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Old 2012-07-06, 13:19   Link #22399
Zakoo
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Originally Posted by Dhomochevsky View Post

If a for-profit organization is tasked with operating a nuclear facility, they will lower safety to the lowest possible standard allowed by regulations (or lower if they think they might get away with it) and they will exploit any loopholes not covered by regulations and cut corners wherever possible.

In almost every other sector this is balanced out by the risk of getting fined when something goes wrong, which will cut into the all important profits.

If you are in Germany, not US then, a public society or the state can take care of the facilities no?
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