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A bit of googling shows there are about 1,000 abandoned uranium mining/prospecting sites in New Mexico. Probably many with uncontained tailings. Yikes. But we c
by Zigurd 4y ago
A bit of googling shows there are about 1,000 abandoned uranium mining/prospecting sites in New Mexico. Probably many with uncontained tailings. Yikes. But we can count on extraction projects to clean up after themselves now. Right?
- throwaway50606 4y agoDo you really think the situation in Russia is better?
- Zigurd 4y agoNo. It is very likely worse. Same for other places with less regulation than the US.
- throwaway50606 4y agoSo, it'd be preferable to move it to the US where it can have better oversight and there's a potential of regulatory-driven change.
- Zigurd 4y agoNo, actually.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoYou're pretending option C "don't give the nuclear scammers more public money" doesn't exist.
- literalAardvark 4y agoOf course! And they'll also maintain the tailings dam for the thousands of years required. Why would we even doubt that?