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Originally Posted by jeff65
Questions of the risk / reward balance of nuclear power generation in ideal situations aside, something I'd like to see discussed is whether a corporation is the best risk manager for nuclear power generation.
If trusting the profit motive of an entity with limited liability is the best we can come up with, I say there is no way that it is worth the risk!
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I agree with you totally here. The whole socioeconomic system is at fault here. Given what can happen, I wouldn't trust any corporation to handle a system such as nuclear energy. It's well and dandy whilst everything is going fine, but then you see the true nature of the beast rear its head when something goes wrong. It's the same with the governments. Take the credit for the good bits, but pass the buck, lie and obfuscate when things go pear shaped. However, all organisations are like that. Whether they're government, business, NGO's, env' groups etc. Power attracts the wrong type of people and everyone else allows them to gain that privileged position. That's where the problems start.