Elelctric cars are boring right??

Hersbird said
I worked for 11 years in the nuclear power industry in the Navy. Modern nuclear power is very safe, and the waste is nothing compared to other industrial waste. You can run a reactor for 20 years and then store all the waste generated in a swimming pool on site. The Japan reactor was a very old design, as was Chernobyl. It's like comparing the technology in a model T to Cummins Ram. Imagine if we were actually pursuing new reactors over the last 30 years how much better they would be by now.

honestly, my only issue with nuclear power is that there needs to be more forethought as to where they are placed.

Sure the japan reactor was very old, but would this have even happened if japan didnt have reactors in an earthquake prone area?(if there even is place in japan that isnt prone to quakes)

Chernobyl is kind of moot in either direction given that those instance was an act of human error