Showing posts with label nuclear power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear power. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

How do you like those odds?

There are 440 commercial nuclear reactors in the world. There have been major nuclear accidents at 5 of them: Three (so far) at Fukushima, one each at Chernobyl and Three mile Island. There have major accidents at 1 in 90 commercial nuclear reactors.

For something as dangerous as a nuclear accident, are those odds acceptable?

What odds would you feel comfortable with, 1 in 1000, one in a million? Do you suppose big business admitted the odds are 1 in 90 that a major contamination would occur?

My hopes and prayers go out to those touched by this disaster.