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Much of the actual, exiting waste however is not stored safely. And the two INES scale 1 incidents we had did pollute the environment pretty badly. So yes it is pretty dirty so far.

You don't get very far in life relying on best-case scenario planning.

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Yea, and even best case scenario is an indefinite nuclear waste facility somewhere inside Yucca mountain for the world to worry about for thousands of years to come.

It's interesting that it may be cleaner than traditional fossil fuels, but suggesting nuclear waste does not pose any environmental risk because it can be safely stored is exactly as you say: it's like saying anything does not pose risk because it can be safely averted. I could use the same logic to argue cars do not pose any safety risk because we can safely avert accidents. It's just wishful thinking to say we are capable to not make mistakes, and it's not logical to say there is no risk when there is.