>What relevance does Chernobyl have with modern nuclear power plants?
The relevance that Chernobyl was too promoted as safe, like "modern power plants" are.
Plus the relevance that power plant contractors and governments STILL bullshit people all the way to the bank, with friendly experts paid to downplay the dangers.
Just watch the misinformation and lies told by the Japanese officials on the Fukushima distaster in order to cover up their failings.
I trust in science as much as everyone else.
Building a nuclear reactor is not science alone.
It's business (e.g contractors cutting corners whenever they can make money), it's politics, it's marketing, it's trust on certain things not happening (e.g a huge earthquake or a tsunami as in Japan's case, or maybe an attack), it's faith in the human operators and the software used, and tons of other factors.
I'd rather not put faith in all those coinciding happily when the outcome can be potentially lethal.
The relevance that Chernobyl was too promoted as safe, like "modern power plants" are.
Plus the relevance that power plant contractors and governments STILL bullshit people all the way to the bank, with friendly experts paid to downplay the dangers.
Just watch the misinformation and lies told by the Japanese officials on the Fukushima distaster in order to cover up their failings.
I trust in science as much as everyone else.
Building a nuclear reactor is not science alone.
It's business (e.g contractors cutting corners whenever they can make money), it's politics, it's marketing, it's trust on certain things not happening (e.g a huge earthquake or a tsunami as in Japan's case, or maybe an attack), it's faith in the human operators and the software used, and tons of other factors.
I'd rather not put faith in all those coinciding happily when the outcome can be potentially lethal.