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Well the technology has improved for nuclear power but like anything designed by humans there are compromises. The controls, redundancies and safety features are all designed by humans who try to answer the "what if" question. We've come a long way since the "unsinkable" Titanic, where no one asked what if more than x watertight compartments were breached, but there are still things we haven't thought of. In the case of Fukushima I don't know if the "what if" a huge earthquake is followed by a total power outage and a huge tsunami question was thought through. (A slightly bigger issue than what if the seals fail on this IMSB, oil washes all the grease out and then the bearing fails?)
I would love to see more modern nuclear power built, but would like to see these 3 issues addressed-
1. Elimination of the Price Andersen Act which is the only way owners of nuclear power plants can obtain liability insurance.
2.Require the owners of retired nuclear power plants to use their decommissioning funds to fully demolish and remediate the power plant sites.
3. Establish permanent storage facilities for all spent nuclear fuel and contaminated materials, which has never been done since the dawn of the nuclear age.
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