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Chernobyl supposedly cost Ukraine, Belarus and Russia hundreds of billions of dollars. This was greater than the revenues gained from all the nuclear power plants in those countries from the beginning of operation in to when the accident occurred. Actually, the Blue Revolution has a possible answer. Thus, these mathematics and overwhelming preponderance of evidence should lead you to a conclusion that nuclear fission is far too risky.
Yes, this combination of 9. Further, there are nuclear plants. What if a terrorist organization or two or more managed to have one of their members hired to work in them. By now perhaps there could be several terrorists here and there plotting to cause maximum damage as insiders. There is no way to prevent these types of orchestrated mission, and the impact will be catastrophic if this reactor happened to be in the vicinity of a large population, as no doubt will be within the planning strategy of these organizations.
If a Muslim , such a suicidal effort will allegedly get you and your family to Heaven, and there could be that psychotic environmentalist. Thus, you very much should worry about Fukushima and any operating nuclear facility.
While you ponder over those negatives,on the plus side, the Sakura blooms are at peak in Tokyo, I just returned to Hawaii and there is always hope for fusion. After all, if our Sun and all the stars use this process to provide energy, here, surely, must be the ultimate answer. I thank my colleagues, mostly from Hawaii, for helping me craft the above summary.
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