David Lochbaum
David Lochbaum
David A. Lochbaum is the Director of the Nuclear Safety Project for the Union of Concerned Scientists. A nuclear engineer by training, he worked in nuclear power plants for nearly two decades. Lochbaum has written numerous articles and reports on various aspects of nuclear safety and published two books...
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Nuclear power can never be made inherently safe. There is always a danger. But there's also always a danger with any form of electricity generation. The goal is to have that risk managed to an acceptably low level.
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The authors didn't tie this increase to the plants, nor do we. Our concern is with the uncertainty of what's happening where; this kind of stuff can't be taken off the table.
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Even if you go with the cheapest thing ? which is a concrete pad ? that is a better solution than filled pools, by leaps and bounds.