Reply #13: "extrapolating Fukushima to all US reactors"... [View All]

[ljm2002]

..."(as suggested in the OP) is insane".

So the OP cites a specialist in risk analysis who thinks that there are long-term radiation risks at Fukushima, not just acute short-term risks, and who says the same is true of reactors here in the US. You call that "extrapolating Fukushima to all US reactors" and say that is "insane".

Nuclear fission is well understood. It operates on the same principles regardless of reactor design. In a worst case scenario, it seems reasonable to point out that there are similar risks, which of course may play out differently depending on the original cause of the incident, how much damage is done, how well the design holds, etc. I'm having a hard time seeing anything "insane" about pointing out that the technology itself has certain intrinsic risks that are the same whether the reactors are in Japan, the US, France, Russia, etc.

If you have an issue with what he is saying that then why not refute the points he makes?