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> The argument is well known: nuclear power causes pollution It does? News to me.

• cesarb 4y ago
  Nuclear power has a paradox with respect to pollution: it's a highly dangerous form of pollution (heavy metals which are also radioactive), but in normal operation, it's completely contained (and nuclear power operators tend to be very paranoid about it; minor amounts of radiation which would be considered harmless everywhere else are treated as unacceptable outside the designated radioactive areas). So depending on how you look of it, it can either have a high amount of dangerous pollution, or none at all. (There's another form of pollution from nuclear power plants, which is heat pollution from discharged cooling water, but most people aren't talking about that.)
  • tamaharbor 4y ago
    The energy it takes to refine the uranium is also not zero.
    • runarberg 4y ago
      And uranium mining operations are also known for leaving a bit of a mess around them, polluting nearby rivers, etc. Suspiciously often close to indigenous lands as well.
  • mgfist 4y ago
    Nuclear power pollution is the best kind: dense and contained. Imagine I tell you we could put 10% of the world's trash in a olympic sized swimming pool. Pretty appealing eh?
    • tus666 4y ago
      That's not pollution - that is waste. Waste =/= pollution.