nicerdicer

These all are valid points. From the technological point of view nuclear technology is pretty safe and the margin of error is rather low. There are many redundant fail-save measurements to retain a save operation. But if something will happen, it will be devestating. Most famous incident is Chernobyl. Also, nuclear waste management is a huge issue. Not many (if any) locations for waste storage have the capability for eternal storage. The Asse II mine for instance is a former salt mine which has been re-purposed as a deep geological repository. It was supposed to last alt least several thousand years. After only 30 years of usage it has been detected that water seeps into the vault which leads to corrosion of the barrels filled with nuclear waste which will result already resulted in a release of radioactive elements. This is how the barrels were handled and stored. I am no expert but thirty years into almost eternity is a pretty bad figure.

And there is another thing - and in my opinion this is a really serious one: Nucular power plants are operated by corporations within the private sector. This means that such a power plant is conducted with an economical focus (= profit). The incentive to make profit will result in skipping maintenance, bribing inspectors and downplaying any technical difficulties. Even when assumed that all the other issues (waste management etc.) are solved, every technical malfunction that resulted in the leakage of radioactive material woult be not be made public voluntarily. There were many incidents that have been made public, because the law required them to do so.. The hidden number of incidents that were not required to be made public is probably much higher.

That’s an interesting one. When I was a child I liked the smell of new books and magazines. They had a rather pleasant odor. But since a couple of years now fresh-printed things smell just awful. I think the ingredients of the ink or the paper have been changed.

Springt dann wenigstens ein gesetzlicher Feiertag für uns alle dabei raus? Oder ist das dann eher so was wie der Weltspartag?

Aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach wird dies eine Veranstaltung werden, die mit viel Tamtam und viel Beweihräucherung sehr beschönigend auf die Herausforderungen der Streitkräfte eingeht. Keine Erwähnung wird der desolate Zustand von Material und Arbeitsbedingungen finden - man kennt ja die zahlreichen Meldungen (ein Bruchteil der Panzer, Uboote, Flugzeuge sind einsatzbereit, es gibt keine Schlüpper für die Soldaten, Nachtsichtgeräte müssen mit Kameraden geteilt werden,…).

Wie schon weiter unten erwähnt, lockt man eher diejenigen mit einem solchen Veteranentag an, die man lieber nicht in der Bundeswehr hätte.