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Only if you ignore mining the stuff, storing the waste and decommissioning old plants. Nuclear power is somewhat greener than coal, but not that much and has d

• masklinn 5y ago
  > Only if you ignore mining the stuff, storing the waste and decommissioning old plants. Coal mining, owing to the volumes involved, is significantly more damaging (entire regions remain visibly devastated despite not having had any coal in a century). Storing the waste has only ever been a NIMBY issue, the volumes are basically non-existent — unlike the tailings and terrils from coal mining. Decommissioning old plants is also pretty much a joke. > Nuclear power is somewhat greener than coal, but not that much and has different problems. Nuclear power is orders of magnitude greener and safer than coal, and we now know that in the worst case scenario it gets greener because turns out human activity is observably worse for wildlife than increased background radiation.