These nuclear plants are more dangerous than people realize.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.
We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not infinitely dangerous. It's just dangerous, much as coal mines, petrol repositories, fossil-fuel burning and wind turbines are dangerous.
It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy is extraordinarily dangerous.
While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.
Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
Nuclear accidents anywhere can affect people everywhere.
When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.
Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.
I've always thought of nuclear as something that's good for the environment. I worry about my polar bears.
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