Comments by "Andy Monaghan" (@229andymon) on "Real Engineering" channel.

  1. I accept that the chances of a major nuclear accident or incident are very small, but then, I also am hoping that’s true of my chances of having a major crash in my car, or of a fire destroying my home. But, in the cases of my home and car, even though the chances of major accidents are low, I still have to pay to insure against them, including any compensation for any 3rd parties my accidents may affect. So, go ahead build new nuke stations, but only if they are insured against any 3rd party damage caused as the effect of an incident. There is no absolute need to build nuclear, it’s an option, so there’s no reason we should have to “cover” the nuclear industry. How much would those responsible for Chernobyl have had to pay for the damage caused to Europe? How could we even calculate that? But why should we excuse them?
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