Nuclear scientist Interview Question:

Tell me are nuclear hazards any different from other hazards we accept every day?

Submitted by: Muhammad

However unlikely, the potential damage that something goes wrong with nuclear power is way out of proportion to the other risks we choose to take as a society. The Chernobyl disaster continues to teach that lesson: the radiation cloud spread over 27 countries; 500,000 people are estimated to have died from radiation exposure over the last two decades; 1,100 square miles surrounding the reactor remain uninhabitable; 5-8 million people continue to live in the contamination zone causing a surge in infant mortality and children born with deformities. The scale, deadliness, and unstoppability of radiation after leakage or an accident at a mine or power plant make nuclear energy unique. Dare we create an energy system where one mistake could turn an entire American region into another Chernobyl?
Submitted by: Muhammad