Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima If you can GUARANTEE that nothing even APPROACHING those could EVER happen under ANY circumstances Then I will fold to Nuclear Power
Three Mile Island
NO ONE DIED
Fukushima
NO ONE DIED
Chernobyl
essentially a human-made accident through gross mismanagement and neglect, that physically can’t happen with other reactor types (in part because they all have containment buildings now). so yes we can guarantee that nothing even approaching chernobyl will ever happen with modern reactors.
even so chernobyl still killed fewer people than the German Atomausstieg has through increased air pollution because of additional coal being burnt
welcome to team uranium!
Love people using 3 mile island as an example. 3 mile island is an example of where things WORKED, that the failsafes kicked in so only a miniscule amount of radiation was released, which not only didnt kill anyone, but no one was injured, no adverse health effects were caused, and there was no damage to the surrounding environment. Despite the incident, the other reactor continued to run until 2019!
And again: the point isn’t “do you prefer renewables or nuclear”. The point is “everyone fighting againsy nuclear power has further entrenched coal and oil power and caused a LOT more damage to the environment”
I did the math once and 2/3 of the mercury in the ocean comes from burning coal.
Also lets talk about coal ash accidents.
Coal makes ash. It’s filled with heavy metals that never leave the environment (no half life you can rely on for them to become less toxic).
It’s not stored well, hundreds of millions of tons of coal ash every year are dumped in basically open ponds which is a danger to groundwater.
And then because these pits are made by cheap companies they aren’t made well, and then like the above the dams can collapse and release 1.1 billion gallons of contaminated water and mud that kills 40 people.
But you aren’t gonna hear anti-nuclear people do the math because they love fossil fuels because they’re so safe and healthy.
