In principle nuclear looks good, the problem i have with nuclear is people. People in power are usually ignorant of scientific and engineering matters and they always want to make more money. That is a recipe for disaster. The disposal of the waste is also a problem as the government has to get involved with planning permissions and no government wants to upset voters so the can is kicked down the road.
On this We FULLY agree.
Nuke should be banned the world over. May as well give kids a can of petrol and a box of matches to go play with in their bedrooms.
The minute you bring up accidents with the pro nuke crowd the first defense is " Oh but with the new reactors they can't have the problems the old ones did".
Great, but did you shut down all the old reactors that you know DO have a design Flaw? No. What happens is they do a few bandaid patchups that still leave the throbbing wound underneath and license the things for another 20 years beyond their design life.
People go on about the emissions of coal and oil yet these things generate the most powerful, lethal, long lasting poisons known to man and everything on the planet that there is NO solution for Disposal and they have the Audacity to call the things clean!
Even the flawed Tech in the things is not the greatest worry. The biggest danger is in the morons operating the things, Humans.
All the accidents so far both known and not so well known were caused by Human error. Cost and corner cutting, failure to adhere to maintence schedules and procedures, wanting to make thing look better than they really were or impress higher ups or just plain ignorance in people thinking they knew better than what they did. OF course so many of the things are known and recognised just to have been constructed in completely unsuitable locations that might make them cheaper to operate but are Highly Vulnerable to seismic activity, Flooding and other acts of nature that cannot be defended against.
And then after all this " Clean" power you have unimaginably dangerous Shit going out the back door or worst still. be stockpiled and no one knows WTF they are going to do to get rid of it. OH yeah, the other great nuke Story, In future these other Reactors that have been talked about for 30 years but still haven't been built will only produce rainbows and sunshine out the back end and all the unimaginably dangerous crap thats in leaking drums now and was dropped in the ocean will also be processed into more fresh air and clean water.
Yeah, my arse.
Coal, unreliables, oil or Burning puppies is better than the moronic risk of any type of Nuke generation.
NOTHING has the potential to wipe out and change life on earth as we know it than each and every Reactor out there.
That alone makes them the most idiotic choice for power generation that could ever be conceived.