Nuclear power stations

[bunn]

Have I missed something? Has there been some change in the technology that means that putting new nuclear power stations on a small crowded island that is a target for suicide bombers is a good idea?

Why is it better to make radioactive waste than carbon dioxide?

I thought the whole idea had been more or less written off after Chernobyl.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

The bombers are an afterthought really (though I do wonder what would happen if someone flew a few planes into one).

'Pay attention' is not good enough for me. People are stupid, lazy and forgetful and I don't trust most of them to sell me a car, let alone run a thing that could go bang so spectacularly.

*Have* there been any changes to the technology that make it safer? It wasn't intended as a rhetorical question: I don't know the answer to it.