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Extreme cost (money and time) to get it built Difficulties in managing waste 20 years ago I was all for nuclear, then I looked at terrible projects in Europe,
by iso1631 5y ago
Extreme cost (money and time) to get it built
Difficulties in managing waste
20 years ago I was all for nuclear, then I looked at terrible projects in Europe, like in the Finland and the UK, and realised that it's too little too late. Europe can't build nuclear, so rather than trying to fight a losing battle for another 20 years, Europe should be massively investing in what it can do (offshore wind, tidal, solar, pumped hydro)
- hackerfromthefu 5y agoPlus proliferation of material for nuclear weapons.
- fsflover 5y agohttps://whatisnuclear.com/non-proliferation.html https://whatisnuclear.com/non-proliferation.html
- Ekaros 5y agoI'm thinking proliferation as positive. Just think of countries recently in war had nuclear deterrent. They might not have been invaded in first place. Everyone having nuclear weapons would make world much more peaceful and safer place. That is unless we sanction all nations that have nuclear weapons and blockade them from international trade until they get rid of them and subject themselves to being open to inspections for couple centuries.
- rhn_mk1 5y ago> Everyone having nuclear weapons would make world much more peaceful and safer place. That's the happy path. The failure path with an unhinged dictator causing global destruction also gets much more likely.
- Ekaros 5y agoThen again the so called "rational" actors would be less likely do bad things. Just imagine how much better place world would be if in response to drone strike by Obama or Biden the NYC or Washington DC was hit by nuclear weapon. That would surely put end to those antics.
- rhn_mk1 5y agoIf you think the near-certainty of getting wiped out entirely at some point is the right price for avoiding wars, then sure. I'm not sure most people share that preference.
- iso1631 5y agoThe chance of losing a nuclear weapon out of the control of said dictators increases too
- stavros 5y agoThis is like saying there's no gun crime in the US because there are lots of guns there.
- stevenwoo 5y agoAFAIK Finland is the only country in the world that has managed to build a long term (they're planning for something like 100000 years) nuclear waste storage facility.