Show: Chernobyl only killed 56 people (plus about 4000 indirectly through cancer and other side effects) and it was about as bad of a failure mode as is possible for a nuclear plant. Sure it was terrible, but imagine if the three gorges dam in China collapsed, we'd be looking at hundreds of thousands of deaths, dwarfing Chernobyl. Or closer to home, what if Hoover dam burst? Would we then abandon hydroelectric power?
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Danny @ Aug 1st 2007 7:01PM
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Chernobyl only killed 56 people (plus about 4000 indirectly through cancer and other side effects) and it was about as bad of a failure mode as is possible for a nuclear plant. Sure it was terrible, but imagine if the three gorges dam in China collapsed, we'd be looking at hundreds of thousands of deaths, dwarfing Chernobyl. Or closer to home, what if Hoover dam burst? Would we then abandon hydroelectric power?