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ITT: ignorant people with 20+ years old knowledge.
Nuclear energy has been safe for a long time. Radioactive waste disposal is better than ever now.
30 0 ReplyRadioactive waste disposal is better than ever now.
But is it good enough?
5 0 ReplyBreeder reactors reuse the waste as fuel until there's a significantly smaller amount of actual waste.
I imagine if we actually committed to funding nuclear tech, we'd get even better at disposing of it.
Shit, why not send it into space with Elon's rockets? Only half joking.
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Because we can dump the waste down deeper mine shafts, making it easier for us to pretend it doesn't exist?
4 0 ReplyAlso you can separate fuel waste from useful part. So even less waste.
3 0 ReplyI don't know to laugh or cry when I see peole quote the thousands of years waste storage of nuclear. That's never been a thing, and never will be.
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