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# Right on, brother.
Your point about Chernobyl all depends on the time-frame you're working on. The plant itself, if only running reactors 1 and 2 was in operation until 2000 with workers receiving ~5R a year radiation, which was deemed acceptable. Still, the issue with Chernobyl, as I'll no doubt state over and over was not a flaw in nuclear fission.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:29, archived)
# Further to my point down below
I'm not claiming there's a problem with the concept of retrieving power from fission, I'm just saying that human error will always be with us and I'd rather those humans weren't in charge of fission reactors
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:32, archived)
# That's fair.
Personally, my main gripe is the erroneous garbage people seem to assume about Chernobyl. I get all tetchy and sulky!
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:36, archived)
# Nah I can see the bigger picture
I appreciate the necessity of nuclear power, I just wish there was some way to guarantee that no-one fucks it up

Kind of like oil I suppose :/
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:38, archived)
# There are plenty of safety systems concerned with the safe running of a nuclear power station.
For reasons I wont explain, they were all turned off during a scheduled test at the Chernobyl plant. Human error has been brought into account with these things, human stupidity on the other hand, not so much.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:42, archived)
# Speaking as someone who works with radiation,
the amount of regulation and legislation is incredible. You'd have to work pretty hard to do something seriously wrong. Although I'm in medical radiation, not nuclear power. We can only kill a few people at a time if we fuck up.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:39, archived)
# regulations and safety of production have come on a fair way since 1979 and 1986
it's not as if Homer Simpsonski knocked his coffee over the control panel in Chernobyl and caused the meltdown. There were several safety and maintenance issues leading up to the disaster due to widescale human error. As a result, correctly, nuclear power is subject to the most stringent safety regulations, regulations which, if adhered to by producers of any other types of energy, would completely ruin them in a short period of time.

Anyway, hometime. cheerio

(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:40, archived)
# yep
but it makes for a scarier story.

HUMANS COCK IT UP, CAUSE MELTDOWN

or

OMFG NUCLEAR POWER DEFINITELY WILL GIVE EVERYONE CANCER AND KILL YOUR UNBORN CHILDREN
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:34, archived)
# HOLY SHIT I'M PANICKING.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:37, archived)
# ^This
(Haigwan Buckets of cream, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:43, archived)