The Facts About Nuclear Reactors: Churnobyl was an Exception

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The discussion clarifies that the Chernobyl disaster is not representative of typical nuclear reactors, emphasizing that modern reactors are designed to prevent catastrophic failures. It asserts that nuclear reactors cannot explode like a nuclear bomb and that any potential meltdown would be contained due to rapid cooling mechanisms. Furthermore, the long-term health effects of Chernobyl are deemed negligible compared to the health impacts of coal energy production.

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1) Churnobyl was NOT even close to what a typical nuclear reactor is like.
2)Reactors never go Nuclear Bomb, it is impossible
3)all reactors in service today would never melt down to the point of getting to the ground water, or even the ground because the reaction stops almost imediatly and the materials around the reactor core cool it to a low enough temp, very quickly.
 
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1) Churnobyl was NOT even close to what a typical nuclear reactor is like.
In addition, even the crackpots can't show evidence for meaningful long term health effects of Chernobyl. In short, bad as Chernobyl was, it only killed a few dozen people - ie, nothing compared to coal.
 

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