Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoNuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down132cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-linkNuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.www.nytimes.comSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square122fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoDon’t forget about three mile island. I think much spin on the Chernobyl situation can be attributed to the embarrassment of the self failure
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·3 days agoThreee mile island was only a partial meltdown, and very little fission product was ever released to the environment. Nowhere near as blatant and drastic of a failure as what happened in Chernobyl.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoTrue, however it was embarrassing to the atomic lobby. It was very similar in his a little lack of oversight caused a huge crisis. The scale of the repercussions was very different, yes and that was emphasized to put the three mile incident in a better light.
Don’t forget about three mile island. I think much spin on the Chernobyl situation can be attributed to the embarrassment of the self failure
Threee mile island was only a partial meltdown, and very little fission product was ever released to the environment. Nowhere near as blatant and drastic of a failure as what happened in Chernobyl.
True, however it was embarrassing to the atomic lobby. It was very similar in his a little lack of oversight caused a huge crisis.
The scale of the repercussions was very different, yes and that was emphasized to put the three mile incident in a better light.