Ten lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima

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http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/15/2216014/ten-lessons-from-chernobyl-and.html

Ten lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima
BY DAVID KRIEGER
pmprojprogressive.org

Here are 10 lessons from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago and the Fukushima disaster this year.

1. Nuclear power is a highly complex, expensive and dangerous way to boil water to create steam to turn turbines.

2. Accidents happen, and the worst-case scenario often turns out to be worse than imagined or planned for.

3. The nuclear industry and its experts cannot plan for every contingency or prevent every disaster.

4. Governments do not effectively regulate the nuclear industry to assure the safety of the public. Regulators of the nuclear industry often come from the nuclear industry itself and tend to be too close to it to regulate it effectively.

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1. when the nuclear industry

Needs to be underwritten for losses due to failure, that is a SUBSIDY! When there are subsidies, that means that it is not economically viable. This is apart from the idea that we could destroy the planet, of course.

How can anyone say that wind and solar are not economically viable and then call for subsidies for nuclear?