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I don't know what "antinuclear othodoxy" is but it seems reasonable to oppose a technology that creates waste products that cause mutations in the genetic code

I don't know what "antinuclear othodoxy" is but it seems reasonable to oppose a technology that creates waste products that cause mutations in the genetic code for thousands of years, and for which we have two cases where reactors have made land uninhabitable. Even worse, companies have a tendency to under-invest in maintenance and over-estimate resilience. When the consequences are uninhabitable land for decades, centuries, or possibly millenia, this is a dangerous technology to use.

korantu 5y ago
Just to clarify, nuclear power plant waste never harmed anyone, so the concern is quite misguided here. You can safely stay next to a dry cask storage [1]. By opposing nuclear one votes for more solar and wind, which come with fossil fuel support these days. [1] https://whatisnuclear.com/waste.html#current https://whatisnuclear.com/waste.html#current