The interesting thing behind nuclear is that everyone is very aware of the dangers it can externalize, while for alternative base load power generation the dama

The interesting thing behind nuclear is that everyone is very aware of the dangers it can externalize, while for alternative base load power generation the damages caused by external costs are often downplayed and ignored. Coal ash for example is much more radioactive (around 100x more) that your average nuclear power plant. But we ignore it because it's released in the air and "vanishes", a external cost. CO2 and several other pollutants currently released by non-nuclear base load power generation takes way more that "hundreds of years to become safe" in the amounts and rates that human beings are currently throwing it in the atmosphere. But we ignore it because it's released in the air and "vanishes", a external cost.