Dangerousness of nuclear power?

[Janic]

the nuclear is absolutely not dangerous: the proof, there is no power station within 150 km from Paris ....... LOL

exactly! when the island Seguin was freed, it was the ideal place to build an atomic power station with all the possible advantages: water from the Seine galore, easy transport, no need for a strong electrical network since directly from producer to consumer, etc ... but too close to the policies which would have been the first victims of incidents and accidents. Not crazy guys!

[PVresistif]

Hello
in these somewhat scorching times, ask yourself the question of the water consumption of a nuclear power plant! it's just colossal and especially in summer when the rivers are at their lowest
When you turn on your air conditioning, you dry up a river.
Within 50 years, I think that most nuclear power plants will have to be shut down during the summer ..........
See you in 2070.
Hello

[ENERC]

It is not so much the availability of water (some plants are by the sea).
In these hot weather, I just hope that there is no such incident as the transformer that overheats and catches fire, the electronics in an air-conditioned area that fires lead, etc ...
Today and tomorrow, most power plants will experience their hottest day since their construction.

[GuyGadebois]

Regarding thyroid cancer, a little graphic, for skeptics.

[izentrop]

It's better to give the explanations that go with it https://www.irsn.fr/FR/connaissances/In ... TmrKOgzaCg

Assessment for the evacuated population and the inhabitants of the contaminated areas

The major effect in these populations has been a significant increase in the frequency of thyroid cancer in the most contaminated areas of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. The increase was observed in the 4 to 5 years following the accident, particularly in individuals who were then children.

Between 1991 and 2005, 6 cases of thyroid cancer were diagnosed in children aged under 848 at the time of the accident in Belarus, Ukraine Russia, in particular in those aged under 18 following consumption of milk contaminated with iodine 4.

Today, an increase in thyroid cancer (see diagram below) is still observed in individuals who were children in 1986, and who have now become adults. Conversely, in individuals born after 1986, the frequency of thyroid cancer is little changed compared to that which existed at the time of the accident. These results confirm the major role of the incorporation of short-lived radioactive iodines at the time of the accident in the explanation of the increase in the frequency of thyroid cancer.

[GuyGadebois]

It's better to give the explanations that go with it

It's even better to understand them, the big victims of these cancers are children exposed to radiation in 1986. The curves speak for themselves.