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RedditWhen do things break down? When they're new -- or when they're old. It's a law of engineering. Plotted graphically, it can be expressed as a Bathtub Curve.
So check out the new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, "The Risk of a Lifetime." UCS makes a compelling case for stepping up government regulation of our aging reactor fleet. That isn't happening now. (It costs money, which is more important than public health or safety.)
No doubt after the next big nuclear accident, the press and the public will rediscover ignored warnings like these. But it'd be nice to catch at least one such disaster-in-waiting the first time around, wouldn't it?
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