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nick1812216 t1_iudouoc wrote

Reply to comment by tarrach in Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plant by Vegeta9001

Wow, really? Omg you just blew my mind stranger. I always assumed just france or germany or japan individually would have way more than is. I thought 3-mile island pretty much ended the US civilian nuclear industry

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Korith_Eaglecry t1_iudv6if wrote

3 mile island is an overblown disaster that hasn't had any observable impacts. It was mostly the media doing what the media has always done. Make a mountain out of a mole hill.

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nick1812216 t1_iudw4e3 wrote

That’s kind of what i thought too, but i watched that 3-mile island documentary on netflix and it changed my view of the accident. I’m pro nuclear but 3-mile island imho was a disaster and highlighted engineering/operational incompetence in the American nuclear industry and the regulatory body and private operator really botched the PR. I think if they’d been more honest with the public about the gravity of the incident there would be more public trust in nuclear and maybe the industry would have weathered the crisis better.

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corytheidiot t1_iue5sg3 wrote

Haven't see the Netflix one, but I enjoyed this YouTube video. I'm case anyone is looking for some content.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cL9PsCLJpAA

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nick1812216 t1_iue5z9l wrote

Thanks! I’ll check it out

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ShopObjective t1_iufr5hr wrote

So 1 accident in 1979 and suddenly the US is incapable of managing nuclear reactors? (which we invented)

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