• solo@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    The way I see things, the unsafe part is more related to how capitalism works, more than anything else. Capitalism is not a safe system.

    Super-briefly, time and money related to: planning, maintenance, decommissioning, and last but not least, nuclear waste.

    Imo and due to climate emergency, we’d be better putting the money that would go for nuclear towards renewables. Let’s keep in mind that numerous nuclear projects were funded with enormous amounts of money for 10-20 years, to be abandoned before producing any electricity.

    Just a few relevant links:

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      24 hours ago

      The way I see things, the unsafe part is more related to how capitalism works, more than anything else. Capitalism is not a safe system.

      In that regard, the socialist system, at least how it was implemented in Eastern Europe and the USSR, wasn’t any better.

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        23 hours ago

        For socialism in the context of the so-called communist countries, I agree with you.

        For socialism in the context of the nordic model, I am not sure because I am not well informed about how they have handled nuclear power.

        Edit: Regardless of the past, it’s capitalism that has prevailed globally for now, so currently this is what we have to deal with.