“Really, the worst part of the disaster in Japan, as far as the industry goes, is that it’s going to make it that much harder to convince the public that nuclear power can be safe, clean, and efficient. To put it in perspective, in 2008 Next Big Future calculated how many people are killed per terawatt-hour of electricity generated. On average, there are 161 fatalities related to energy generation from coal for each one of those terawatt-hours, which comprise a quarter of the energy we use on Earth. 36 people die per TWh of oil energy, which is 40% of our energy use. Nuclear power has a deaths per TWh rate of only 0.04 while producing 6% of our energy, which makes it about ten times safer than solar power once you take into account how many people fall off roofs while installing it, and twice as safe as hydro power.”
How to make a nuclear reactor that can’t have a meltdown | DVICE (via mikehudack / rafer)

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    Yeah, good luck asking everyone to turn back the clock. LET’S DEVELOP SOME FUCKIN’ BETTER SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR NUKES
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    You’re right alternative energy alone is out of the question. We need alternative energy combined with conservation on a...
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