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Default Further the Brian's "Costing the Earth". (Nuclear power).

On 05/11/16 10:36, Brian Gaff wrote:
However there are also issues with commercial designs and builds due to
compromises to keep costs down that seemed good at the time... ahem. 3 mile
island anyone?

3MI is a classic case in point. No deaths resulted, all the safety
systems worked to limit radiation release to a very small amount, and
lessons were learnt.

And the company had to write off a huge investment.

If it were any industry but nuclear, you would be saying 'well thank
heavens the design stopped a disaster,. which is how it should be, and
the company lost a fortune, because that's also how it should be.




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