re: #393 claire

From your link- it’s interesting- All their reactors have safety standards that are lower than the US has, but all the Chernobyl type reactors have been upgraded to add containment that the article says is generally regarded as sufficient to prevent another Chernobyl-like explosion. Well, that’s good! Reactors in the US have already been tested (3-mile Island) and have proven to stay contained. So that’s good too.

I’m not sure we’re reading the same article:

“Three generations of RBMK reactors are operating in the former Soviet Union: 11 units in Russia, two in Ukraine and two in Lithuania. Despite improvements to the RBMK design since the Chernobyl accident, concerns remain about these reactors, especially the first-generation ones.”

Follows paragraph after paragraph of the deficiencies in first, second and third-generation VVER reactors. Not a pretty picture as far as I’m concerned; others may find it negligible or unimportant. Point is, even under optimum circumstances, nuclear power is a disaster waiting to happen.