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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jun 20

    From Michael Shellenberger (1st of 2): If Nuclear Power Is So Safe, Why Are We So Afraid Of It? via @forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/06/11/if-nuclear-power-is-so-safe-why-are-we-so-afraid-of-it/#659647a66385 …

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      2. James Lester‏ @Impact_Invest0r Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        I’m disappointed you are spending so much time promoting Shellenbergers work. Rather than building coalitions between nuclear and renewable industries, he used his leadership to attack all forms of renewables and the nuclear industry has suffered for it.

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      2. Dr. Dan Cady‏ @DanCady Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        Two words: Fukushima Daiichi; better yet, one word: Chernobyl.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Mason Alexander‏ @MasonDeson Jun 21
        Replying to @DanCady @sapinker @Forbes

        Do you know anything about those incidents aside from the names? It would appear not.

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      4. Dr. Dan Cady‏ @DanCady Jun 21
        Replying to @MasonDeson @sapinker @Forbes

        Suffient to stand by my remark.

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      5. Suzwarto ☕ 🌲 🐕‏ @Suzwarto Sep 14
        Replying to @DanCady @MasonDeson and

        Three words: Three Mile Island

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      6. Mason Alexander‏ @MasonDeson Sep 14
        Replying to @Suzwarto @DanCady and

        Two words: isolated events.

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      7. Suzwarto ☕ 🌲 🐕‏ @Suzwarto Sep 14
        Replying to @MasonDeson @DanCady and

        You can have one isolated event, but more than one makes them not isolated. You can't guarantee that human error and mismanagement won't occur in the future. Some people said the Titanic was unsinkable. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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      8. Mason Alexander‏ @MasonDeson Sep 14
        Replying to @Suzwarto @DanCady and

        These devices aren’t inherently dangerous - your most recent comment makes that clear enough; to assume that the maybe half a dozen meltdowns that led to varying levels of catastrophe and damage are the poster boy for what is to come is silly and naive.

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      9. Suzwarto ☕ 🌲 🐕‏ @Suzwarto Sep 14
        Replying to @MasonDeson @DanCady and

        No, just cautious and smart enough to look for safer, better alternatives.

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      1. Mark Goodwin‏ @MarkWGoodwin Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        Steven Pinkers’s assessment of the current state of renewable energy is not correct. Wind and Solar offer the lowest unsubsidized LCOE of any new build utility scale electricity. The deployment of GW year on year is dramatic and is bringing down carbon emissions for the sector

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      2. Nodentity Music‏ @NodentityMusic Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        The word “Nuclear”

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      3. Daniel Loeb‏ @Danieljloeb Jun 20
        Replying to @NodentityMusic @sapinker @Forbes

        Needs to be rebranded as emission free fission energy.

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      4. Nodentity Music‏ @NodentityMusic Jun 20
        Replying to @Danieljloeb @sapinker @Forbes

        That’s a mouthful but on the plus side it certainly doesn’t conjure up catastrophic images of death and destruction! Haha

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      5. Daniel Loeb‏ @Danieljloeb Jun 20
        Replying to @NodentityMusic @sapinker @Forbes

        Yeah, just fission energy instead of nuclear energy would be good.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Ben‏ @LoveScienceFun Jun 20
        Replying to @Danieljloeb @NodentityMusic and

        Freedom Energy!

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      1. Slee‏ @sleethestak Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        People suck at evaluating risk. Same reason people are afraid of flying yet willingly get into cars...

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      1. Pep Linden‏ @Pep_Linden Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        Some of us don't. Chernobyl gave Welsh lamb a really nice tang for several years afterwards.

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      1. Marc‏ @Roguegoyim Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        Because the next Carrington event would render them all hazardous radioactive waste zones? That’s what worries me. You?No?

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      1. Louis Boliou‏ @LCBoliou Jun 20
        Replying to @sapinker @Forbes

        Also, I call the PVNGS dry cask storage material as future fuel, not nuclear waste. Anyone interested in thorium reactors? I worked on startup of the FFTF (Fast Flux Test Facility), a sodium cooled test reactor (didn't "breed," but had "bomb grade" reactor core). Can we get busy?

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