• Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Coal doesn't have a nuclear meltdown when it doesn't get enough water during the summer though.

    I know everyone here saw what happened to european rivers last year, and I know everyone here knows it only gets worse from here on out. Using rivers to cool a nuclear powerplant in the declining climate we have is a nuclear disaster waiting to happen.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      ?? you think scientists arent planning around climate change? they are acutely aware of it. most facilities have pumps

      shit ive even read about a guy getting sucked into one while diving near germany, he ignored the signs and waltzed right up to the pipe. terrifying experience for sure but he came out of it fine. was thrown out into some water treatment plant with a bunch of confused workers around him

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        It's not scientists I'm worried about, if they had listened to scientists Fukushima wouldn't have happened. There is no guarantee that the scientists are actually listened to on matters of safety vs cost.

    • dat_math [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      So use post-primary-treated water? It doesn't need to be potable or even clean enough for plants to carry energy from a reactor to turbines

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Comparing the operation of coal to the devastation a single nuclear plant failure could cause to the entirety of Europe is silly.