That’s what I thought. thousands of years, that’s why I’ve never like nuclear power. Just seems to risky.
From what I have read, certain reactor designs are a lot safer and more reliable than others. Some of the newer ones are virtually impossible to have a meltdown with because of how the fuel is shaped and how the control mechanisms work. Generally speaking the newer designs from the 1980s onward are a lot better than older reactor designs. Our problem here is that most of our reactors are older designs because eco-nuts have not let the safer, better designs be built.