[ExI] Fukushima now officially an emergency

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 08:58:39AM -0700, spike wrote:

> The 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown killed the future of the nuclear power
> industry.  For the foreseeable, the investment capital community will not

This is not true. If you look at historical data, nuclear power was dying
slowly in the vine.

The reason is simple: economics. New nuclear is not viable.
Fukushima didn't change a iota about that.

> touch it.  I would be surprised if we see any new nuke plants built in the
> next two decades.  Casualties or otherwise, this technology was killed dead
> 2011.  Tragic it is: there are ways to make a nuke plant safe, and put them
> way the hell out where even an accident wouldn't mess up a lot of developed
> land.
> 
> My prediction is that we will see no investor interest even in that for a
> long time.