I'd say having nuclear power plants blow up now and then and causing entire areas to become uninhabitable has a much more deleterious effect than a humorous description in a video game.

"Science" has a very limited comprehension and understanding about the long term effects of radiation.

I'd say having nuclear power plants blow up now and then and causing entire areas to become uninhabitable has a much more deleterious effect than a humorous description in a video game.

I demand cancer warnings on UV and X-Ray crystals!

In fact, recent studies have shown that it is safer to work in a nuclear power plant than an office.

Nuclear power plants have offices too.....

It is impossible for a reactor to explode like a nuclear weapon; these weapons contain very special materials in very particular configurations, neither of which are present in a nuclear reactor.

Nuclear energy is as safe or safer than any other form of energy available. No member of the public has ever been injured or killed in the entire 50-year history of commercial nuclear power in the U.S. In fact, recent studies have shown that it is safer to work in a nuclear power plant than an office.

Today, 436 reactors are operating in 31 countries, generating about 15 percent of the worldGÇÖs electricity. Fifty reactors are under construction, primarily in China, South Korea, and Russia, with the fastest growth in Asia. India, France, and Finland also are building new plants. And that's only the reactors that are generating commercial power. There are many more in labs around the globe.

As for the occasional accident, let's take the most well-known of three, total. A Chernobyl-type accident could not have happened outside of the Soviet Union because this type of reactor was never built or operated anywhere else. The known fatalities during the Chernobyl accident were mostly emergency first responders. Of the people known to have received a high radiation dose, the increase in cancer incidence is too small to measure due to other causes of cancer such as air pollution and tobacco use. There was virtually no divergence from the mean cancer rate in the USSR following that incident.

The area is not uninhabitable. It was originally declared an exclusion zone due to the incident. It only remains one for scientific study on the long term effects of residual radiation in the area.

You might have thousands of square kilometers to spare in the US and maybe radiation would help some of your rednecks to evolve into human beings, but over here in good ol' Europe I'd rather not have a baguette get stuck in the cooling system of a french reactor next door...

Welcome, throwaway forum alt. Did you know that France gets 75% of its electricity from nuclear power? They have a pretty good track record for it too.

I live in Australia, not the US. I used the US as a reference because they are the best example of excellent and safe application of nuclear power, given that they've used it more than anyone else and have more plants than anyone else.

I think you'll find that nuclear power is very easy to be afraid of, and that fear drives a lot of the subjective validation that causes you to believe the misinformation spread by companies that want to squeeze every last dollar/euro/ruble they can out of fossil fuels. I'm afraid, though, that what you want is irrelevant to what we need, so you'd better brush up on that nuclear power knowledge so you can stop being afraid because I promise you, nuclear power is coming.

If you're worried about safety, I recommend looking into liquid fluorine thorium reactors.

It is impossible for a reactor to explode like a nuclear weapon

you know what this thread is leading to people......

Mandatory legal notices on everything. Disclaimers up the wazoo:

"Do not try to eat your dominix. The ship, it's fittings, or any other part of said superstructure are not meant for human consumption. CreoDron cannot be held liable for injury, loss, or death following from Dominix consumption. Please refer to the general terms and conditions, clause 23 paragraph B for further reasons why you're a deranged puppy that needs to be explained things like this"

Save New Eden before it's too late! Before dey tuk ar gunz!

Duk-A-DUR!

I never said that.

If I could eat pixels I'd die from congestive heart failure by age 25 after repeated visits to porndaily.

Solar power anyone?

Solar power anyone?

The controversy surrounding DU is simply because it is toxic - like many other heavy metals, it accumulates in the body and can cause organ failure. However, this is not caused by simply handling it, which the in-game description again implies. Most exposure occurs when DU ammunition hits a target and is sheared into fragments by impact, a process called spalling. Very small particles float in the air, are inhaled or enter the mucous membranes, and can indeed cause health issues.

Boy, you asked for it

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

This is a joke right? For someone working in that field you are horribly uninformed. The controversy about DU is not simply because its toxic... more because of this:

The children of basra 1

The children of basra 2

The children of basra 3

That's a result of chemical toxicity. Not radiological.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Chemical_toxicity

A teratogenic hazard. http://www.ehjournal.net/content/4/1/17