:doom

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      it also wasn't in the actual nuclear plant, but in an adjacent training facility.

  • SickleRick [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I was watching it on stream. Looks like the fire is in the 'office building' part, not the power plant part. So, only 99% doom.

  • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    All is well, folks. No fire at the reactors. Even if those two rockets hit the reactors, the containment building would easily hold. This is assuming that the fighting has stopped....

  • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    When folks ask me why I'm opposed to building nuclear when it seems like such an easy way out of carbon dependency, this is why. All it takes is one conflict to threaten a meltdown.

    • akakak [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      What difference would new plants make? There already plenty of potential nuclear accidents to contaminate several countries in the event of a war.

      Nuclear is still better an option than degrowth or industrializing entire planet with dilute renewables.

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Nuclear is still better an option than degrowth

        in the global south, maybe, but in the global north, degrowth has been the best option since the 70s.

    • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It was in a training facility. Please explain to me how a nuclear disaster is worse than climate change, because that is our alternative.

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        That assumes that increasing energy production does anything to prevent climate change. Countries aren't transitioning to nuclear, they're expanding into nuclear. Increased production drives increased consumption, just look at how the green revolution has increased world hunger. Climate change is a social issue and must have a primarily social solution.

        The solution now is the same as it's ever been: Degrowth in the global north

    • skyhighfly [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      OK then, what do you propose? Closing all the nuclear reactors so that you can become fully reliant on Russian fossil fuels for energy?

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Transition that begins with lowering the west's energy consumption, focusing on closing carbon plants while placing a moratorium on building new dams and nuclear. Stop the Gate-wroldbank-ford-rockafellar funded biotechnology transition that's driving rising birthrates, replace car infrastructure, stop manufacturing treats, etc.