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wasteofo2
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Hello all,
Im no expert on the subject, but it has always seemed to me that for nuclear power to be safe, they should simply set up power plants far away from human populations.
This seems very simplistic, so I am just curious to know what problems there are with this idea.
Say for instance, there were a law that any nuclear power plant had to be set up X miles from any human population, in an area that doesn´t have strong winds that would blow radiation towards humans and with water supplies that don´t lead to cities etc.
The biggest problem, I´d assume, is finding a river or water source that isn´t utilized downstream by humans.
Obviously setting up something 50, 100 miles from human population would be hard for workers to get to, but a long commute isn´t the worst thing possible.
Bassically, what problems exist with simply setting up nuclear power plants FAR away from people?
Im no expert on the subject, but it has always seemed to me that for nuclear power to be safe, they should simply set up power plants far away from human populations.
This seems very simplistic, so I am just curious to know what problems there are with this idea.
Say for instance, there were a law that any nuclear power plant had to be set up X miles from any human population, in an area that doesn´t have strong winds that would blow radiation towards humans and with water supplies that don´t lead to cities etc.
The biggest problem, I´d assume, is finding a river or water source that isn´t utilized downstream by humans.
Obviously setting up something 50, 100 miles from human population would be hard for workers to get to, but a long commute isn´t the worst thing possible.
Bassically, what problems exist with simply setting up nuclear power plants FAR away from people?