Hector Martin

MY NUCLEAR TAKE: Nuclear power is massively preferable to, and the best chance for reducing use of, fossil fuels; however, fuel reprocessing is necessary, and businesses *will* cut safety corners unless highly regulated. Perhaps for-profit nuclear providers should not be allowed

I admit the disaster at Fukushima leads me to doubt my position on this subject

Fukushima happened *because* the world collectively crapped its pants about nuclear energy after Chernobyl, and instead of innovating and regulating we just kept old designs alive with endless permit extensions. Meanwhile, even then, nuclear is still the safest energy tech per W

Safer than solar, even? Maybe it's just that it's not my field, but it's hard for me to imagine safety issues with solar beyond things like "falling off a roof during installation".

Awesome. Thanks for the data!

The article with more details is worth a read too: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/ … TL;DR China's lack of regulation skews global averages of some categories a lot, but no matter how you look at it nuclear still wins. Coal deaths in the US = three 9/11s *every year*. Think about that.