The existing systemic uncertainty affecting nuclear power plant design the world over raises the question of whether society is willing to continue with a never-ending learning process, with potentially high adverse consequences – both to humans and to the environment. Developing new designs will not lead to improved nuclear safety but will simply maintain the technological lock-in put in place by the civilian nuclear industry.

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Pre-print: http://www.academia.edu/820734/Fukushima_Consequences_of_Systemic_Problems_in_Nuclear_Plant_Design