> The risk is to property directly, and not so much to human life.
Exactly, both large swaths of land contaminated by low-grade radioactive material as well as the loss of the failed reactor/plant. Considering the high capital costs involved, any premature failure of a nuclear plant is devastating economically.
The original assumption was that failures would be extremely rare but the health costs associated with failures would be enormous; the opposite proved to be true.
Fiscal conservatives should be up in arms; not greens nor tech-utopians.
Exactly, both large swaths of land contaminated by low-grade radioactive material as well as the loss of the failed reactor/plant. Considering the high capital costs involved, any premature failure of a nuclear plant is devastating economically.
The original assumption was that failures would be extremely rare but the health costs associated with failures would be enormous; the opposite proved to be true.
Fiscal conservatives should be up in arms; not greens nor tech-utopians.