Monday, March 14, 2011

How many more?

Human exploitation of nuclear energy is barely even 70 years old.

If all workers do in fact leave the plant, the nuclear fuel in all three reactors is likely to melt down, which would lead to wholesale releases of radioactive material — by far the largest accident of its kind since the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago.


Are we to expect a major release of radioactivity every 30 years or so from now on? How much damage can we do?

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