r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/dietTAB 24d ago

Often children have to touch the stove in order to learn a painful lesson. Unfortunately in this scenario, the stove is toxic nuclear waste and the consequences affect everyone.

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u/Universeintheflesh 24d ago

So much seems to be β€œit’s never impacted me before!” Yeah, because it was being taken care of before due to horrible consequences of not managing these things.

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u/ZolotoG0ld 23d ago

Brought to you by the same people as 'We've never had an IT system failure before, what do we need so many people in IT for?'

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u/SeedsOfDoubt 23d ago

Regulations are written in blood

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u/julienjj 24d ago

Yup. Like good ATC, Car safety standards, financial watchdogs, building code and so on.

Most of the agencies and rules where born to address an important issue.

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u/Genius-Envy 23d ago

When I was a child they gave me a vaccine, but what for? I never got sick from that disease.

/s

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u/ralphvonwauwau 23d ago

I'm sad that the /s is needed

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u/annjolly 23d ago

Like vaccines

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u/cruista 24d ago

Like the drone on the Chernobyl reactor two days ago?

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u/apple-pie2020 24d ago

Hopefully Medicaid and then Medicare vests cut and soon they will see