• General_Effort@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Look at the UK, we built the first full-scale commercial nuclear power plant

    You know that was just a cover for making bombs, right? You have to look up the Windscale fire some time. It’s a hilarious story. There are some great documentaries on youtube. It might help you appreciate having French or Chinese in charge, too.

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      8 months ago

      I didn’t know about the Windscale fire or cover up. Although the production of plutonium is mentioned in the Wikipedia article I linked.

      The primary purpose of both plants was to produce weapons-grade plutonium for the UK’s nuclear weapons programme, but they also generated electrical power for the National Grid.

      I don’t feel any safer with the French doing it as they have also had accidents. (Understandable with new technology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France

      As for China, would we even know if they’d had accidents …

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        8 months ago

        would we even know if they’d had accidents

        Actually yes, because radioactive leaks are very detectable.

        I was just teasing, of course. IDK if the other players were luckier or saner. The Windscale piles were definitely quite insane, though.