tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post3453645724427876153..comments2024-07-31T14:14:32.925+01:00septicislehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-27336333733651487232013-10-25T13:29:03.862+01:002013-10-25T13:29:03.862+01:00All this is true, but I just don&#39;t see any other way we can keep the lights on and tackle climate change without involving nuclear. Even if we went ahead with the Severn barrage say, then the subsidy level for doing so is well above that of nuclear. We keep hearing about clean capture and storage, and yet it doesn&#39;t seem to be happening. Unless we drastically reduce usage across the board, there really aren&#39;t any easy options.septicislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-19052363364517014432013-10-25T12:45:24.821+01:002013-10-25T12:45:24.821+01:00Previous nuclear disasters were caused by human mistakes. Fine, that won&#39;t happen again. The new reactors will be run by ... dolphins, maybe, or Daleks?<br />Human beings make mistakes, have problems with legal or illegal drugs, and even more significantly, have an ineradicable propensity to cover up their screw-ups. The history of nuclear power in Britain is the history of denials and cover-ups. <br />I would place a large bet that even now we don&#39;t know all there is to know about past leaks and problems, even in Britain let alone other countries. At Fukushima the truth is still trickling out. <br />We can usually live with that aspect of human nature, but nuclear power is different. That&#39;s proved by the fact that no insurance company or conglomerate will underwrite the full risks - it has to be done by the state.<br />Once we can invent systems that will persuade people to admit to their mistakes even though it could well ruin their careers and reputations, then large scale nuclear power could be a good idea. Maybe that&#39;s not impossible. But if it is possible it will take all our human ingenuity to achieve, and no-one seems to be making it a priority at the moment.Todehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882555376625132828noreply@blogger.com