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[-] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago

Three Mile Island and Chernobyl really did change things. Prior to those incidents there were plans to build over 50 more nuclear plants in place which got canceled as a result. Currently oil and gas industries will do all they can to keep nuclear from making a come back, but for a long time they didn't have to do shit thanks to those catastrophes.

[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Don't forget Fukushima bring an excellent reminder

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 19 hours ago

They didn't have to but they did anyway.

this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2024
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