Small Town Divided: Should We Build A Nuclear Reactor?

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9 күн бұрын

Victoria's Latrobe Valley is one of the opposition's proposed locations for a nuclear reactor, and while some locals would welcome the investment in the region, others say they would leave if it went ahead.
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@awc900 8 күн бұрын

I grew up about 8km from one. Nothing to worry about and in fact less radiation than you get from a coal fired plant. Nobody's going to put spent fuel rods in your backyard.

@arclux 8 күн бұрын

I'm fine with it.

@robertdwyer1784 8 күн бұрын

bring it on.

@mitchregal 7 күн бұрын

I must say it’s rather hilarious when people say we don’t need more “dirty energy” if people did there homework on modern nuclear technology they would realise how clean it is, and how far safety has come

@user-gy4gf5cx9b 7 күн бұрын

We live near one in the Sutherland Shire without it you would not have the medication to fight Cancer and it has been there over 60 years and they are everywhere overseas 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@_Sammy_J 7 күн бұрын

Renewables don't store energy at all. I hope people realize this. Because the people I see insisting on using renewables are also people that have no idea how they generate power.

@riordan39 6 күн бұрын

I think they should build heaps more wind generators in Canberra. There is lots unstoppable hot wind there. Problem solved.

@kingdomgirl4life 8 күн бұрын

4:21 Fukushima all I have to say Fukushima

@mariahewitt9787 8 күн бұрын

Chernobyl...still radioactive..

@awc900 8 күн бұрын

@@mariahewitt9787 Name just 10 of the hundreds of safe nuclear power plants that have been operating for decades?

@steverogers9507 7 күн бұрын

@@awc900 Google has it listed . Educate yourself.

@awc900 7 күн бұрын

@@steverogers9507 You educate yourself. Go read Wikipedia. Some power plant workers were injured but no adverse health effects among non-worker Fukushima residents have been documented that are directly attributable to radiation exposure from the accident, according to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.[

@filipporiva1864 7 күн бұрын

fourth biggest earthquake ever recorded, yet 0 deaths due to radiation.....

@Chrisplumbgas 7 күн бұрын

Albo is finished, it’s gonna happen.

@gabrielleshaw4865 8 күн бұрын

Im from the valley. Arent We're on a fault line. How exactly would that work?

@gabrielleshaw4865 8 күн бұрын

Oh right, that was addressed

@kreagle 8 күн бұрын

Where’s the closest body of water to La Trobe nuclear plant? How do you cool the reactor when a meltdown occurs?

@awc900 8 күн бұрын

If it's an SMR, it can't happen as the fuel rods drop down. Anyway the Three Mile Island incident exposed people to less radiation than you would pick up flying from Melbourne to Brisbane.

@filipporiva1864 7 күн бұрын

what are you talking about? cooling in a NPP is used in the condenser/cooling tower to make power, its main purpose is produce electricity not melting down

@kreagle 7 күн бұрын

The majority of nuclear reactors are built next to large bodies of water. This is primarily due to the need for substantial amounts of cooling water to dissipate the heat generated during the nuclear fission process. Water from nearby lakes, rivers, or oceans is used in the cooling systems of these reactors. it is generally estimated that around 75-85% of nuclear reactors worldwide are situated near large bodies of water. This proximity helps ensure a reliable supply of cooling water, which is crucial for both the operation and safety of nuclear power plants. Fukushima reactor now has a twenty kilometre no go zone around it and flushed discarded toxic water into the ocean after its disaster. It’s not a matter if a disaster occurs. It’s when.

@filipporiva1864 7 күн бұрын

@@kreagle it’s not a matter of if you die in a car crash, it’s a matter of when. It’s not a matter of if your gas stove explodes, it’s a metter of when. It’s not a matter if you inhale the safe fumes of coal power plant in Australia and get cancer, it’s a matter of when. You’re an hypochondriac and a hypocritical one at that, you’re Australian I assume right? You guys use coal which is thousands of times more deadly than nuclear and even accounting accidents nuclear is the safest source of electricity in history. Also the water is not toxic, it’s less radioactive than the ocean they’re discharging it into, but keep on breathing coal fumes, those sure are safe and it’s not as if CO2 is known for acidifying ocean. If you care about safety and accident you choose the safest source, if you care about the environment you choose the least polluting one.

@alancotterell9207 5 күн бұрын

'We should address issues as they arise, AND NOT on the basis of what might happen' with the reactor ?

@kreagle 8 күн бұрын

An accident won’t happen until it happens. Titanic, original & tourist vessel, Exxon Valdez and aircraft doors to name a few. Very much a black swan event.

@awc900 7 күн бұрын

So you don't sail, you don't ship oil and you don't fly?

@kreagle 7 күн бұрын

Not if the consequences are nuclear meltdown or nuclear waste sitting in a cave for thousands of years.

@awc900 7 күн бұрын

@@kreagle Why would you leave it sitting in cave when it can be reprocessed and reused?

@kreagle 7 күн бұрын

@@awc900 it’s not 100% recyclable. The toxic waste is active for thousands of years.

@awc900 7 күн бұрын

@@kreagle So is the waste from renewables.