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the waste isn't a win, of course, but is a downside of a tradeoff that is massively weighted to the upsides for society -- that is (otherwise) completely clean
by davnicwil 9mo ago
the waste isn't a win, of course, but is a downside of a tradeoff that is massively weighted to the upsides for society -- that is (otherwise) completely clean always-on high capacity energy production.
We understand very well how to safely handle nuclear waste and make it a very (very) low risk downside.
- croes 9mo agoCompletely clean? Where does the nuclear fuel come from? How do we get it? Does the handling of nuclear waste consider foul play by terrorists and such? I didn’t he many worries about russian rockets hutting wind turbines in the war in Ukraine.
- davnicwil 9mo agolooking backwards in the supply chain for other externalities is a good point, but I'm not sure any energy production method is exempt from this? Also, by the way, my perspective isn't about nuclear Vs X (wind turbines etc) - I like all the ones that are net clean and useful in different circumstances as part of a mix. I'm just addressing the narrower point about whether nuclear per se is a net benefit for society, which I believe it is, massively.