• pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    8 months ago

    That’s a “workplace accident” I’m talking about something affecting the surrounding community and the environment. Also, AFAIK humans shouldn’t be in the reactor chamber when it’s active regardless of the protection, especially when the reactor has a possibility to go critical at the drop of a hat. That’s just flat out dumb and was probably the result of poor management and decision making. There’s a reason that they’re operated remotely, you know.

    Of course bad shit happens on the job/internally, but that really has no adverse effects on anyone else, which is what most people care about.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      Yeah a workplace accident that irradiated the chamber, irradiated and impaled a guy to the ceiling and released radiation. Yeah the reason people aren’t intended to be inside anymore is because of sl1, every safety feature is written in blood, nuclear is no different.

      You don’t need to hedge, even including every accident in the history of earth three nuclear safety record is orders of magnitude better than any other means of power generation that’s gained mass acceptance.