> I still support nuclear power because it beats coal, but anyone who supports > it should realize that it has significant risks, mainly because of human > error.
This is a design error. Humans behavior is unpredictable, so you cannot make such a dangerous technology depend so much on human intervention. Also even if people tend to forget, uranium fueled reactors are based on stochastic behavior: if for any reason at a time the moderation is weaked, no one can ever tell which will be the behavior of the system in the next times, just probabilities. That is why if fission has to remain, it is better to go for thorium fueled reactors which are deterministic systems. Said that let's hope no diesel engine stops for more than 3 hours... for any reason.
