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Three Mile Island was the worst nuclear accident in US history. Was mainly caused by poor design of human feedback systems which caused operational confusion and lead to a catastrophic failure.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think it's fine if Microsoft has their own nuclear power plant as long as every Microsoft corporate officer is required to live downwind of it. ✌🏻

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What?

Coal plants are the ones that produce radioactive smog. Nuclear plants just put off steam. The radioactive material doesn't come into contact with the clean water loop that is used to spin the turbine and generate power unless something is catastrophically wrong.

The dangerous byproduct, spent fuel rods, are stored in pools buried deep, and radioactivity is drastically abetted by the spent rods being submerged in water.

Seriously, you anti nuclear people are like anti vaxxers. It's very minimal reading to learn how this shit works so that you can have valid critique, but no, that's too tough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

And as you called “anti-nuclear people” “anti-vaxxers” I might add that those small nuclear reactors are such a tech bro bullshit.