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PlaugeofRage t1_iya6p4p wrote

Preferably it's recycled. Then the unusable waste is stored. Not to mention most waste is only dangerous for around 10-20 years. Nuclear energy is really the best stop gap we have to fight climate change.

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[deleted] t1_iydh5e4 wrote

Let’s see: every single known nuclear reactor has leaked dangerous radiation/particles into its surrounding environment, there’s waste that is dangerous for much more that 10-20 years, there’s been major accidents across the globe (not limited to one or two nations), none have ever been “profitable” and all have needed to be subsidized by the nations they are in to make the energy affordable to the consumer, has to be along a major water source (which they’ve almost universally leaked into), and is growing exponentially more expensive than renewables which are rapidly growing less expensive. They do not allow for micro grids only large, centralized grids, and you can make nuclear weapons from them. Not to mention solar generation plants and windmills can’t have “meltdowns” (oh I know, that NEVER happens right? Except for a couple of times). With the money it would take to build new “modern” reactors you can build tons of windmills and solar farms.

This is such a spent and fictitious talking point I don’t know why people still say it. The fake “green nuclear” argument has always just been propaganda and it sucks people fall for it.

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