> There's a catch-22 in here. We know how to deal with nuclear waste, but can't implement it because the industry is underfunded, because people are afraid of n

> There's a catch-22 in here. We know how to deal with nuclear waste, but can't implement it because the industry is underfunded, because people are afraid of nuclear waste. There's a whole lot of failed attempts [0] that people conveniently just glance over like they never happened to then proclaim "Nuclear is so underfunded and never saw research". While for many decades all things nuclear, not just weapons but also energy production, saw massive funding and hype all over the world. People thought nuclear would be used for anything from moving earth to powering the jetpacks they'd use to fly to work, they thought we'd be running out of uranium because every country would have hundreds and thousands of nuclear reactors. Why ain't we living in this amazing future now? Because it turned out nuclear isn't all that economical and practical as we originally believed it to be. [0] https://thebulletin.org/2014/05/thorium-the-wonder-fuel-that-wasnt/ https://thebulletin.org/2014/05/thorium-the-wonder-fuel-that...