Three Mile Island was the worst nuclear accident in US history. Was mainly caused by poor design of human feedback systems which caused operational confusion and lead to a catastrophic failure.
Three Mile Island was the worst nuclear accident in US history. Was mainly caused by poor design of human feedback systems which caused operational confusion and lead to a catastrophic failure.
There has been a lot of ridiculous back and forth here, but this particular question seems worth answering, to me.
I remember watching some of the documentaries back when Three Mile Island was going on and if I recall the half-life of the radioactive waste was like 10,000 years. So, yeah, the cost for the handling of the waste seems relevant to the conversation.
Edit: I misremembered it, the waste in question was Plutonium-239 and the half-life was 24,000 years, not 10,000. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_radioactive_waste_management
Nah, as pointed out by the other commenter here I am just a bigot against nuclear. Thinking a power source isn’t the best option right now is equivalent to being a hateful person, you see.