• Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Why not build it in a remote location then?

    Dams can also produce a lot of hydroelectric power, and a catastrophic failure could also destroy an entire town or more. We just don’t build dams upstream of a large town.

    • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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      6 days ago

      The Chernobyl reactor’s explosion had impacts all the way in West Europe.

      I don’t think you can be remote enough with this.