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It mostly revolves around storing waste (in other people's back yards), and the mess the government and companies made of it - storing it improperly in mines, a
by ulnarkressty 5y ago
It mostly revolves around storing waste (in other people's back yards), and the mess the government and companies made of it - storing it improperly in mines, and the barrels rusting after some years / leaking waste.
Unfortunately from talking to some of my (really smart) colleagues, this issue is so deeply ingrained that they don't even want to look at other options, or don't really think about that this is a long term problem vs the urgency of climate collapse...
One article that goes a bit about this - https://www.dw.com/en/germany-may-not-see-proper-nuclear-waste-storage-for-decades/a-19380526 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-may-not-see-proper-nuclear-was...