Well it isn't too safe for the environment, as you mentioned. For us, only really high amounts are bad.

>There were good things - like, they cleaned so damn well, no matter how janky your dishwasher was.

Thanks for clarifying :).

Yeah I'm old enough to remember a world were we could do a lot of unsafe things without all the safety notices etc. Sure, folks would occasionally get burned, bruised, crushed, etc, but there was a naive feeling of freedom we've lost a little since.

I don't miss too much phosphates in my groundwater.

>The real big problem is creating durable organizational culture that can last for the decades the plant is operational.

More than anything, this is what worries me. It's not just operating the plants, it's the whole chain, including waste management. Can we trust that our safety culture will still be intact in 50 years from now? What about 100 years?

We can be optimistic and hope so, but there's just no guarantee.

That's a pretty bold bet with hazardous material dumped in various locations that can be dangerous for hundreds of years or even longer (and not just nuclear waste, btw).