2024-05-07
This is a follow-on from our recent article How Dangerous Is Nuclear? which was about the dangers of normal operation of nuclear plants.
This article examines the dangers from accidents and disasters associated with nuclear power plants.
Missing is any real discussion of small modular reactors whose use has hitherto been mostly confined to military purposes, which are not exactly subject to in-depth reporting when things go wrong.
Whilst in-depth reporting on any major event (nuclear or not) often seems to be coloured by vested interests which might prefer their own failings to remain hidden, some might think that this article may be based upon an unreliable dataset. However, we are where we are, and maybe there is a useful case to be made.
