I am a proponent of an energy strategy that involves nuclear power, but I will say that there is a very real danger in America and many other countries that expansion of nuclear power systems can easily lead to “hiring party yes men..” to build them.
If you are on the right or left you have plenty of recent examples to point across the party lines at shoddy construction and “sweet heart deals” handed to cronies or family members. The left might quote shoddy walls paid for at many tiles their worth, the right might point at Joe Biden and a certain phone call…
Whatever. Regardless of wether those examples hold truth (to you) or not- you have them.
Nuclear accidents are SUPER rare- with nuclear reactors running all over the globe without incident ever, and a rare less than handful of notable incidents. When those incidents happen though- they are often BAD.
The sort of BAD you and your neighbors and possibly the continent or globe pay for potentially for thousands or more years. Nuclear waste is also a major issue with our best bet so far mostly being: “bury it in a hole and hope for no problems even though our storage methods probably won’t last as long as this waste…” so we don’t want to go building nuclear plants Willy nilly or replacing all our fossil fuel dependency with them.
If you are on the right or left you have plenty of recent examples to point across the party lines at shoddy construction and “sweet heart deals” handed to cronies or family members. The left might quote shoddy walls paid for at many tiles their worth, the right might point at Joe Biden and a certain phone call…
Whatever. Regardless of wether those examples hold truth (to you) or not- you have them.
Nuclear accidents are SUPER rare- with nuclear reactors running all over the globe without incident ever, and a rare less than handful of notable incidents. When those incidents happen though- they are often BAD.