For a technological advance example, TRIGA nuclear plants *cannot* melt down. Can't. Go ahead and pull out all of the control rods... the fuel itself dampens the neutrons and the reactor shuts down.
For a non-technological development, you'd think we'd want to reduce our reliance on a, shall we say, less-than-stable-region.
One would think that the altered political and technological realities of our world would lead to a resurgence in non-fossil power (similar to the 70s when rising oil prices made all of those hippie Californians put solar water heaters on their roofs). I guess we'll have to wait a generation or so for the memories of Three Mile Island to fade.
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Also, a talk on the same topic by the same guy.
For a technological advance example, TRIGA nuclear plants *cannot* melt down. Can't. Go ahead and pull out all of the control rods... the fuel itself dampens the neutrons and the reactor shuts down.
For a non-technological development, you'd think we'd want to reduce our reliance on a, shall we say, less-than-stable-region.
One would think that the altered political and technological realities of our world would lead to a resurgence in non-fossil power (similar to the 70s when rising oil prices made all of those hippie Californians put solar water heaters on their roofs). I guess we'll have to wait a generation or so for the memories of Three Mile Island to fade.