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There are those who will get cancer from working in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. It doesn't have to be this way, the engineering controls needed are well
by yummypaint 4y ago
There are those who will get cancer from working in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant.
It doesn't have to be this way, the engineering controls needed are well known. It requires the country in question to be financially committed to doing things right. For nuclear power this is already considered an essential prerequisite, yet coal power plants already release vastly more radioactivity and increase the cancer risk of everone around them. As far as reducing total cancer, nuclear is the way to go.
- timwaagh 4y agoMistakes have been made in the past. Just because something can be done safely doesn't mean it always will be. I am also a big fan of nuclear but that doesn't mean it's perfect.