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>I just don't trust governments or corporations to maintain, inspect, manage and operate nuclear power plants at scale.

The US Navy has 300+ reactors and has been operating them for decades without incident.



Oh really? [1]

The most serious incident is probably the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island. While it wasn't as serious as Chernobyl or Fukushima, "without incident" seems at best a stretch.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor_accidents_in_t...


I think parent was referencing the nuke ships in the US Navy fleet, which have been without any known incident. I have no idea, however, if their production is comparable. OTOH, it seems harder to keep a mobile plant operating safely versus a stationary one.


That’s not run by the US Navy.




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