Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.
  • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
    51·
    2 days ago

    Don’t forget about three mile island. I think much spin on the Chernobyl situation can be attributed to the embarrassment of the self failure

    • Wilzax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      94·
      2 days ago

      Threee mile island was only a partial meltdown, and very little fission product was ever released to the environment. Nowhere near as blatant and drastic of a failure as what happened in Chernobyl.

      • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        True, however it was embarrassing to the atomic lobby. It was very similar in his a little lack of oversight caused a huge crisis.

        The scale of the repercussions was very different, yes and that was emphasized to put the three mile incident in a better light.