Friendly Engineer should put this myth to rest. No this cannot happen. Chernobyl was a unique one off event that cannot happen again. Nuclear power plants cannot explode and spread radiation in vast distances across counties like chernobyl did.

ONLY reason why it happened and why it will never happen again is because it was a unknown design flaw in the early days of nuclear engineering in a authoritarian system with poor communication.

There is no nuclear power plant on earth that can blow up and spread radiation like chernobyl did. They can blow up due to hydro gas buildup like Fukushima. But the cores of any nuclear power plant cannot and will not explode like chernobyl did, ever again. It is a myth.
 
DarkNoon said:
@Friendly Engineer should put this myth to rest. No this cannot happen.
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Even he has said ZNPP reactors can take direct hits and it still can't happen aka chernobyl 2.0. So. Let's all take the time to really learn about nuclear power. I have in the past fully, and here above lightly provided fact based sources on the matter.

Hope a literal nuclear engineer can take this away from me @Friendly Engineer and double down on all this. Which a lot of this i am repeating from what I have learned from him over the years here. ;)
 
teekay99 said:
I am interested in seeing molten salt reactors (MSR) becoming commercially viable. They have some safety benefits compared to traditional reactors. They run at lower pressure and have some passive safety systems to mitigate disaster. But they come with operational challenges, such as corrosion. These challenges must be addressed in order to improve the commercial viability of the technology.
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I think the main draw back is that they can never be scrammed. Well ok, they can be scrammed but only once 😳 so there is no PM other than external patches and support.

Some number of Soviet submarines were trashed after being shut down following the Cold War due to the sodium reactors.

All of this is Google free in the middle on the night, so its afaik. Someone please correct or expand on my viewpoint, please and thank you!
 
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