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Nucleur power has historically been problematic in that it creates waste, it takes a fuckton of money to decommission safely after the useful life of the reacto
by Nursie 4y ago
Nucleur power has historically been problematic in that it creates waste, it takes a fuckton of money to decommission safely after the useful life of the reactor is over, and there have been incidents of massive environmental contamination.
Can all these things be overcome? I don't know. Let's hope so. But in the mean time there's every reason to proceed cautiously here. It's certainly not a stop-gap while green energy comes online - projects are many decades in length.
- causi 4y agoThat's valid from a blank-slate perspective but we live in a world where the average coal plant produces the same amount of radioactive waste as a nuclear plant with far less stringent containment procedures.
- shreyshnaccount 4y agointeresting, can you point me to a source?
- causi 4y agohttps://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1002/ML100280691.pdf https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1002/ML100280691.pdf https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-...