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Well, you skip all the same nasty metals needed for the reactor vessels and support equipment too, so it's an even trade?
by SiempreViernes 6y ago
Well, you skip all the same nasty metals needed for the reactor vessels and support equipment too, so it's an even trade?
- jabl 6y agoMost of the mass of a nuclear power plant is steel and concrete, which are relatively benign. But the big advantage of nuclear in this case is that the overall amount of materials needed is tiny compared to harvesting more diffuse forms of energy like wind and solar.