3 mi Island and Chernobyl catastrophies were also results of buffoons operating the plant. Is nuclear energy going to die because humans are too greedy, lazy, and stupid?
The biggest human error would be building a plant on a major fault line. But if you look at the insanely high cost of building a nuclear power plant, the difficulty of managing it (as you see in the news now every night), plus the costs of dealing with nuclear waste that will be toxic for thousands of years, it is clear that nuclear power is ridiculous. The only thing going for it is that it produces near zero greenhouse gases. Solar, wind, geothermal and conservation are far better in every respect.
Trust physicists!!! Nuclear Plants will go on. I am determined about it. I suggest you sending Email or making phone calls to SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine, it's an outstanding popular science magazine. Contact SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: 75 Varick Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10013-1917 (212) 451-8200 Outside the US: +1 (212) 4518200 Customer Service: (800) 333-1199
Yes. All failures are human. In any case, who could predict a 9.0 earth quake! Peace.
