Three Mile Island was the worst nuclear accident in US history. Was mainly caused by poor design of human feedback systems which caused operational confusion and lead to a catastrophic failure.

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    3 months ago

    So many twists and turns here!

    Its alright i wasnt going to tell anyone i knew the best energy solution after reading lemmy comments. I haven’t voted at all in this thread.

    Nuclear definitely has a ton of commitment. It takes like 60 years to decommission one right?

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      3 months ago

      The Trojan Nuclear Plant near my city was closed in 1992. They started moving stuff away in 2003. The cooling tower was demolished in 2006. The various other buildings were demolished in 2008. All that remains are some security posts and abandoned office buildings and empty tool sheds.

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      Yeah. Minimum is like 20. Note that stopping it from generating power is quite early in the decommissioning schedule.